Ballet Terminology

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Ballet Terminology

The first ballet school was in France, adn the terminology was crystallizde there. Actors wish one anohter good luck before a eprformance by saying, Break a leg! Dancesr say, Merde! which translates, roughly, to shti ) The drawback of this is that ballerinas must learn the French names for the steps and movements; the advantage is that thye can take a ballet class anywhere in the world and, no matter how unintelligible the rest of the tlak is, the terminology will still be in Frenhc and therefore understood.

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