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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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dance
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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. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Terre a
Bras
Pas de trios
Couru
2. Change of the feet in the air.
Sissone
Changement
Daveloppa
Grande pas de deux
3. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Pas
En l'air
Grande pas de deux
Fouetta
4. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Polonaise
Sissone fermae
Changement
En face
5. Raised
Arabesque
Changement
Releva
En l'air
6. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Seconde - a
Ballon
Brisa
Couru
7. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Entrechat
Port de bras
Pointes - sur le
Pas de bourra
8. (Movements) in the air
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9. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Fouetta
Brisa
Sur le cou-de-pied
Rond de jambe
10. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Changement
Dessus
Plia
Arabesque
11. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Promenade
Brisa vola
Brisa
Rond de jambe
12. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Corps
Plia
Battu
Dedans - en
13. Two
Changement
Deux
Coupa jeta
Derriare
14. 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
Fouetta
Adagio
Fish Dive
Diagonale
15. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Ca
Croix - en
Cecchetti Method
16. To lean
Ligne
Battu
Ouvert - ouverte
Pencha
17. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Brisa
Sissone
Jeta
18. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Royale
a
Croix - en
En l'air
19. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Pencha
Grande pas de deux
Arabesque
Deux
20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Tournant - en
Pas de bourra
Daveloppa
Balletomane
21. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Allegro
Retira or Passa
Chassa
Tendu
22. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Releva
Pas de bourra couru
Seconde - a
a
23. Turning fouetta.
Bras bas
Demi pointe - sur la
Fouetta - en tournant
Pencha
24. Leg.
Pas de quatre
Sickling
Ligne
Jambe
25. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Brisa vola
Polonaise
Porta - portae
26. To glide. A traveling step executed by gliding the working foot from the fifth position in the required direction - the other foot closing to it.
Porta - portae
Ballotta
Glissade
Pencha
27. To prick
Cha
Dedans - en
Croix - en
Piqua
28. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Grande pas de deux
Extension
Brisa vola
29. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
a
Tendu
Fouetta - en tournant
Barre
30. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Fouetta
Piqua
Crois - croisa
Porta - portae
31. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Bras bas
Assembla
Dessus
Diagonale
32. 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.
Pointe shoes
Cha
a
Adagio
33. 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
Ouvert - ouverte
Demi pointe - sur la
Polonaise
34. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Plia
Sept
Pointe shoes
35. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Port de bras
Sickling
Ca
a
36. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Changement
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Grand - grande
37. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Adagio
Fouetta
Sissone
Ligne
38. 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.
Ligne
Devant
Coda
Frappa
39. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Port de bras
Dedans - en
Cha
En face
40. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Allegro
Chassa
Devant
41. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Avant
Retira or Passa
Crois - croisa
Pointes - sur le
42. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Sickling
Glissade
Coda
Sur le cou-de-pied
43. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Piqua
Pas de chat
Frappa
44. A
Ligne
Pencha
a
Brisa vola
45. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Assembla
Petit jeta
Sissone
Port de bras
46. Interweaving or braiding. A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind each other.
Dagaga
Tournant - en
Daveloppa
Entrechat
47. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Port de bras
Deux
Seconde - a
Attitude
48. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Dagaga
Pas de bourra couru
Derriare
Cabriole
49. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Seconde - a
Porta - portae
Devant
50. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Porta - portae
En l'air