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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Backwards - reverse.
Jeta
En arriare
Sauta - sautae
Releva
2. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Avant
Pencha
En face
Dagaga
3. To lean
Allonga
Pencha
Tour en lair
Deux
4. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Cha
Petit jeta
Fondu - fondue
Pas de trios
5. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Changement
Pas de bourra
Allegro
Ligne
6. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Pas de quatre
Dehors - en
En l'air
Extension
7. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Terre a
Retira or Passa
Sur le cou-de-pied
Cavalier
8. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Demi plia
Tournant - en
Dehors - en
En face
9. This means 'moving' the leg.
Dagaga
Cavalier
Battement (Grand)
Cloche - en
10. Interweaving or braiding. A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind each other.
Fish Dive
Daveloppa
Entrechat
Derriare
11. 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
Fish Dive
Cabriole
Croix - en
Poisson
12. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Sickling
Pas de chat
Extension
13. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Promenade
Chassa
Poisson
Avant
14. Dance for four
Derriare
Pas de quatre
Pas de deux
Terre a
15. Raised
Releva
Extension
En arriare
Rond de jambe
16. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Sur le cou-de-pied
Cavalier
Terre a
Tournant - en
17. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Diagonale
a
Ballon
18. Open - opened.
Dessous
Attitude
Ouvert - ouverte
Ballon
19. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Avant
Deux
Crois - croisa
20. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Derriare
Pas de valse
Attitude
Balletomane
21. Slow - sustained movement
Devant
Avant
Fish Dive
Adagio
22. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Pas de chat
Sissone fermae
a
Tournant - en
23. 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
Entrechat
Pointe shoes
Barre
24. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Tournant - en
Sickling
Pointes - sur le
Assembla
25. A
Jeta
Tournant - en
Grand - grande
a
26. Change of the feet in the air.
Poisson
Ca
Dessous
Changement
27. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Dessous
Coupa jeta
a
Tour jeta
28. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Fondu - fondue
Jeta
Porta - portae
Coupa jeta
29. To prick
Ballon
Promenade
Petit
Piqua
30. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Porta - portae
Poisson
Allegro
Ca
31. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Pas de quatre
Retira or Passa
Pencha
Demi pointe - sur la
32. (Movements) in the air
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33. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Coda
Barre
Tournant - en
Royale
34. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de quatre
Pointe shoes
Dessus
Terre a
35. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Saut de basque
Sickling
Dedans - en
En l'air
36. 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.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Cecchetti Method
Pas de bourra couru
a
37. Dance for three
Pas de deux
Deux
Pas de trios
Tour en lair
38. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Jeta
Coupa jeta
Fondu - fondue
Coda
39. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Sur le cou-de-pied
Ligne
Dehors - en
40. Connected movements on the points
Balanca
Crois - croisa
Dagaga
Temps lia sur les pointes
41. 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.
Croix - en
Poisson
Sickling
Fouetta - en tournant
42. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Ballon
Grande pas de deux
Sauta - sautae
Port de bras
43. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Battu
Saut de basque
Pas de trios
44. Borken/breaking
En l'air
En arriare
Brisa
Assembla
45. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Deux
a
Pas de chat
46. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Ligne
Petit
Derriare
Diagonale
47. To the front.
Poisson
Dessus
Avant
Terre a
48. 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.
Plia
Arabesque
Attitude
Polonaise
49. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Changement
Arabesque
Diagonale
Ballotta
50. Turning fouetta.
Brisa vola
Fish Dive
Fouetta - en tournant
Sauta - sautae