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Ballet Basics Vocab
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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. Small - half bend of the knees.
Royale
Dagaga
Attitude
Demi plia
2. Whirl - or spin
Pas de bourra
Sissone fermae
Piroette
Pointes - sur le
3. To prick
Piqua
Coupa jeta
Ca
Promenade
4. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Fish Dive
Ballon
Terre a
Releva
5. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Chassa
Port de bras
Attitude
Sissone
6. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Piqua
Bras bas
Changement
7. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de chat
Allegro
8. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Divertissement
Coda
Crois - croisa
Frappa
9. 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.
Coupa jeta
Attitude
Petit jeta
Daveloppa
10. Dance for three
Barre
Crois - croisa
Allonga
Pas de trios
11. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Fouetta - en tournant
Ballotta
Royale
Fondu - fondue
12. 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.
Bras bas
Pas de bourra couru
Cha
Temps lia sur les pointes
13. Seven
Glissade
Cha
Sept
Jeta
14. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Pas de trios
Cavalier
Cloche - en
Frappa
15. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pas de valse
Battu
Fondu - fondue
16. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Pointes - sur le
En arriare
Tour jeta
Tour en lair
17. 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.
Pas de bourra
Seconde - a
Frappa
Ouvert - ouverte
18. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Balletomane
Chassa
Coda
a
19. To stretch out - make longer
Changement
Allonga
Barre
Plia
20. Leg.
Jambe
Grand - grande
a
a
21. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Ballon
Cavalier
Ballotta
Porta - portae
22. 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.
Poisson
Grand - grande
En l'air
Pas de trios
23. 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.
Pointes - sur le
Pas
Divertissement
Allegro
24. 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.
Daveloppa
Frappa
Saut de basque
a
25. Step
Jambe
Polonaise
Pas de valse
Pas
26. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Pas de trios
Arabesque
Dehors - en
Ca
27. 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
Cabriole
Plia
Retira or Passa
28. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Allegro
Piqua
Coupa jeta
Balletomane
29. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Ballotta
Sissone fermae
Dessus
Couru
30. 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.
Avant
Tournant - en
Pas de trios
Battu
31. 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
Battu
Attitude
Pointes - sur le
32. Dance for four
Dedans - en
Croix - en
Petit jeta
Pas de quatre
33. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Barre
Releva
Cabriole
Pas de deux
34. 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
Fish Dive
Chassa
Dedans - en
Avant
35. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Divertissement
Pas de bourra
Cabriole
Arabesque
36. Small - little
Bras
Promenade
Cloche - en
Petit
37. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Pas de quatre
Corps
Balletomane
Retira or Passa
38. 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.
Pas de bourra couru
Extension
Jeta
Corps
39. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Ouvert - ouverte
Petit jeta
Derriare
Couru
40. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Promenade
Plia
Pas de deux
41. 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
a
Pencha
Barre
Bras
42. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Croix - en
Allegro
En face
Pas de chat
43. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Releva
Croix - en
Ballon
Port de bras
44. Body.
Cabriole
Pas de deux
Retira or Passa
Corps
45. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Retira or Passa
Extension
Corps
Ballon
46. A
Pas de trios
a
Balanca
Tendu
47. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Bras bas
Pas de valse
Port de bras
a
48. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Corps
Coupa jeta
a
Ballotta
49. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Balanca
a
Cabriole
50. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Cavalier
Fouetta
Corps