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les portés

English translation: lifts / weight bearing skills, acrobatic balancing

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French term or phrase:	les portés
English translation:	lifts / weight bearing skills, acrobatic balancing
Entered by:	ormiston

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15:24 Jun 30, 2007

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Art/Literary - Sports / Fitness / Recreation / circus activity

French term or phrase: les portés

these are the acts where performers perch their fellow acrobats on the shoulders etc. Is there a recognised term for this ?

ormiston KudoZ activity Questions: 214 (none open) (6 without valid answers) Answers: 1610
Local time: 21:05

lifts ?

Explanation:
it's called that in ice skating.....

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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 21:05

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3 +2	lifts ?	xxxCMJ_Trans
3	weight bearing skills	Alain Pommet

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peer agreement (net): +2

lifts ?

Explanation:
it's called that in ice skating.....

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 71

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helpful, thanks

2 hrs confidence:

weight bearing skills

Explanation:
This link has lots of different ways of describing standing on shoulders but uses this term in general.
http://tutorials.simplycircus.com/PDF/manuel acro port�.pdf

Alain Pommet
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Jul 10, 2007 - Changes made by ormiston:
Edited KOG entry	ormiston's old entry - "les portés" => "lifts / weight bearing skills, balancing"

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