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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. 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.
a
a
Ligne
Entrechat
2. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Coupa jeta
Corps
Tour jeta
Sur le cou-de-pied
3. Turning fouetta.
Deux
Saut de basque
Fouetta - en tournant
Plia
4. A
Jambe
Cavalier
Pointes - sur le
a
5. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Divertissement
Pencha
Jambe
6. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Couru
a
Seconde - a
Terre a
7. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Derriare
Ballotta
Changement
Allonga
8. 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.
Releva
a
Cecchetti Method
Croix - en
9. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Releva
Croix - en
Pas
En arriare
10. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Demi plia
Deux
Petit
Fouetta
11. This term is used for a fault in which the dancer turns his or her foot in from the ankle - thereby breaking the straight line of the leg.
Divertissement
Jeta
Sickling
Retira or Passa
12. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Balanca
Ballon
Barre
Deux
13. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Couru
Promenade
Fondu - fondue
Crois - croisa
14. 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.
Bras bas
Deux
Ligne
Poisson
15. Dance for three
Pointe shoes
Pas de deux
Allonga
Pas de trios
16. Body.
Corps
Fish Dive
Pas de quatre
Dedans - en
17. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Corps
Port de bras
Jambe
Devant
18. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Entrechat
Daveloppa
Tour en lair
19. Raised
Changement
Fondu - fondue
Releva
Glissade
20. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Jeta
Pas de bourra
Daveloppa
Brisa
21. 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
Terre a
Petit jeta
Sissone
Barre
22. To the front.
Bras
Pas de valse
Avant
Jambe
23. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Promenade
Coupa jeta
Petit jeta
Tournant - en
24. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Port de bras
Barre
Pointes - sur le
Pas de valse
25. 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.
Daveloppa
Saut de basque
Pencha
Glissade
26. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Fouetta
Balanca
Tournant - en
27. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Allegro
Attitude
Derriare
28. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Pas de deux
Petit jeta
Pointes - sur le
Grande pas de deux
29. Leg.
Cabriole
Fouetta - en tournant
Jambe
Plia
30. 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.
Entrechat
Coupa jeta
Saut de basque
Pas de valse
31. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Ouvert - ouverte
Cha
Arabesque
a
32. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Sickling
Demi plia
Tournant - en
Chassa
33. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Sissone fermae
Royale
Seconde - a
Arabesque
34. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Pas de quatre
Glissade
Coda
Tendu
35. 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
Ca
Fouetta
Pas de deux
36. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Grande pas de deux
Dedans - en
Petit jeta
37. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Corps
Attitude
Battement (Grand)
Coda
38. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Bras
Seconde - a
Piqua
Pas de valse
39. 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.
a
Grande pas de deux
Grand - grande
Battu
40. Dance for two.
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de deux
Piqua
Coupa jeta
41. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Brisa
Royale
Diagonale
Bras bas
42. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sept
Jeta
Sissone
Pointe shoes
43. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Saut de basque
En l'air
Retira or Passa
44. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Pencha
Sauta - sautae
Pas de trios
a
45. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Jeta
a
Dagaga
46. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
a
Cabriole
Divertissement
Barre
47. 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.
a
Bras bas
Pas de bourra couru
Cavalier
48. To lean
Coda
Grand - grande
Pencha
Brisa
49. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Balletomane
Ouvert - ouverte
Bras
50. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Porta - portae
Piqua
En face