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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






5. A






6. 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






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






8. Open - opened.






9. A jump from both feet onto one foot






10. 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.






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






12. To lean






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. To the front.






19. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






21. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






22. Behind you - movements done behind you.






23. Arms






24. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






25. Small - little






26. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






27. Male dance partner to the ballerina






28. 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.






29. Turning fouetta.






30. 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.






31. Body.






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






33. 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.






34. (Movements) in the air

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35. Change of the feet in the air.






36. 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.






37. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






38. Leg.






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






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.






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






42. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






43. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Running.






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






50. Dance for four