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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. Big - large. (movements)
Fouetta - en tournant
Sissone
Grand - grande
Jeta
2. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Attitude
Cha
Petit jeta
3. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Brisa
Pas de quatre
Cavalier
4. 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.
Cabriole
Assembla
Daveloppa
Sur le cou-de-pied
5. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Balletomane
a
Allegro
6. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Plia
Cabriole
Dagaga
Demi pointe - sur la
7. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
En face
Dehors - en
Dedans - en
8. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Cabriole
Tendu
Allegro
Seconde - a
9. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Sauta - sautae
Releva
Pas de chat
Rond de jambe
10. Backwards - reverse.
Sauta - sautae
Petit jeta
Poisson
En arriare
11. Small - little
Royale
Pas
Releva
Petit
12. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Derriare
Demi pointe - sur la
Cabriole
Sauta - sautae
13. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Pas de quatre
Saut de basque
Deux
14. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Pas de quatre
Pointes - sur le
Pas de deux
Ballotta
15. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
En face
Plia
Cha
Tendu
16. 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.
Diagonale
Arabesque
Bras bas
Sissone
17. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
Battu
Derriare
Attitude
Cha
18. Two
Sissone
Seconde - a
Deux
a
19. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Retira or Passa
Cabriole
Arabesque
Daveloppa
20. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Sickling
Sur le cou-de-pied
Tournant - en
Piqua
21. 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.
Dessous
a
Rond de jambe
Piroette
22. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Avant
Pas de valse
Grand - grande
23. Body.
Sauta - sautae
Extension
Corps
Fish Dive
24. 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.
Saut de basque
Sissone fermae
Ca
Barre
25. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Coda
Pas de deux
Royale
Fondu - fondue
26. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Retira or Passa
Balletomane
Port de bras
Croix - en
27. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Fouetta
Rond de jambe
Fouetta - en tournant
a
28. 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
Pencha
Crois - croisa
En face
29. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Divertissement
Tour en lair
Brisa vola
30. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
Royale
Promenade
Ouvert - ouverte
31. 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.
Brisa
Sickling
Chassa
Cavalier
32. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Sickling
En face
En l'air
Releva
33. To lean
Petit
Brisa vola
Pencha
Crois - croisa
34. Dance for three
Glissade
Cecchetti Method
Pas de trios
Grande pas de deux
35. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
En face
Terre a
Extension
36. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Derriare
Terre a
Rond de jambe
Grande pas de deux
37. 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.
Bras
Tournant - en
Polonaise
Terre a
38. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Daveloppa
Polonaise
Rond de jambe
39. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Pas de bourra
a
Pas de bourra couru
40. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fouetta - en tournant
Fondu - fondue
Deux
Pas de valse
41. Leg.
Pointes - sur le
Sissone fermae
Battement (Grand)
Jambe
42. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Entrechat
En face
Dehors - en
43. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Dessous
Retira or Passa
Demi pointe - sur la
Polonaise
44. To stretch out - make longer
Terre a
Dedans - en
Fouetta - en tournant
Allonga
45. A
Polonaise
Arabesque
a
En l'air
46. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Coda
Terre a
Sissone
47. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Pointes - sur le
Allegro
Cloche - en
48. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Tendu
Daveloppa
Petit
49. 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.
En arriare
Polonaise
Frappa
Cabriole
50. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Deux
Pas de valse
Glissade
Terre a