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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Big - large. (movements)






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






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






4. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






5. Small - little






6. Arms






7. 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.






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






9. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






10. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






11. Body.






12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






13. 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.






14. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






15. 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.






16. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






17. To the front.






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






19. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






21. Running.






22. Raised






23. 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.






24. Dance for two.






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






26. To rock - or to swing.






27. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






29. Step






30. 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.






31. Backwards - reverse.






32. To lean






33. A






34. 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.






35. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






36. Small - half bend of the knees.






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






38. Dance for three






39. To prick






40. Behind you - movements done behind you.






41. 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






42. 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






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 Withdrawn.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






44. 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.






45. Borken/breaking






46. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






47. A jump from both feet onto one foot






48. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






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