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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






2. 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.






3. Open - opened.






4. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






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






6. Connected movements on the points






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Body.






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. Raised






18. Step






19. (Movements) in the air

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20. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






21. Turning fouetta.






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






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






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






25. Small - little






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






27. To lean






28. 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.






29. Leg.






30. A






31. Change of the feet in the air.






32. Dance for four






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






37. 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






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






39. Big - large. (movements)






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. To rock - or to swing.






46. Seven






47. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






48. 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.






49. This means 'moving' the leg.






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