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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Backwards - reverse.






2. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






3. To lean






4. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






5. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






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






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 Withdrawn.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






8. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






9. This means 'moving' the leg.






10. Interweaving or braiding. A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind each other.






11. 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






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






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






14. Dance for four






15. Raised






16. Male dance partner to the ballerina






17. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






18. Open - opened.






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






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






21. Slow - sustained movement






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






23. 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.






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






25. A






26. Change of the feet in the air.






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






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






29. To prick






30. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






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






32. (Movements) in the air

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






34. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






35. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






36. 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.






37. Dance for three






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






39. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






40. Connected movements on the points






41. 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.






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






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






44. Borken/breaking






45. A jump from both feet onto one foot






46. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






47. To the front.






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.






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






50. Turning fouetta.