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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Seven






2. 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.






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






4. Change of the feet in the air.






5. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






7. 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.






8. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






9. 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






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






11. Enrico Cecchetti was a ballet teacher. He had a system of passing the tradition of ballet down to the next generation. The method has a definite program of strict routine and includes a table of principal set daily exercises for each day of the week.






12. 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.






13. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






14. 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.






15. (Movements) in the air

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16. 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.






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






18. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






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






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






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






22. A jump from both feet onto one foot






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






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






25. Arms






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






27. To prick






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






29. Whirl - or spin






30. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






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






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






33. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






34. Body.






35. 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.






36. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. To the front.






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






41. 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






42. Two






43. 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.






44. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






45. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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






47. This means 'moving' the leg.






48. To lean






49. 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.






50. 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.