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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Ca
Dedans - en
Coupa jeta
Deux
2. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Retira or Passa
Devant
Demi pointe - sur la
Changement
3. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
Battu
Petit
Tour jeta
4. Enrico Cecchetti was a ballet teacher. He had a system of passing the tradition of ballet down to the next generation. The method has a definite program of strict routine and includes a table of principal set daily exercises for each day of the week.
Retira or Passa
Piroette
Rond de jambe
Cecchetti Method
5. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Daveloppa
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas
Petit jeta
6. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Allonga
Fouetta
Bras
Porta - portae
7. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Porta - portae
Grande pas de deux
En face
Allonga
8. Raised
Bras
Pointe shoes
Pas de chat
Releva
9. Pas de bourra - running. This is a progression on the points or demi-pointes by a series of small - even steps with the feet close together. It may be done in all directions or in a circle.
Pas de trios
Pas de bourra couru
Frappa
Diagonale
10. 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.
Balletomane
Dessous
Coupa jeta
Pas de valse
11. Body.
Changement
Ca
Corps
Dehors - en
12. 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.
a
Bras bas
Temps lia sur les pointes
Seconde - a
13. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Devant
Pas de bourra
Royale
Cloche - en
14. Change of the feet in the air.
Daveloppa
Glissade
Changement
Tendu
15. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tendu
Frappa
Tournant - en
Rond de jambe
16. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Corps
Derriare
Croix - en
Glissade
17. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Devant
Port de bras
Sissone
Dessous
18. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.
Divertissement
En face
Battu
Avant
19. Basque jump. A traveling step in which the dancer turns in the air with one foot drawn up to the knee of the other leg. Fifth position are foot front.
Pas de deux
Demi plia
Dessous
Saut de basque
20. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Dehors - en
Brisa vola
Assembla
a
21. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Devant
Cavalier
Pas de bourra
Avant
22. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Deux
a
Jambe
23. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Pas de trios
a
Porta - portae
Couru
24. Backwards - reverse.
Grand - grande
Chassa
En arriare
Extension
25. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Tour en lair
Retira or Passa
Balletomane
Cha
26. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Dessous
Pas de deux
Polonaise
27. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Avant
En arriare
Brisa vola
Crois - croisa
28. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Piqua
Releva
a
Arabesque
29. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Seconde - a
Devant
Bras
Allonga
30. Small - little
Cavalier
Demi plia
Polonaise
Petit
31. 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
Bras bas
Barre
En l'air
a
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
a
Releva
Demi pointe - sur la
33. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Attitude
Deux
Barre
a
34. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Cecchetti Method
Dedans - en
Pas de bourra
Fish Dive
35. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Dessus
Barre
Rond de jambe
36. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Diagonale
Battement (Grand)
Pointe shoes
Ouvert - ouverte
37. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Assembla
Pas de valse
Extension
Dehors - en
38. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Allegro
Sauta - sautae
Dagaga
39. Running.
Coda
Ca
Seconde - a
Couru
40. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Pas
Couru
Demi pointe - sur la
41. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Petit jeta
Divertissement
Pointes - sur le
Dessous
42. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Attitude
Glissade
Seconde - a
43. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Tendu
Fouetta
Sauta - sautae
Piqua
44. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Allonga
Pencha
Tournant - en
Sickling
45. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
Battu
Cabriole
Fouetta
Ligne
46. Two
Releva
Deux
Battement (Grand)
Barre
47. Big - large. (movements)
Divertissement
Demi pointe - sur la
Grand - grande
Cha
48. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Saut de basque
Cecchetti Method
Polonaise
Sauta - sautae
49. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
a
Pas de trios
En arriare
50. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Piqua
Extension
Tournant - en