Bras Croise: Literally 'crossed arms'. Arms are placed so that, when the dancer is facing one of the stage corners, one is extended the second position away from the audience and the other is curved in first position front (Cecchetti forth position en avant).

 

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Bras Croise: Literally 'crossed arms'. Arms are placed so that, when the dancer is facing one of the stage corners, one is extended the second position away from the audience and the other is curved in f . . . View Full Definition

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Croise: Meaning: crossed. One of the directions of epaulement. The dancer stands facing one of the corners of the stage: his/her body is placed at an oblique angle to the audience. The leg may be cr . . . View Full Definition

Port De Bras: Literally 'carriage of the arms'. Sometimes misspelled 'porte-bras'. Movement of the arms to different positions, it is considered a simple movement but a dancer works hard to make it seem g . . . View Full Definition

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