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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. Open - opened.






3. Big - large. (movements)






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






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 Withdrawn.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






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






10. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






12. Small - little






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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. Change of the feet in the air.






18. A






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






20. Raised






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






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






26. Turning fouetta.






27. Whirl - or spin






28. Step






29. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






31. Dance for four






32. Behind you - movements done behind you.






33. To the front.






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






35. Backwards - reverse.






36. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






38. (Movements) in the air

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39. Dance for two.






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






41. Slow - sustained movement






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






43. A jump from both feet onto one foot






44. 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.






45. Body.






46. Seven






47. Leg.






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






49. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






50. Small - half bend of the knees.