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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






2. Borken/breaking






3. To rock - or to swing.






4. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






5. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






6. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






7. A stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre - as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises. Much of a ballet dancer's training t






8. Connected movements on the points






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






10. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






11. To lean






12. Backwards - reverse.






13. 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.






14. Step






15. 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.






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






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






18. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






19. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






20. To get bigger/ big fast movements






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






26. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






27. Big - large. (movements)






28. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






29. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






30. 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.






31. To prick






32. A






33. Dance for three






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






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






36. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






37. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






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






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






40. 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.






41. (Movements) in the air

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42. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.






43. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






45. 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.






46. Dance for four






47. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






48. Raised






49. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






50. 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.