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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Whirl - or spin






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






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






7. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






8. Step






9. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






10. 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






11. Backwards - reverse.






12. Change of the feet in the air.






13. To rock - or to swing.






14. Dance for four






15. Two






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






17. 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.






18. Raised






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






20. Seven






21. Big - large. (movements)






22. To prick






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. Dance for three






28. Male dance partner to the ballerina






29. Borken/breaking






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






31. Open - opened.






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






33. 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.






34. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






35. Slow - sustained movement






36. To turn in a walk. The dancer turns slowly in place on one foot by a series of slight movements of the heel to the required side while maintaining a definite pose.






37. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






38. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






39. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






40. 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.






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






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






43. A jump from both feet onto one foot






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






45. Body.






46. Arms






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






48. Turning fouetta.






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






50. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.







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