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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To lean
Barre
Pencha
Derriare
Brisa
2. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Piroette
Assembla
Poisson
Pointe shoes
3. Whirl - or spin
Pas de valse
Saut de basque
Devant
Piroette
4. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Divertissement
Pas
Polonaise
5. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Balanca
Diagonale
Sur le cou-de-pied
6. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Avant
En l'air
Devant
Dessous
7. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Dagaga
Pas de chat
Daveloppa
Polonaise
8. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Grande pas de deux
Diagonale
Releva
9. Dance for four
Port de bras
Couru
Changement
Pas de quatre
10. 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.
Jambe
Pas de bourra couru
Dagaga
Avant
11. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Pas de deux
Sissone
Crois - croisa
Corps
12. Arms
Seconde - a
Grande pas de deux
Bras
Brisa vola
13. 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.
Bras bas
Croix - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
Saut de basque
14. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Coda
Attitude
a
15. 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
Port de bras
Barre
Dedans - en
a
16. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Cha
a
Poisson
17. Turning fouetta.
Pointes - sur le
Saut de basque
Fouetta - en tournant
Pas de quatre
18. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Battement (Grand)
Extension
Ca
Grand - grande
19. To the front.
Avant
Demi pointe - sur la
Saut de basque
En arriare
20. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Poisson
Divertissement
Brisa vola
Dehors - en
21. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Deux
Allegro
Coda
Cecchetti Method
22. Body.
a
Sissone fermae
Balanca
Corps
23. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Ballon
a
Ligne
Coda
24. To prick
Battement (Grand)
Piqua
Dehors - en
Ballon
25. 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.
Jeta
Corps
Porta - portae
Tournant - en
26. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Cavalier
Tour en lair
Changement
Derriare
27. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Sickling
Pas de trios
Battement (Grand)
Croix - en
28. Slow - sustained movement
Seconde - a
Adagio
Devant
Balletomane
29. A
Assembla
a
Derriare
Frappa
30. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Daveloppa
Avant
En arriare
Dessous
31. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Demi pointe - sur la
Terre a
Pas
32. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Bras bas
Retira or Passa
Pointe shoes
a
33. Running.
Balanca
Chassa
Demi pointe - sur la
Couru
34. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Battement (Grand)
Cavalier
Ca
Pointes - sur le
35. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Chassa
Croix - en
Tournant - en
Dehors - en
36. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Petit
Brisa vola
Pointe shoes
Attitude
37. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Attitude
a
Sissone
Saut de basque
38. 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
Retira or Passa
Crois - croisa
Grand - grande
39. 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.
Frappa
Grand - grande
Fondu - fondue
Balletomane
40. 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
Adagio
Sept
Bras bas
41. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Barre
En face
Coupa jeta
Cha
42. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Cavalier
Poisson
Tour jeta
Pas de bourra
43. (Movements) in the air
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44. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Changement
Bras bas
Chassa
45. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
Port de bras
Ligne
Couru
46. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Pas de chat
Cha
Releva
Dagaga
47. Small - half bend of the knees.
Petit jeta
Glissade
Diagonale
Demi plia
48. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Pointe shoes
Porta - portae
Brisa
Fouetta
49. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Terre a
Bras
a
Brisa
50. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Coupa jeta
Sur le cou-de-pied
Bras
Ligne