Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| arabesk | a movement in dancing; a curve. |
| arabesque | a movement in dancing; a curve. |
| ballabile | (Ital.) a part of a ballet danced by the whole corps de ballet. |
| ballerina | (Ital.) a female ballet-dancer. |
| balletic | graceful like a dancer. |
| balletically | (Adv.) BALLETIC, graceful like a dancer. |
| balletomane | a devotee of ballet. |
| ballon | (Fr.) in dancing, a bounciness of step. |
| ballonne | (Fr.) a ballet jump. |
| battement | (Fr.) a movement in ballet, in which one leg is extended to the rear, side and front. |
| batterie | (Fr.) a ballet movement. |
| battu | (Fr.) pertaining to a type of ballet movement. |
| brise | (Fr.) a movement in dancing. |
| bunhead | a female ballet dancer. |
| cabriole | a kind of leap in ballet. |
| chaine | (Fr.) in ballet, a series of small fast turns used to cross a stage. |
| chasse | (Fr.) a movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left; (verb) to make such a movement. |
| coupee | (Fr.) a salute to one's partner in dancing. |
| danseur | (Fr.) a professional dancer. |
| danseuse | (Fr.) a professional female dancer. |
| developpe | (Fr.) a ballet position. |
| echappe | (Fr.) a kind of leap in ballet. |
| entrechat | (Fr.) a ballet leap in which the dancer repeatedly crosses the legs. |
| figurant | (Ital.) a ballet-dancer, one of those who form a background for the solo dancer. |
| figurante | (Ital.) a ballet-dancer, one of those who form a background for the solo dancer. |
| fondu | (Fr.) a ballet movement in which the dancer lowers the body by bending the leg. |
| fouette | (Fr.) a ballet-step in which the foot makes a whiplike movement. |
| jete | a movement in dancing. |
| labanotation | a method of writing down the movements, etc., of ballet diagrammatically. |
| pirouette | (Fr.) a twirling motion; (verb) to make a pirouette. |
| plastique | (Fr.) graceful poise and movements in dancing. |
| plie | (Fr.) a movement in ballet. |
| pointe | (Fr.) the extreme tip of the toe; the position of standing on it. |
| poussette | (Fr.) a movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance; (verb) to make such a movement. |
| regisseur | (Fr.) a ballet director. |
| releve | (Fr.) a raising on to the toe in ballet. |
| tendu | a stretched position in ballet. |