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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Barre
Assembla
En arriare
Dessus
2. (Movements) in the air
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3. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Piqua
Sickling
Fish Dive
Devant
4. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Allegro
Fondu - fondue
Tournant - en
Pas de trios
5. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Derriare
a
Attitude
Pas
6. Two
Corps
Porta - portae
Ballon
Deux
7. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Corps
Tournant - en
Promenade
8. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Pas de bourra
Sissone
Saut de basque
9. Step in which the fotot goes in back coupa and you turn ¾ of a circle then do a grand jeta to complete the turn. Usually done in a circle or diagonal.
Pas de quatre
Dehors - en
Coupa jeta
Port de bras
10. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Coda
Petit jeta
Sissone
Seconde - a
11. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Pointes - sur le
Croix - en
Tendu
12. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pas de bourra
Coupa jeta
Attitude
En face
13. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Brisa
Pas de valse
Sept
14. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.
Saut de basque
Sissone fermae
a
Fouetta
15. Body.
Corps
Porta - portae
Dessus
Brisa
16. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Pas
Plia
Corps
a
17. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Sickling
Coupa jeta
Allegro
Seconde - a
18. Fish. A position of the body in which the legs are crossed in the fifth position and held tightly together with the back arched. This pose is taken while jumping into the air.
Croix - en
Poisson
Balletomane
Crois - croisa
19. To the front.
Bras bas
Avant
Brisa vola
En face
20. Seven
Bras
Sept
Entrechat
Tour jeta
21. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Sickling
En l'air
Cabriole
Pas de quatre
22. Small - half bend of the knees.
Coda
Tendu
a
Demi plia
23. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
Glissade
Avant
Sept
24. To turn in a walk. The dancer turns slowly in place on one foot by a series of slight movements of the heel to the required side while maintaining a definite pose.
Promenade
Tour jeta
Pas de bourra
Sauta - sautae
25. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Brisa vola
Dehors - en
Releva
Polonaise
26. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Rond de jambe
Pas de deux
Saut de basque
27. Dance for four
Releva
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de quatre
Tour jeta
28. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
a
Porta - portae
Frappa
29. To prick
Sept
Piqua
Demi plia
Fondu - fondue
30. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Cecchetti Method
Retira or Passa
Pas de quatre
Pas de deux
31. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Adagio
a
Fouetta - en tournant
Ligne
32. To throw. A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been thrown.
Jeta
Releva
Ca
Fondu - fondue
33. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Promenade
Petit jeta
Ca
34. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Rond de jambe
Saut de basque
Royale
35. A stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre - as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises. Much of a ballet dancer's training t
Sauta - sautae
a
Barre
Ouvert - ouverte
36. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Ca
Fish Dive
Tournant - en
37. Backwards - reverse.
Cavalier
En arriare
Sur le cou-de-pied
Croix - en
38. A march in which two steps are taken forward on the demi-pointes and then the third step is taken flat with the supporting knee bent in fondu and the other leg raised in front.
Polonaise
Changement
Corps
Balletomane
39. Whirl - or spin
Battement (Grand)
Tour jeta
Piroette
Crois - croisa
40. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Coda
Cavalier
Pointes - sur le
Ballotta
41. Arms low or down. This is the dancer's 'attention.' The arms form a circle with the palms facing each other and the back edge of the hands resting on the thighs. The arms should hang quite loosely but not allowing the elbows to touch the sides.
Brisa
Sickling
Bras bas
En face
42. Arms
Demi plia
Tour jeta
Balanca
Bras
43. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Rond de jambe
Seconde - a
Dessous
Petit jeta
44. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Plia
Grand - grande
Pencha
45. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Cha
En l'air
Battu
Tour jeta
46. Shaded. Position in which the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience so that a part of the body is taken back - almost hidden from view.
Devant
a
Tour en lair
Dehors - en
47. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Divertissement
Coda
Royale
48. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Balanca
Coda
a
49. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Pas de bourra couru
Tendu
Balletomane
50. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Pas de valse
Crois - croisa
Pas de quatre
Dehors - en