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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To lean
Dehors - en
Pencha
Assembla
Pas de quatre
2. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Bras
Port de bras
Releva
Plia
3. 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
Ca
Dagaga
Corps
4. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Demi plia
Battement (Grand)
Dessous
5. Body.
Chassa
Ca
Glissade
Corps
6. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Dessus
Diagonale
Pointes - sur le
7. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Pas de bourra couru
Deux
Ligne
8. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Poisson
Tour jeta
Seconde - a
Petit jeta
9. Arms
Pointe shoes
Grand - grande
Terre a
Bras
10. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Piroette
Dagaga
Pointe shoes
Pas de bourra
11. 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.
Sickling
Fish Dive
Cabriole
Bras bas
12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Piroette
Porta - portae
Royale
Pas de trios
13. 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.
Retira or Passa
Piqua
Corps
Battu
14. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Crois - croisa
Glissade
Pas de quatre
15. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Pas de chat
Battu
Dehors - en
Poisson
16. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Sissone
Allegro
Terre a
Brisa
17. 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.
Daveloppa
Saut de basque
Tour en lair
Cabriole
18. To rock - or to swing.
Daveloppa
Bras
Balanca
Derriare
19. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Releva
Pas de bourra couru
Arabesque
En l'air
20. 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.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Divertissement
Allonga
a
21. To prick
Port de bras
Piqua
Cha
Terre a
22. To the front.
Polonaise
Ballon
Fouetta - en tournant
Avant
23. 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
Demi plia
Dessous
Fish Dive
Brisa vola
24. Borken/breaking
Attitude
Royale
Brisa
Sur le cou-de-pied
25. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Derriare
Port de bras
Pas
En face
26. Big - large. (movements)
Coupa jeta
Grand - grande
Avant
Allegro
27. (Movements) in the air
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28. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Corps
Dessus
Terre a
Demi pointe - sur la
29. Connected movements on the points
Cabriole
Glissade
Temps lia sur les pointes
Entrechat
30. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Seconde - a
Temps lia sur les pointes
Jeta
Coda
31. Small - little
Petit
Port de bras
Pas de bourra
Tendu
32. 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.
Seconde - a
Pas de bourra couru
En face
Jambe
33. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Fouetta
Polonaise
Pas de valse
En arriare
34. 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.
Coupa jeta
Sickling
Barre
Royale
35. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Pas de bourra
Terre a
Sauta - sautae
Changement
36. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Retira or Passa
Brisa
Ligne
Tour jeta
37. Dance for two.
Sept
Cabriole
Pas de deux
Arabesque
38. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Ouvert - ouverte
Fish Dive
Attitude
Pointe shoes
39. Dance for four
a
Seconde - a
Saut de basque
Pas de quatre
40. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
a
Seconde - a
Terre a
Devant
41. 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.
Coupa jeta
Port de bras
Balanca
Pas de bourra couru
42. Slow - sustained movement
Tournant - en
Sauta - sautae
Deux
Adagio
43. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Bras
Cloche - en
Rond de jambe
44. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
a
Saut de basque
Entrechat
Petit jeta
45. Turning fouetta.
Barre
Balletomane
Pas de chat
Fouetta - en tournant
46. 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.
Petit
Fouetta - en tournant
Glissade
Ballon
47. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Pas de deux
Cabriole
Pas
Rond de jambe
48. 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
Releva
a
Pas de bourra
49. Two
Sissone fermae
a
Deux
Royale
50. 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.
Demi pointe - sur la
Polonaise
Balanca
Coda
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