Black Adagio (53 page)

Plié. 
The bending of the knees with legs, and feet turned outward facing opposite walls.

Pointe. 
The tip of the toe.

Port de Bras. 
The positions and movements of the arms.

Relevé. 
To rise onto pointe or demi-pointe.

Rond de Jambe. 
A rotary movement of the leg done in a number of ways, such as on the floor or in the air with knee straight, or in air with a circular rotation of the knee from bent to straight.

Sauté. 
A jump.

Terre-à-Terre. 
Steps done on the ground.

Tour en l’Air. 
A turn done in air. Springing upward from fifth position, the dancer completes one or more turns, returning to the floor in fifth position.

Turnout. 
The turning out of the lower limbs from the hips. Ideal turnout forms a 180 angle.

Tutu
. 
The fluffy skirt worn by the female dancer. In ballets of the romantic style, the tutu falls to below the calf. In the later, classical style ballet, it is short enough to reveal the legs completely.

Variation. 
A passage of choreography; often a solo dance.

Wendy Potocki
 lives and writes in NYC. If that isn't scary enough, she writes in the genre of horror. She feels creating good horror is an art form. She religiously devotes herself to pursuing it over hill and dale—and in the crevices of her keyboard.

Named
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The Horns of September, The Man with the Blue Hat
,
Adduné: Part I. The Vampire's Game, Adduné: Part II. The House of Cards, and Black Adagio. Her next planned projects are Thrill, The Legend of Things on Sticks, and The Virgin. Visit her Amazon author page for more information on all these great works.

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In her spare time, Wendy loves to go for long walks, drink Starbuck's Apple Chai Lattes, make devotional offerings to her cat named Persephone and be stilled by the grace, beauty and magic of ballet.

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