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Literally "obscured" or "erased".
In direct connection with Ballet, it means "open" as when your legs do not cross each other; they are "open" to the audience. The opposite of efface is croise or "crossed."
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What does doess efface means in ballet?
Literally "obscured" or "erased". In direct connection with ballet, it means "open" as when your legs do not cross each other; they are "open" to the audience. The opposite of efface is croise or "crossed."
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Releve means to rise in ballet.
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There are actually 8. Croise devant, quatrieme devant, ecarte devant, efface devant, a la seconde, epaule devant, quatrieme derriere, croise derriere.
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It means "to the fourth (position)"
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