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Ballet

Grade two ballet training
Movement	Phonetic Pronunciation	Simple Pronunciation*	Description
Battement	Baht-mahn	bat a mon	To beat, beating
Changement (Changement de pieds)	Shahnzh-mahns (... dih pee-ay)	charn gee marnt	Changing of the feet (3rd to 3rd) (Change of feet)
Coupé	Koo-pay	coo pay	To cut, cutting
Croisé	Krwah-zay	crar zay	Crossed
Dégagé	Day-gah-zhay	day gar zay	To point (disengaged step)
Demi	D’mee	demi	Half
Derrière	Dih-ree-air	derry air	To the back
Devant	Dih-vahn	dee varn	In front
En arriere	Ahn-nah-ree-air	on na ree air	Going backwards
En croix	Ahn Krwah	on cra	In the shape of a cross
En face	Ahn fahs	on fars	Facing the front
En l'air	Ahn lehr	on lair	In the air
Enchaînment	Ahn-shahn-mahn	on charn gee mon	A chain of steps put together
Jeté	Zheh-tay	jet ay	To spring (step thrown)
Ouvert	Oo-vair	ooo ver	Open, opened
Petit	P'tee	pet ee	Small
Plié	Plee-ay	plee ay	To bend
Pose	Pose	posay	To step
Retiré	Euh-tee-ray	ret ee ray	To draw up
Retirér sautes	Euh-tee-ray soh-tays	ret ee ray sow tays	Skips (draw up and jump)
Sautes	Soh-tays	sow tays	Jumps
Seconde	Suh-gawnd	seyconnd	To the side
Tendu	Tah-diu	tarn do	To stretch
Temps levé	Tanh luh-vay	tarn luv ay	Hop

*How my wife rendered them to be easier for children to read

Key to phonetic pronunciation (all sounds in English)

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'zh' = 's' as in measure, leisure

'oo' = 'oo' as in shoot, zoo

'ew' = 'u' as in cupid

'ahn' = 'on' as in concert

'eh' = 'ai' as in pair

'ohn' = 'on' as in long

'oh' = 'o' as in role

'ohm' = 'om' as in come