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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Dance move, Glossary of ballet, Chicken Dance, Glossary of dance moves, Vogue, Moonwalk, Sprinkler dance, Turn, Promenade, Tap dance technique, Jacking, Robot, Dosado, Positions of the feet in ballet, Allemande, Split, Curtsey, Position of the arms in ballet, Waacking, Arabesque, Karana dance, Dutty Wine, Jazz hands, Rock step, Dip, Chasse, Yemenite step, Right and Left Grand, Natural and reverse turns, Pivot turn, Mashed Potato, Get down, Shimmy, Waving, Grapevine, Pelvic thrust, Suzie Q, Box Step, Wu-tang, Chicken walks, Lock step, Grinding, Gancho, Feather, Minuet step, Basic, Botafogo, Snap, Triple step, Ball change, Jazz Box, Fleckerl, Two-step, Thunder Clap, Hitch hike, Maxie Ford, Bump, V6, Harlem Shuffle, Kip, Lame duck. Excerpt: Ballet is a formalized type of dance; ballet dance is usually performed on stage as part of a ballet dance work which includes mime, acting, and is set to music. Dancers can perform either en pointe or demi-pointe; in ballet class, the dancers work either at the barre or in centre floor. A significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language, because ballet became formalized in France. To the side or in the second position. A la seconde usually means a step that moves sideways or a movement done to the side such as grand battement a la seconde. A technically challenging type of turn is pirouette a la seconde, where the dancer spins with the working leg in second position a la hauteur. This turn is usually performed by male dancers, and because of the advanced skills required to perform it correctly, it is seen as the male counterpart of fouettes en tournant. ADAGE (French, Gallicism from the Italian original), ADAGIO (Italian). From the Italian combination of the preposition A + AGIO (noun) with a D in between the two As for phonetic reasons (and elision): ad agio ...
