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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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dance
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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. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Jeta
Derriare
Grand - grande
Dedans - en
2. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Brisa vola
Petit jeta
Coda
Cha
3. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Tournant - en
Bras
Dagaga
Pointe shoes
4. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Entrechat
Diagonale
Piqua
Pas de bourra
5. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Assembla
Changement
Retira or Passa
Seconde - a
6. To rock - or to swing.
Corps
Balanca
Jeta
Cavalier
7. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Royale
Crois - croisa
Dedans - en
8. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Corps
a
Couru
Pas de bourra
9. Leg.
Pas de bourra couru
Grand - grande
Jambe
Derriare
10. Dance for four
Allonga
Sissone
Pas de quatre
Jeta
11. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Cavalier
Pointe shoes
Cabriole
En face
12. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Changement
Dedans - en
Grande pas de deux
13. 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
Brisa vola
Retira or Passa
Grande pas de deux
14. Small - half bend of the knees.
Releva
Ligne
Pointes - sur le
Demi plia
15. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Brisa vola
Balanca
Battu
16. Running.
Arabesque
Glissade
Couru
Promenade
17. Small - little
Petit
Releva
a
Demi pointe - sur la
18. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Arabesque
Pencha
Tour en lair
19. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
a
Arabesque
Sauta - sautae
Ballon
20. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pointes - sur le
Cecchetti Method
Brisa vola
Releva
21. Turning fouetta.
En face
Brisa vola
Piroette
Fouetta - en tournant
22. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Dessus
Attitude
Brisa
Polonaise
23. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Terre a
Daveloppa
Petit jeta
24. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Pas de trios
Allegro
a
Extension
25. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
Pas
Dessous
26. 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.
Dehors - en
Pas de quatre
Cecchetti Method
Derriare
27. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Plia
Ligne
Chassa
Polonaise
28. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Pas de quatre
a
Balanca
Diagonale
29. A
a
Tour jeta
Brisa
Cloche - en
30. Step
Ballotta
Allonga
Pas
Grand - grande
31. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Dagaga
Adagio
Tour jeta
32. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Sauta - sautae
Porta - portae
Polonaise
Croix - en
33. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
a
Rond de jambe
Fish Dive
Piqua
34. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Allonga
Poisson
Extension
Dessus
35. 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.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Frappa
Croix - en
Battu
36. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Petit jeta
Ballon
Diagonale
37. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Devant
Divertissement
Seconde - a
38. To the front.
Jeta
Avant
Pas de valse
Pas de chat
39. Connected movements on the points
Assembla
Temps lia sur les pointes
Entrechat
Fouetta
40. Seven
Crois - croisa
Cloche - en
Sept
Brisa
41. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Cecchetti Method
Sissone
Divertissement
42. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Sept
Allonga
Ouvert - ouverte
43. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
Petit jeta
Plia
Extension
44. 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.
Sickling
Demi pointe - sur la
Glissade
Sissone fermae
45. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Pas de trios
Derriare
Pas de chat
46. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Deux
Adagio
47. 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.
Ballotta
Pas de valse
Corps
Polonaise
48. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Fish Dive
Fouetta - en tournant
Sur le cou-de-pied
49. Two
Changement
Demi plia
Sept
Deux
50. 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.
Glissade
Grande pas de deux
Retira or Passa
Sauta - sautae