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Temps lié sur
les pointes
[tahn Iyay sewr lay pwent]
Connected movement on the points.
The Gateway (first position)
This is a position of the arms in which the arms are held rounded in
front of the body with the fingertips on a level with the bottom of the
breastbone. The backs of the hands face outward with the arms rounded
so that the elbows are a little below the shoulders and the wrists a
little below the elbows with the point of the elbows imperceptible. This
position corresponds to the fifth position en avant of the Cecchetti
method and the first position of the Russian and French Schools. When
the arms are raised from a low position to a high one, the arms generally
pass through the gateway.
Third position (Troisième position):
In the third position one foot is in front of the other, heels touching
the middle of the other foot.
Tour de force
[toor duh fawrss]
An arresting, vital step; a feat of technical skill such as a series
of brilliant pirouettes or a combination of outstanding jumps and beats.
Tour de promenade
[toor duh prawm-NAD]
Turn in a walk. A term used to indicate that the dancer turns slowly
in place on one foot by a series of slight movements of the heel to the
required side while maintaining a definite pose such as an arabesque
or attitude.
Tour en l'air
[toor ahn lehr]
Turn in the air. This is essentially a male dancer's step. Is a turn
in the air in which the dancer rises straight into the air from a demi-plié,
makes a complete turn and lands in the fifth position with the feet reversed.
Trois
[trwah]
Three. As, for example, in entrechat trois.
Troisième
[trwah-ZYEM]
Third. As, for example, in troisième arabesque.
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