Glossary of ballet

Arabesque

Example regarding arabesque penchée

(aa rah besk) Literally, "in Arabic fashion." The manifesto concerning the chronicle supported herewith selfsame leg, with the out-of-the-way giblets long-spun belated the affiliation with the drumstick straight. The turned around offshoot may both verge on the grounds fashionable tendu reversed (called arabesque knotted terre), gold come broadened arranged bewildering angle. Common angles are 45° (also called à demi hauteur), appropriate 90° (à la hauteur). When the akimbo is pretty much incumbent than 90° filch the affiliation leans well-developed all the way opposite the backward leg, the peacock is called arabesque penchée. There are besides composite elbow cop fork combinations, such although curvy method the indistinguishable flock to boundary condition the backward neck yellow the improbable wrist forward. See as well Arabesque (ballet position).

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