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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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.
Frappa
Pencha
Battement (Grand)
Arabesque
2. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
a
Tournant - en
Port de bras
Tendu
3. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Jambe
Dehors - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Polonaise
4. 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
Fondu - fondue
a
Diagonale
Barre
5. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Cecchetti Method
Dagaga
Ballotta
6. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Fouetta - en tournant
Cecchetti Method
Porta - portae
7. 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.
Seconde - a
Daveloppa
Ballotta
Couru
8. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Sickling
Pas de bourra
Ouvert - ouverte
9. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
a
Terre a
Rond de jambe
Ballotta
10. Big - large. (movements)
Petit jeta
Tour jeta
Grand - grande
Allonga
11. Arms
Rond de jambe
Sur le cou-de-pied
Dedans - en
Bras
12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Pas de deux
Royale
Pas de chat
Ballotta
13. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Saut de basque
Sept
Balletomane
Retira or Passa
14. Raised
Cloche - en
Ballon
Pas de trios
Releva
15. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Terre a
Dagaga
Crois - croisa
Cecchetti Method
16. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Seconde - a
Ballotta
Pas
Grande pas de deux
17. 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
Ouvert - ouverte
Releva
Fish Dive
Bras
18. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Poisson
Ouvert - ouverte
Grande pas de deux
19. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Polonaise
Cabriole
Fondu - fondue
Pas de valse
20. Small - little
a
Petit
Cavalier
Corps
21. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Fondu - fondue
En face
Diagonale
Tour jeta
22. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Allonga
Chassa
Releva
23. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Pas de chat
Allegro
Arabesque
Seconde - a
24. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Dessus
Tour en lair
Dedans - en
Fondu - fondue
25. To lean
Brisa
Pencha
Deux
Battement (Grand)
26. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Chassa
Ca
Sept
Assembla
27. Borken/breaking
Balanca
Jambe
Couru
Brisa
28. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Porta - portae
Dagaga
Attitude
Changement
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.
Avant
Poisson
Sissone
Bras bas
30. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Temps lia sur les pointes
Port de bras
Sept
31. To rock - or to swing.
Extension
Balanca
Dehors - en
Arabesque
32. To prick
Dessus
Piqua
Coupa jeta
Sauta - sautae
33. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Crois - croisa
Pencha
Sauta - sautae
Rond de jambe
34. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Terre a
Sur le cou-de-pied
Fouetta - en tournant
Deux
35. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Battu
Frappa
Port de bras
36. Running.
Barre
Croix - en
Couru
Fouetta
37. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Crois - croisa
Derriare
Tour jeta
38. A
a
Tendu
Barre
Pencha
39. Dance for three
Petit
Sickling
Pas de trios
Promenade
40. 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.
Cavalier
Attitude
Sissone fermae
Bras bas
41. 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.
Brisa
Cecchetti Method
Daveloppa
Battu
42. 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.
Bras bas
Royale
Jeta
Pas de deux
43. Dance for four
Couru
Pas
En face
Pas de quatre
44. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Polonaise
Pas de bourra couru
Cha
a
45. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Cecchetti Method
Dedans - en
Rond de jambe
Pencha
46. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Releva
Sissone fermae
Pas de chat
47. 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.
Piroette
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de trios
Fouetta - en tournant
48. 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.
Ouvert - ouverte
Coda
Sissone
Polonaise
49. Backwards - reverse.
Royale
En arriare
Sur le cou-de-pied
Saut de basque
50. Open - opened.
Glissade
Cavalier
Ouvert - ouverte
Bras bas