ONT Re: Ballet
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| Allégro [French: a-lay-GROH; Italian: al-LAY-groh].
| Brisk, lively. A term applied to all bright and brisk movements.
| All steps of elevation such as the entrechat, cabriole, assemblé, jeté,
| and so on, come under this classification. The majority of dances, both
| solo and group, are built on allégro. The most important qualities to
| aim at in allégro are lightness, smoothness, and ballon.
|
| Allongé, allongée [a-lawn-ZHAY].
| Extended, outstretched. As, for example, in arabesque allongée.
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| Angle of the leg in the air.
| In the Russian School the angle formed by the legs in relation to the
| vertical axis of the body is measured in general terms. For example,
| 45 degrees for half height (demi-hauteur), 90 degrees for a horizontal
| position with the toe at hip height (à la hauteur), and 135 degrees for
| any position considerably above hip height. See 'Positions soulevées'.
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| Aplomb [a-PLAWN].
| Assurance, poise. This term applied to the dancer
| means that he or she has full control of body and limbs
| with the weight correctly centered during a movement.
|
| Gail Grant,
|'Technical Manual And Dictionary Of Classical Ballet',
| Third Revised Edition, Dover, New York, NY, 1982.
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