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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. A jump from both feet onto one foot






2. To the front.






3. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






4. (Movements) in the air

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5. Running.






6. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






7. Turning fouetta.






8. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






9. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






10. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






11. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






12. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






13. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






14. Backwards - reverse.






15. To strike powerfully. An exercise in which the dancer forcefully extends the working leg from a cou-de-pied position to the front - side or back.






16. Connected movements on the points






17. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






18. 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.






19. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






20. Dance for four






21. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






22. This is a term used in double (supported) work for various lifts in which the danseuse is supported by the danseur in a poisson position. He may hold her above his head in a horizontal fish dive or she may fall from a sitting position on his shoulder






23. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






24. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






25. Developing movement. A daveloppa is a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to the knee of the supporting leg and slowly extended to an open position en l'air and held there with perfect control.






26. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






27. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






28. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






29. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






30. Change of the feet in the air.






31. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






32. Step






33. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






34. Body.






35. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






36. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.






37. Slow - sustained movement






38. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






39. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






40. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






41. Raised






42. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






43. Dance for three






44. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






45. To lean






46. Arms






47. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. To the front. Any step in front of your body.