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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Big - large. (movements)






2. This means 'moving' the leg.






3. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






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






5. Slow - sustained movement






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






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






8. To get bigger/ big fast movements






9. Raised






10. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






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






12. Dance for four






13. 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.






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






15. Step






16. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






17. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






18. To prick






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






20. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






21. To the front.






22. 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.






23. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






24. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






25. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






26. 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.






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






28. Dance for three






29. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






31. Connected movements on the points






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






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






34. 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






35. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






36. Two






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






38. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






40. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






41. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






42. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






44. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






45. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






46. To lean






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. (Movements) in the air

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