Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
arabesk | a movement in dancing; a curve. |
arabesque | a movement in dancing; a curve. |
ballabile | (Ital.) a part of a ballet danced by the whole corps de ballet. |
ballerina | (Ital.) a female ballet-dancer. |
balletic | graceful like a dancer. |
balletically | (Adv.) BALLETIC, graceful like a dancer. |
balletomane | a devotee of ballet. |
ballon | (Fr.) in dancing, a bounciness of step. |
ballonne | (Fr.) a ballet jump. |
battement | (Fr.) a movement in ballet, in which one leg is extended to the rear, side and front. |
batterie | (Fr.) a ballet movement. |
battu | (Fr.) pertaining to a type of ballet movement. |
brise | (Fr.) a movement in dancing. |
bunhead | a female ballet dancer. |
cabriole | a kind of leap in ballet. |
chaine | (Fr.) in ballet, a series of small fast turns used to cross a stage. |
chasse | (Fr.) a movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left; (verb) to make such a movement. |
coupee | (Fr.) a salute to one's partner in dancing. |
danseur | (Fr.) a professional dancer. |
danseuse | (Fr.) a professional female dancer. |
developpe | (Fr.) a ballet position. |
echappe | (Fr.) a kind of leap in ballet. |
entrechat | (Fr.) a ballet leap in which the dancer repeatedly crosses the legs. |
figurant | (Ital.) a ballet-dancer, one of those who form a background for the solo dancer. |
figurante | (Ital.) a ballet-dancer, one of those who form a background for the solo dancer. |
fondu | (Fr.) a ballet movement in which the dancer lowers the body by bending the leg. |
fouette | (Fr.) a ballet-step in which the foot makes a whiplike movement. |
jete | a movement in dancing. |
labanotation | a method of writing down the movements, etc., of ballet diagrammatically. |
pirouette | (Fr.) a twirling motion; (verb) to make a pirouette. |
plastique | (Fr.) graceful poise and movements in dancing. |
plie | (Fr.) a movement in ballet. |
pointe | (Fr.) the extreme tip of the toe; the position of standing on it. |
poussette | (Fr.) a movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance; (verb) to make such a movement. |
regisseur | (Fr.) a ballet director. |
releve | (Fr.) a raising on to the toe in ballet. |
tendu | a stretched position in ballet. |