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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






2. A jump from both feet onto one foot






3. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






4. Small - half bend of the knees.






5. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






6. Connected movements on the points






7. Arms






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






9. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






10. Big - large. (movements)






11. 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.






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






13. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






14. Slow - sustained movement






15. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






17. To the front.






18. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






19. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






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






21. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






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






23. Dance for two.






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. Raised






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






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






28. (Movements) in the air

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29. Two






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. Turning fouetta.






32. 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.






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






34. Whirl - or spin






35. 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.






36. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






37. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






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 Withdrawn.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






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






40. To prick






41. To lean






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Body.






47. Backwards - reverse.






48. 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.






49. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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







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