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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Terre a
Coupa jeta
Cavalier
Saut de basque
2. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Pointe shoes
Sauta - sautae
Sissone
Avant
3. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
a
Croix - en
Changement
4. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Frappa
Arabesque
Ouvert - ouverte
5. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Glissade
Chassa
a
Bras bas
6. Connected movements on the points
Grande pas de deux
Port de bras
Balanca
Temps lia sur les pointes
7. Arms
Bras
Sauta - sautae
Dessus
Allonga
8. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Brisa vola
Crois - croisa
Corps
Fouetta - en tournant
9. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Cabriole
a
Porta - portae
Bras
10. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Pas de valse
Petit jeta
Pas de quatre
11. 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.
Adagio
Pointes - sur le
Daveloppa
Cha
12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Avant
Porta - portae
Sur le cou-de-pied
13. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Petit jeta
Saut de basque
En face
14. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Ligne
a
Retira or Passa
15. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Bras bas
Pas
Derriare
Polonaise
16. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Sauta - sautae
Fondu - fondue
Piqua
Pas de valse
17. To the front.
Avant
Demi pointe - sur la
Divertissement
Allonga
18. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Demi pointe - sur la
Jambe
Coda
Daveloppa
19. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Glissade
Daveloppa
Fouetta - en tournant
20. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Glissade
a
Dessous
Bras
21. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Demi plia
Dedans - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
Seconde - a
22. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Grand - grande
Extension
Adagio
Avant
23. Dance for two.
Arabesque
Dessus
Pas de deux
Rond de jambe
24. 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.
a
Polonaise
Ca
Tour en lair
25. Raised
Battu
Arabesque
Releva
Pas de deux
26. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dehors - en
Jeta
Dessus
Pas de bourra couru
27. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Glissade
Allegro
Chassa
Jambe
28. (Movements) in the air
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29. Two
Deux
Ballon
Sauta - sautae
Pas de bourra couru
30. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Frappa
Fouetta - en tournant
Cabriole
Dagaga
31. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Croix - en
Couru
Retira or Passa
32. 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.
Plia
Promenade
Petit
Pas de bourra
33. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour en lair
Tour jeta
Croix - en
Fouetta
34. Whirl - or spin
Adagio
Fish Dive
Grande pas de deux
Piroette
35. 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.
Pas
Glissade
Cavalier
Adagio
36. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Brisa vola
Croix - en
Derriare
Dessous
37. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Cavalier
Pas de bourra
Seconde - a
Dessous
38. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Corps
Royale
Cabriole
Retira or Passa
39. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Porta - portae
Entrechat
Polonaise
Port de bras
40. To prick
Petit
Piqua
Tour en lair
Adagio
41. To lean
Pencha
Dedans - en
Crois - croisa
Terre a
42. 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
Temps lia sur les pointes
Releva
Fish Dive
En arriare
43. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Fouetta
En arriare
Sickling
44. 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
Petit
Entrechat
Pointes - sur le
45. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.
Piroette
a
Sissone fermae
Cabriole
46. Body.
Battu
Releva
a
Corps
47. Backwards - reverse.
Polonaise
Tournant - en
En arriare
Sept
48. 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.
Pas de chat
Dessous
Cecchetti Method
Jeta
49. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
En l'air
Pas de chat
Fouetta
Petit jeta
50. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Daveloppa
Ballon
Demi pointe - sur la
Terre a
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