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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / balé | | Portuguese term or phrase: sustentação | | A exigência em relação ao corpo acaba fazendo parte da rotina do ballet clássico - sustentação, equilíbrio, sapatilhas de ponta – e um corpo magro é uma constante na vida do bailarino, apesar de não se terem dados científicos de que para dançar seja necessário estar magro (Simas & Guimarães, 2002). |
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soutenu: ["sustained"]. Performed smoothly and slowly as a crossed leg turn up onto pointe. It starts from 5th position where the working leg is taken out to the front, 2nd position, or to the back, while the supporting leg is lowers to demi-plié, then the supporting leg rises to demi or full pointe while the working leg is drawn into it, ending in a tight sus-sous position.
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