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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de bourra couru
Sur le cou-de-pied
Allegro
Terre a
2. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Devant
Arabesque
Changement
Couru
3. Two
a
Deux
Ouvert - ouverte
Royale
4. Open - opened.
Dedans - en
Dessous
Ouvert - ouverte
Allegro
5. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Changement
Piroette
Ballon
6. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Ballotta
Crois - croisa
Piqua
Changement
7. Whirl - or spin
Port de bras
Pencha
Royale
Piroette
8. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Allegro
Cecchetti Method
Balletomane
9. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Jambe
Rond de jambe
Arabesque
Retira or Passa
10. To lean
Grand - grande
Pas de deux
Cha
Pencha
11. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Plia
Devant
Tendu
Entrechat
12. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Petit
Extension
Cloche - en
Deux
13. Body.
Corps
Seconde - a
Demi pointe - sur la
Attitude
14. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Crois - croisa
Retira or Passa
Diagonale
15. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tournant - en
Ballotta
Ca
Tour en lair
16. Turning fouetta.
Cha
Fouetta - en tournant
Arabesque
Jambe
17. To the front.
Rond de jambe
Avant
Sissone fermae
Dessous
18. Backwards - reverse.
Grand - grande
Releva
En arriare
Tour en lair
19. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tendu
Cecchetti Method
Crois - croisa
Polonaise
20. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Polonaise
Sickling
Derriare
Adagio
21. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Saut de basque
Allegro
a
Sauta - sautae
22. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Dehors - en
Porta - portae
Dessus
Avant
23. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Demi pointe - sur la
Extension
Fish Dive
Derriare
24. 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.
Poisson
Cabriole
Bras bas
Allegro
25. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Cha
a
Glissade
Cavalier
26. To prick
Croix - en
Piqua
Demi plia
Sissone
27. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Pas de bourra
Sur le cou-de-pied
Tournant - en
Devant
28. To rock - or to swing.
Barre
Balanca
Grande pas de deux
Tendu
29. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Fondu - fondue
Dessous
Allegro
Dehors - en
30. This means 'moving' the leg.
Brisa
Fouetta
Dessous
Battement (Grand)
31. 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
Pas de bourra couru
Barre
Tour en lair
Sauta - sautae
32. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.
Entrechat
Divertissement
Petit jeta
Ballon
33. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Poisson
Temps lia sur les pointes
Tournant - en
Tour en lair
34. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Fouetta
Dessous
Petit jeta
Battu
35. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Piroette
Jambe
Releva
36. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
a
Sissone fermae
Extension
Chassa
37. A
Derriare
Grand - grande
a
Pas de deux
38. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Tendu
Poisson
Royale
Pas de trios
39. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Pas de bourra
Cecchetti Method
Pointes - sur le
40. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Ballotta
Pointes - sur le
Dagaga
Grande pas de deux
41. Step
Tendu
Pas
Cloche - en
Demi pointe - sur la
42. Dance for four
Derriare
Pas de quatre
Poisson
Frappa
43. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Demi plia
Rond de jambe
Dessous
En l'air
44. 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
Petit
Couru
Piqua
45. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Demi pointe - sur la
a
Chassa
46. Big - large. (movements)
Saut de basque
Pas de trios
Grand - grande
Terre a
47. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Poisson
Pointes - sur le
a
Polonaise
48. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Ouvert - ouverte
Fouetta - en tournant
Corps
Cavalier
49. 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.
Dedans - en
Polonaise
Brisa vola
Retira or Passa
50. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Allonga
Daveloppa
Demi pointe - sur la
Temps lia sur les pointes