Autour de la salle = He put that old car together all by himself.

Happy Genou Year!

and many happy double tours???????

Not bad, pmeja, not bad at all!

Flic-flac = ballet Ponzi scheme

Igor Youskevitch = he'll stab your kevitch.

Hmmm! It has possibilities, Gia.

pied à trois quarts = it takes quite a bit to get him drunk

sautillé = lightly fried

I've been off-line for a couple of weeks.

Dégagé - just split up with her boyfriend

Tendu - time to pay back the pre-Christmas loan

Echappé - wearing a hat

I had a definition for glissé, but I'll skate over that one.

Jane

Ooo not half bad, not half bad at all, Jane!

Classical walk = your basic Georgian garden path

saut de basque = fried tutu?

Fried tutu? Ever since I attended a lecture on making tutus I've had a cartoon in my head about "Never feed a tutu after midnight", in the style of the film "Gremlins".

Elancé - minor surgical procedure completed

Pas de basque - Catalan speakers only

Cecchetti - the bill at an Italian restaurant

Oh, those are good, and I can even envision cartoons!

Attitude ouverte = No-nonsense, and up-front about it.

This comes from a non-balletic friend of mine who lives on beachfront property. I was talking ballet and mentioned "attitude derriere" and she said that's what she sees on the beach from her window!

That one's good for a cartoon, too, Gia! No text necessary!

Bournonville = Is that on the Hudson or Harlem railroad?

I have to disagree on that one. Bournonville is definitely a rich, dark chocolate.

Marguerite Porter - an employee of the original Covent Garden flower market.

Jane

No, no, Marguerite Porter is emphatically a rich, brown, top-brewed malt beverage served with a slice of lime!

Gee, I hope they have the equivalent of the Stage Delicatessen in London, with specials named after the Famous!

ANANIASHVILI!

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God bless you!

Anna Pavlova = unlikely Siamese/New Zealand dessert made from durian pulp and whipped cream

what a menu, pavlova, followed by Peaches Melba!

Both accompanied by:

Edris Stannus = flouridated ginger beer

And when dinner is over, you must pay LeClercq. (Or, I suppose, she could be the assistant in the dance store.)

Tudor = see coupé

These puns are like peanuts; once you get started.....

Nijinsky = you can't slalom drunk.

à la hauteur = stuck-up and snooty.

brisé volé = fowl which stood in front of the tractor one too many times.

Danseur noble = Basilio who stands in what Don Q's horse just left, so Kitri doesn't slip on it.

pas de zéphyr = do not eat beans before the ballet!

(Cartoon - man seen from rear of orchestra seating, sweating, as those around him stare daggers - starers include the dancer onstage, who is doing the Prelude in "Les Sylphides")

That definition could equally well be for Brisé.

Grand battement - wearing false eyelashes

Pas seule - does not frequent singles bars

Pas de trois - father of triplets

Perusing today's active threads, I noticed a question about attitude derriere. Isn't this what Jennifer Lopez has?

tour en l'air (def. #2) = "This way folks, tickets please. There's the wolf, he's sleeping now ...madam, please don't disturb him ... "

Pas de chat--no, cats are NOT allowed in the SI dormitories

And now, just for the Silly Season, dredging this one up again.

Port de bras = the left one is a bit larger than the right one.

My attendance has been a little erratic lately (courtesy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer who has seen fit to make announcements that both put me out of work in about nine months time but also increase my workload about 75% for the present). It was good to see this subject again.


Remembering my "Seven movements of dancing" -


Plier - to make amenable by means of alcohol

Eteindre - to be promoted into the company proper

Relever - to change syllabus, e.g. from RAD to Cecchetti

Glisser - to assist a stage smile by rubbing vaseline over the teeth

Sauter - to fry in butter

Elancer - to complete a medical procedure

Tourner - to switch from ballet to musical theatre

Which reminds me ... here in Britain, stage plays are referred to as "the legitimate theatre". This left my jazz dance teacher and me wondering what musicals and ballet were.


And the following have also come to mind


Ecarté - to be ejected from the theatre

Effacé - falsely modest

Soubresaut - the big fry-up for breakfact after a hard night of drinking

Correction to the above (having slept on it)

Eteindre - to use lightening make-up before appearing in the corps for Swan Lake after sunbathing.