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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Dance for four
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de quatre
Attitude
Dagaga
2. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Pointes - sur le
Barre
Assembla
Seconde - a
3. Seven
Chassa
Dehors - en
Sept
Daveloppa
4. 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.
Sickling
Coupa jeta
Changement
Pas de quatre
5. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Ouvert - ouverte
Fouetta
Fish Dive
Jeta
6. Big - large. (movements)
Derriare
Grand - grande
a
Port de bras
7. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Fish Dive
Tour en lair
Fouetta - en tournant
Battu
8. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Pencha
Cabriole
Tendu
Dessous
9. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Piqua
Promenade
Jeta
10. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Releva
Pointe shoes
Polonaise
En l'air
11. Dance for two.
Demi pointe - sur la
Petit
Pointe shoes
Pas de deux
12. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Devant
Petit
Cloche - en
Sissone
13. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Dagaga
Port de bras
Devant
Attitude
14. Connected movements on the points
Porta - portae
Temps lia sur les pointes
Tour en lair
En arriare
15. Change of the feet in the air.
En arriare
Changement
Seconde - a
a
16. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Attitude
Saut de basque
Tour en lair
17. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Avant
Cloche - en
Releva
Petit jeta
18. A
Pas de quatre
a
Ballotta
Tournant - en
19. Two
Pas de quatre
Tour en lair
Brisa
Deux
20. 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
Cabriole
Barre
Terre a
Saut de basque
21. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Ca
Cha
Port de bras
a
22. To prick
Piqua
Balletomane
Sur le cou-de-pied
En arriare
23. Behind you - movements done behind you.
En l'air
Derriare
Petit
Petit jeta
24. Step
Promenade
Balanca
Pas
Bras bas
25. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
a
Pas de chat
En l'air
Jeta
26. 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.
Coupa jeta
a
Cloche - en
Piroette
27. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Pointe shoes
Dessous
Entrechat
28. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Saut de basque
Sur le cou-de-pied
Pas de bourra
29. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Brisa
Attitude
Ca
Royale
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.
Pas de bourra couru
Grand - grande
Balanca
Cabriole
31. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Entrechat
Fouetta - en tournant
Tour jeta
Coupa jeta
32. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Entrechat
Croix - en
Terre a
Bras bas
33. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Cha
Derriare
Sissone
Frappa
34. 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.
Sissone fermae
Dedans - en
Barre
Brisa
35. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Bras
Poisson
Dessus
Piroette
36. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Pas de bourra couru
Dessous
Pas de bourra
37. 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.
Crois - croisa
Royale
Plia
Glissade
38. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Cloche - en
Petit jeta
Tour jeta
39. Turning fouetta.
Piroette
Pas
Fouetta - en tournant
Cecchetti Method
40. To lean
Deux
Extension
Demi plia
Pencha
41. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Terre a
Sissone
En arriare
Pas de bourra
42. 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.
Grand - grande
Ca
Fish Dive
Promenade
43. Leg.
Releva
Cavalier
Cloche - en
Jambe
44. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Chassa
Assembla
Sur le cou-de-pied
En face
45. 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.
Entrechat
Coupa jeta
Diagonale
Fouetta - en tournant
46. 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.
Frappa
Porta - portae
Fish Dive
Cecchetti Method
47. This means 'moving' the leg.
Cecchetti Method
Battement (Grand)
Divertissement
Sauta - sautae
48. 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.
Daveloppa
Pointe shoes
Pas de chat
Coda
49. To the front.
Allonga
Avant
Attitude
Dagaga
50. 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.
Sissone fermae
Frappa
Chassa
Attitude