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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Whirl - or spin
Sur le cou-de-pied
Poisson
Fouetta - en tournant
Piroette
2. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas
Fondu - fondue
Derriare
3. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Pas de quatre
Plia
Piqua
Arabesque
4. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Battement (Grand)
Fouetta
Pointe shoes
5. 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 arriare
Coda
Corps
a
6. 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.
Attitude
Allegro
Allonga
Promenade
7. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
En arriare
Piqua
Coda
8. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Ballotta
Assembla
Port de bras
a
9. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
En l'air
Crois - croisa
Pas de deux
10. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
a
Tour jeta
Pointes - sur le
Tendu
11. To the front.
Ballotta
Saut de basque
Chassa
Avant
12. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Ballotta
Extension
Piroette
13. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Port de bras
Brisa vola
Releva
Pas de bourra couru
14. 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.
Plia
Glissade
Barre
Jambe
15. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Ligne
Coda
Fondu - fondue
Brisa vola
16. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Poisson
Seconde - a
Pas de valse
Crois - croisa
17. Dance for four
Saut de basque
Balanca
Bras bas
Pas de quatre
18. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Changement
Fouetta
Pas de trios
19. Body.
Pas
Dessus
Tour en lair
Corps
20. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Allonga
Tour jeta
a
Tournant - en
21. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Pas de deux
Balanca
Fouetta
22. Dance for three
a
Dessus
Pas de trios
Dedans - en
23. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Daveloppa
a
Retira or Passa
Ballon
24. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de bourra
Barre
Grande pas de deux
Fondu - fondue
25. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Brisa
Temps lia sur les pointes
Barre
26. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Fish Dive
Temps lia sur les pointes
Porta - portae
En l'air
27. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Deux
Sauta - sautae
Cloche - en
Attitude
28. 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.
Poisson
Deux
Pas de valse
Saut de basque
29. Two
Releva
Brisa vola
Jambe
Deux
30. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Fouetta
Ligne
Cecchetti Method
31. 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.
Frappa
En face
Rond de jambe
Entrechat
32. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Pointe shoes
Dessous
Diagonale
En face
33. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Promenade
Brisa vola
Tendu
Pas de deux
34. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Demi plia
Demi pointe - sur la
Battu
Dedans - en
35. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Fouetta - en tournant
a
En face
Pas de trios
36. To prick
Dessus
Sissone fermae
Piqua
Corps
37. 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.
Saut de basque
Sickling
Port de bras
Brisa vola
38. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Barre
Croix - en
Pas de chat
Saut de basque
39. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Allegro
Petit jeta
Dessous
Deux
40. Change of the feet in the air.
Dessus
Grande pas de deux
Changement
Sauta - sautae
41. 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.
Poisson
Promenade
Polonaise
Entrechat
42. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
a
Battement (Grand)
Coda
43. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Pas de deux
Ballon
Frappa
Assembla
44. (Movements) in the air
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45. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Dessus
Daveloppa
Balanca
46. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Sissone
Dessus
Fish Dive
Port de bras
47. Turning fouetta.
Promenade
Coupa jeta
Fouetta - en tournant
Extension
48. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Cloche - en
Poisson
Diagonale
Sur le cou-de-pied
49. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Brisa vola
Cloche - en
Tour en lair
50. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Pointe shoes
Tour en lair
Bras bas
Daveloppa