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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Rond de jambe
Demi plia
Brisa vola
En face
2. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Battu
Frappa
a
Fouetta
3. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Coupa jeta
Bras bas
Polonaise
4. (Movements) in the air
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5. 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.
Dedans - en
Pointes - sur le
Entrechat
En l'air
6. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Derriare
Jambe
Ouvert - ouverte
Port de bras
7. 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.
Coda
Poisson
Sur le cou-de-pied
Sept
8. To prick
Demi plia
Pas de deux
Piqua
Temps lia sur les pointes
9. 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.
Saut de basque
a
Fish Dive
Royale
10. Backwards - reverse.
Royale
Fondu - fondue
Cavalier
En arriare
11. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Dessus
Frappa
Piroette
12. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Royale
Deux
Petit jeta
Sauta - sautae
13. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
Fish Dive
En arriare
Coda
14. 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.
Tendu
Ballon
Sauta - sautae
Daveloppa
15. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Frappa
Ligne
Battement (Grand)
Cabriole
16. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
En l'air
a
Sauta - sautae
17. To stretch out - make longer
Port de bras
Allonga
Fouetta - en tournant
Barre
18. Dance for two.
Pas de quatre
En face
Pas de deux
Pointe shoes
19. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Pas de valse
a
Demi pointe - sur la
Ligne
20. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
a
Pointes - sur le
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de deux
21. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Crois - croisa
Rond de jambe
Sauta - sautae
Fondu - fondue
22. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Grand - grande
Sissone
Coda
Pas de quatre
23. 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.
Changement
Dessous
Daveloppa
a
24. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
a
Croix - en
Ballotta
Petit
25. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Corps
Balletomane
26. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Deux
Dessous
Pas de bourra couru
Terre a
27. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Frappa
Fish Dive
Pointes - sur le
Rond de jambe
28. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Adagio
Pas de valse
Dessus
Entrechat
29. Two
Coda
Ballon
Avant
Deux
30. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Cecchetti Method
Cavalier
Pas de quatre
Fondu - fondue
31. To rock - or to swing.
Piqua
Balanca
Grand - grande
Changement
32. Whirl - or spin
Balanca
Brisa
Ballon
Piroette
33. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Pas de quatre
a
Deux
34. Turning fouetta.
Rond de jambe
Deux
Couru
Fouetta - en tournant
35. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Fouetta - en tournant
Chassa
Cavalier
Pas de valse
36. 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.
Retira or Passa
Jeta
Couru
Croix - en
37. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Piqua
Tendu
Divertissement
Royale
38. A
Glissade
a
Balanca
Crois - croisa
39. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Pointes - sur le
Arabesque
Brisa vola
40. 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.
Coupa jeta
Royale
Cabriole
Cecchetti Method
41. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Cabriole
Glissade
Devant
Croix - en
42. 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.
Bras bas
Cha
Bras
Pas de quatre
43. 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.
Balanca
Pas de bourra couru
Sissone
Demi pointe - sur la
44. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Terre a
Balletomane
Saut de basque
45. 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.
Ca
Saut de basque
Fouetta - en tournant
Sissone fermae
46. Running.
Couru
En arriare
En l'air
a
47. To the front.
Avant
Pas de chat
Temps lia sur les pointes
Diagonale
48. 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.
Coda
Dagaga
Sissone
Promenade
49. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Extension
Dagaga
Battement (Grand)
Divertissement
50. 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
Arabesque
Plia
Retira or Passa