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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Small - little
Petit
Cavalier
Ouvert - ouverte
Ballon
2. 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
Tour jeta
Ballon
Pointe shoes
3. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
En l'air
Frappa
Entrechat
4. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Grande pas de deux
Dehors - en
Divertissement
5. 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
Pencha
Piroette
Frappa
6. 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.
En face
a
Brisa
Sickling
7. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Allegro
Crois - croisa
Chassa
Avant
8. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Brisa
Sissone fermae
Grande pas de deux
Tour en lair
9. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Fouetta
Jambe
Sissone
Cavalier
10. 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.
Grand - grande
Sissone fermae
Deux
a
11. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Sept
Piqua
Dessus
Coupa jeta
12. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Dagaga
a
Chassa
Demi pointe - sur la
13. 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.
Changement
Coupa jeta
Pas de bourra
Battement (Grand)
14. Connected movements on the points
Demi pointe - sur la
Temps lia sur les pointes
Ouvert - ouverte
Fondu - fondue
15. 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.
Cha
Dagaga
Saut de basque
Pointes - sur le
16. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Piqua
Coda
Allonga
Jambe
17. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Brisa vola
Retira or Passa
Pas de chat
Balanca
18. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Glissade
Pencha
Grande pas de deux
19. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Battement (Grand)
Royale
Fondu - fondue
Devant
20. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Pas de valse
Cavalier
a
21. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Pointes - sur le
Tournant - en
Pas de deux
Glissade
22. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Adagio
Tour jeta
Dedans - en
Ligne
23. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Frappa
Demi pointe - sur la
Ligne
Dessous
24. To lean
Tour jeta
Sur le cou-de-pied
Barre
Pencha
25. To prick
Corps
Pointe shoes
Piqua
Extension
26. Whirl - or spin
Avant
Piroette
Allegro
a
27. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
a
Pointes - sur le
Fish Dive
Cecchetti Method
28. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
a
En l'air
Battu
Arabesque
29. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Divertissement
Dehors - en
Fondu - fondue
Brisa
30. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Ouvert - ouverte
Tour en lair
Pas de deux
Sauta - sautae
31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Demi pointe - sur la
Tour jeta
En face
Battu
32. Backwards - reverse.
Ouvert - ouverte
Dessus
En arriare
Sept
33. 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.
Glissade
Croix - en
Seconde - a
Sauta - sautae
34. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Brisa vola
Cha
Jeta
Adagio
35. Open - opened.
Petit jeta
Frappa
En face
Ouvert - ouverte
36. 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.
En l'air
Entrechat
Petit jeta
Adagio
37. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Grand - grande
Extension
Porta - portae
38. To stretch out - make longer
Brisa vola
Changement
Barre
Allonga
39. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Terre a
Bras bas
Chassa
40. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Ballotta
Fondu - fondue
Ligne
Retira or Passa
41. To the front.
Pas de bourra
Avant
Pencha
Tour en lair
42. This means 'moving' the leg.
Fouetta - en tournant
Ballotta
Battement (Grand)
Sauta - sautae
43. Raised
Fouetta
Fondu - fondue
Releva
a
44. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Corps
Brisa
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sur le cou-de-pied
45. (Movements) in the air
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46. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Sept
Pointe shoes
En arriare
Tour jeta
47. Running.
Pas de trios
Retira or Passa
Sickling
Couru
48. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Sept
Piqua
Cecchetti Method
Devant
49. 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
Sickling
Fish Dive
Balanca
Dagaga
50. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Ouvert - ouverte
Bras bas
Pas de quatre
Cloche - en