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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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.
Daveloppa
Pas de bourra
Crois - croisa
Assembla
2. 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.
Releva
Pointe shoes
Temps lia sur les pointes
Coupa jeta
3. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Jeta
Jambe
a
4. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Poisson
Tournant - en
Assembla
Port de bras
5. A
Balanca
a
Port de bras
Dagaga
6. 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
Piroette
Divertissement
7. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Sissone fermae
Cabriole
Couru
Cha
8. Open - opened.
Dessus
Daveloppa
Diagonale
Ouvert - ouverte
9. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Allonga
Sissone
Retira or Passa
Allegro
10. 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
Coupa jeta
Sept
Sissone fermae
11. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Crois - croisa
Sauta - sautae
Pas de valse
Dedans - en
12. To lean
Pencha
Dagaga
Terre a
Sur le cou-de-pied
13. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Royale
Balanca
Adagio
14. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Attitude
Brisa vola
Ca
Tour en lair
15. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Ouvert - ouverte
Grande pas de deux
Barre
16. 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.
Dessous
Couru
Bras bas
Frappa
17. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Pas de bourra
Ballon
Croix - en
Avant
18. To the front.
Pas de chat
Avant
Bras bas
Royale
19. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Attitude
a
Devant
Plia
20. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Balletomane
Fouetta - en tournant
Divertissement
21. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Cecchetti Method
Coupa jeta
Ballotta
Diagonale
22. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Cecchetti Method
Derriare
Tour jeta
Pencha
23. Arms
Bras
Releva
Sept
Pas de trios
24. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Crois - croisa
Dessous
Sickling
a
25. Small - little
Jeta
Petit
Fouetta - en tournant
Pencha
26. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Tournant - en
Grande pas de deux
a
Saut de basque
27. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Coda
Demi plia
Cavalier
Temps lia sur les pointes
28. 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.
Sissone
Bras bas
Sept
Pas de deux
29. Turning fouetta.
Pas de bourra couru
Fouetta - en tournant
Petit
a
30. 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.
Cha
Jeta
Porta - portae
Diagonale
31. Body.
Promenade
Pas de trios
Plia
Corps
32. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Plia
Balletomane
Dessous
Fondu - fondue
33. 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.
Fouetta
Tournant - en
Seconde - a
Entrechat
34. (Movements) in the air
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35. Change of the feet in the air.
Cha
Frappa
Demi plia
Changement
36. 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
Allonga
Jambe
Brisa vola
37. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Assembla
Petit jeta
En l'air
Frappa
38. Leg.
Couru
Temps lia sur les pointes
Jambe
Terre a
39. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Cecchetti Method
Devant
Tournant - en
Allonga
40. 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.
Plia
Piqua
Pas de bourra
Cecchetti Method
41. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Grand - grande
Pointes - sur le
Piqua
Chassa
42. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Demi plia
Pointes - sur le
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de quatre
43. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Adagio
Arabesque
Changement
Daveloppa
44. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Pencha
Jeta
Assembla
45. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Promenade
Dessus
Coupa jeta
Tendu
46. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Grand - grande
Port de bras
Balletomane
Pencha
47. 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.
Dessous
Pas de chat
Poisson
Crois - croisa
48. Running.
Couru
Pas de trios
Cabriole
Temps lia sur les pointes
49. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Petit jeta
Retira or Passa
Sissone
Pas de bourra couru
50. Dance for four
Pas de deux
Pas de quatre
En arriare
Sickling