grace Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 coming from the other side of the globe: 'jota' = what it is in australia at christmas 36+ degrees celsius, day after day - and no cooler than 24º at night... stil, i'd rather this, than what you've got. at least a sea 'brisé' is just picking up... Link to comment
grace Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 'changement' = the scene that MUST be appropriately handled in mel's 'nutcracker'... (and i agree with you, mel). Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 Excellent, Grace! Rake of the stage = Stage-door Johnny Link to comment
Treefrog Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Grace, that heat sounds kind of nice ... but you guys sure have your "sissones" mixed up down under! In my house, it's an "entrechat trois" at bedtime. (I really loved that one, Grace! ) Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 Good ones, Treefrog! grand défilè = whole beef tenderloin Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 28, 2002 Author Share Posted December 28, 2002 pas de chaconne = first dance number in Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée Link to comment
Giannina Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 entrechats = kitty kitty kitty! Link to comment
Nanatchka Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 pas de boo, Ray= Just sit quietly if you don't like it, dear pas de quatres= I've gotta get some change for the bus My all time favorite of these is actually Spanish and has nothing to do with ballet, but here it is anyway: Feliz Navidad= my cat can swim Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 28, 2002 Author Share Posted December 28, 2002 Oh, very good, Giannina and Nanatchka both! Tour en l'air = nonstop round-the-world flight. Link to comment
Treefrog Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 I hope anyone who does that tour en l'air takes a jeté ... Link to comment
grace Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 ah, the four 'sissones'! i should have thought of that, treefrog. batterie = what parents of young children need a good stock of, at christmas thinking of agon, this one's for mel: 'bransle' = what can happen if people drink too much on new year's eve Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 28, 2002 Author Share Posted December 28, 2002 Treefrog, good idea! My mental image for the tour en l'air is a Cessna 150 getting an IFRF (In-Flight Refueling) from a KC-10 tanker. Grace, excellent! (For those who don't know about how to say this dance, Elizabeth I once wrote that she enjoyed dancing the Spanish Panic and the Saracen Brawl!) I wonder what that first one looked like.;) ballon = mode of travel in the Joffrey Nutcracker. (mental image - Clara and Drosselmeyer being blown past Konfitüremburg International Airport by prevailing winds) Link to comment
grace Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 so, what is the Spanish Panic? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 God only knows, grace! At least we know Liz I liked to dance it, and it made its way into the Off-Broadway/Broadway show Once Upon a Mattress in name only. Rivoltade = Workers of the World, Unite! Link to comment
Dolphingirl Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Oh, I like these! At least the ones I understand... unfortunately, I only speak "ballet french" and so I don't get the ones that play off of other meanings that the words, or combos, might have. But the ones I get are a lot of fun! If only I could think of any. Dolphingirl P.S. Mr. Johnson, I'm quite fond of the Joffrey's "Ballon"! Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 Broken wrists = what dancers who fall down hard get. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 Remember, the pun is the lowest form of humor unless you think of it first. Ballotté = characteristic of elections in Florida. Link to comment
Treefrog Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 And I suppose sickled feet = what happens when you cut your oats by hand ...and forget to wear shoes ... (OUCH!) Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 Oats? They still farm oats in midstate Illinois? When I was at Rantoul at the late, great Chanute Air Force Base, they raised that and hemp! Very relaxed place, Chanute!;) (Also popcorn for the munchies) à terre = what you get if you stretch the costume too far. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 Just a reminder as to where this little enterprise got its inspiration. http://www.coupland.com/coupland/drool/00_06_21b.html Link to comment
Ann Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Gargouillade: Lemon-flavoured drink to assist gargling. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 Coupé = Danilova's green Citroën roadster. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 Tutu = OK, who brought the dog backstage? Link to comment
Guest Animefleur Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Pas de hooray=happy dance done after getting a difficult step down for the first time Link to comment
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