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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






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






4. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






6. To rock - or to swing.






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






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






9. Leg.






10. Dance for four






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






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






13. 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.






14. Small - half bend of the knees.






15. A jump from both feet onto one foot






16. Running.






17. Small - little






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






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






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






21. Turning fouetta.






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






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






24. To get bigger/ big fast movements






25. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






26. 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.






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






28. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






29. A






30. Step






31. Big - large. (movements)






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






33. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. To the front.






39. Connected movements on the points






40. Seven






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






42. Dance for two.






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






44. 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.






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






46. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






47. 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.






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






49. Two






50. 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.