ballet position

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ballet position - classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet

posture, attitude, position - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

arabesque - position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose

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