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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






2. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






3. Arms






4. Open - opened.






5. Running.






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






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






8. Dance for four






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






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






11. (Movements) in the air

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12. Connected movements on the points






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. 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. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






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






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






18. Backwards - reverse.






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






20. 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.






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






22. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






23. 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.






24. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. To get bigger/ big fast movements






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. Turning fouetta.






34. To stretch out - make longer






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






36. Small - little






37. To the front.






38. Dance for three






39. 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.






40. Big - large. (movements)






41. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






42. Whirl - or spin






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






44. Dance for two.






45. 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.






46. Step






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






48. A jump from both feet onto one foot






49. Behind you - movements done behind you.






50. A