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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Arms






2. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






3. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






4. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.






5. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






6. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.






7. Turning fouetta.






8. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






9. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






10. 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.






11. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






12. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






13. Small - little






14. To lean






15. A






16. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






17. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






19. A stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre - as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises. Much of a ballet dancer's training t






20. Slow - sustained movement






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






25. To prick






26. 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.






27. (Movements) in the air

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28. Two






29. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






30. Behind you - movements done behind you.






31. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






32. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






33. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






34. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






35. Body.






36. Connected movements on the points






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






38. To the front.






39. Big - large. (movements)






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






41. Leg.






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






43. Step






44. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






45. Open - opened.






46. Backwards - reverse.






47. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






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






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






50. Dance for four







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