Just hear them:
"arabesque"
,
"pointe"
,
"entrechat"
,
"ballerina"
... And the magic operates.
We feel transported in a ballet of classical dance, where little rats twirl gracefully.
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If you go to a rehearsal, expect to hear a very specific lexicon: it talks about
"tense beat"
,
"rosin"
,
"whipped"
, and
"ground leg
". Take the word
"sisssonne"
. Did you know that there are no less than five ways to take this step? It comes to us from François-César de Roucy, Count of Sissonne, who is considered to be its inventor. It designates this
"jump whose call is made on both feet and the fall on only one, the other remaining up"
, specifies the Treasury of the French language.
Do you know the link between a posterior and a dance dress? Did you know what was called a
"rat"
at the start of the 20th century? Check your knowledge of dancing with this short
Figaro
test
.