JACQUELINENALETTBasicDanceVocabulary英文电子资料

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1、BasicDanceVocabularyKeepinmindwhenreadingthislistthatalthoughmodernandjazzdanceusemanymovementsfromballet,overtimetheseborrowedexercisesmayhavebeenalteredtosuitetheparticularstylebeingperformed,sothatthedefinitionsheremayhavesomedifferencesfromthosegearedtowardaballet

2、class.Allofthesetermsapplytobothmodernandjazzdanceunlessspecificallyindicatedwithinthedefinition.Theterminologyinjazzdancestillstaysatpresentadelicatepoint,foritcanchangedependingonwhichcountryyoufinditin.Thestepsarevariedtoeachoriginwhicharenumerous.Sotheissueofstyle

3、iscertainlynotdefinite,theycanbecreatedbyteachersorchoreographersorjustinspiredbywatchingpeoplewalkingdownthestreet.Oneshouldnotbesurprisedtofindthesamestepwithdifferentnamesandspellings.1.Plie(pleeyeh)–InFrenchmeans“foldedorbent”.Indanceitisabendingofthekneesdonetore

4、nderthejointsandmusclessoftandpliable,thetendonsflexibleandelastic,andtodevelopasenseofbalance.Thereisademi-plie,orhalfbending,andgrande-plie,orfullbending,oftheknees.2.Releve(rhelerveh)–InFrenchmeans“raisedagain”.Indanceitisarisingofthebodyontotheballsofthefeetaftera

5、plie,thenaloweringoftheheelstothefloor.Thisexercisehelpstostrengthentheanklesaswellasone’sabilitytobalance.(Fromstraightlegsitwouldbeeleve.)3.Tendu(tahndew)–InFrenchmeans“stretched”.Indanceitisthebrushingofthefootalongthefloorwiththelegstraightwithoutliftingthetoe.Iti

6、sdonetowarmupandstretchthemusclesofthefootasapreparationforlargerlegmovements.4.Degage(dehgazheh)–InFrenchmeans“disengaged”.Indanceitiswhenthefootslidesrapidlyalongandslightlyoffthefloor,withthelegstraight,inpreparationforlargerlegmovementsandquicktravelingmovements.5

7、.Retire(rehteereh)–InFrenchmeans“withdrawn”.Indanceitisapositioninwhichthethighisraised,kneebent,foot“withdrawn”tojustbelowthekneeeitherinfrontoforbehindtheleg.Injazzandmoderndancethispositionisoftenreferredtoaspassé(pahseh).1.Developpe(dehvlawpeh)–InFrenchmeans“devel

8、oped”.Indanceitiswhentheworkinglegisdrawnuptothekneeofthesupportinglegandslowlyextendedtoanopenposition“enl’air”(intheair).2