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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. To stretch out - make longer






2. Seven






3. 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.






4. To rock - or to swing.






5. Backwards - reverse.






6. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






7. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






8. A






9. Connected movements on the points






10. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






11. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






12. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






13. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






14. To lean






15. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






16. Dance for four






17. Turning fouetta.






18. Body.






19. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






20. To get bigger/ big fast movements






21. 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.






22. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






23. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






24. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






25. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






26. Small - little






27. 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.






28. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






29. This means 'moving' the leg.






30. Male dance partner to the ballerina






31. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






32. 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.






33. Slow - sustained movement






34. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






35. 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.






36. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






37. Raised






38. Two






39. A jump from both feet onto one foot






40. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






41. Arms






42. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






43. 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.






44. To the front.






45. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






46. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Borken/breaking







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