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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. 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.
Rond de jambe
Petit jeta
Coupa jeta
Changement
2. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Corps
Couru
Ballotta
3. Big - large. (movements)
Frappa
Brisa
Deux
Grand - grande
4. 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.
Retira or Passa
Pas de chat
Piroette
Sickling
5. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Fish Dive
Battu
Dedans - en
6. Running.
Couru
Attitude
Pas de bourra
Balletomane
7. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Pas de deux
Cavalier
Retira or Passa
a
8. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Pas de bourra
Cloche - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Extension
9. Arms
Seconde - a
Pas de bourra
Bras
Retira or Passa
10. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Assembla
Grand - grande
Cloche - en
Rond de jambe
11. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Piroette
Pas de valse
Poisson
Entrechat
12. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Cabriole
Brisa vola
Saut de basque
13. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Couru
Tour jeta
Frappa
Rond de jambe
14. Connected movements on the points
Barre
Temps lia sur les pointes
Chassa
Poisson
15. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Glissade
a
Derriare
Rond de jambe
16. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Glissade
Pas de bourra couru
Dessus
Diagonale
17. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
Saut de basque
Ligne
En l'air
18. 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.
Cavalier
a
Pointes - sur le
Cecchetti Method
19. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Brisa
Cabriole
Port de bras
20. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Allonga
Cabriole
Ca
Tour en lair
21. Open - opened.
Battu
Cha
Ouvert - ouverte
Allegro
22. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Retira or Passa
Saut de basque
Poisson
23. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Frappa
Pas de chat
Tendu
Pas de bourra couru
24. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Polonaise
a
Brisa
25. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Crois - croisa
Assembla
Ballon
Allegro
26. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Plia
Coda
Ouvert - ouverte
Poisson
27. Two
Attitude
Deux
Entrechat
Crois - croisa
28. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pas de quatre
Pas de chat
a
29. 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.
Poisson
Ballotta
Daveloppa
Porta - portae
30. Small - little
Petit
Pointe shoes
a
Cloche - en
31. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Pas de bourra couru
Fouetta - en tournant
Dehors - en
Seconde - a
32. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Chassa
Pointes - sur le
Cabriole
En face
33. Leg.
Daveloppa
Plia
Terre a
Jambe
34. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Entrechat
Battu
Temps lia sur les pointes
35. To the front.
Balanca
Port de bras
Avant
Adagio
36. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Coupa jeta
a
a
Grande pas de deux
37. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Fouetta
Coupa jeta
Sauta - sautae
38. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
a
Sickling
Plia
Derriare
39. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Croix - en
Sauta - sautae
En l'air
Port de bras
40. 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.
Croix - en
Dessus
Pas de chat
Bras bas
41. Seven
Barre
Diagonale
Ca
Sept
42. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
En arriare
Dagaga
Poisson
43. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Diagonale
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas
44. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Sissone fermae
Tournant - en
Balletomane
Royale
45. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Demi plia
Ouvert - ouverte
Diagonale
Pas de bourra
46. 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.
Diagonale
Corps
Polonaise
Porta - portae
47. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Avant
Dessous
Tour en lair
Dedans - en
48. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Allonga
Assembla
Bras bas
Arabesque
49. To lean
Retira or Passa
Pencha
Sur le cou-de-pied
Dessous
50. 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.
Extension
Sept
Pas de bourra couru
Polonaise