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Ballet Basics Vocab
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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. Seven
Avant
Sept
Poisson
a
2. 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.
Bras bas
Glissade
Porta - portae
a
3. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Assembla
Frappa
Demi pointe - sur la
Tournant - en
4. Change of the feet in the air.
En l'air
Couru
Promenade
Changement
5. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Devant
Sauta - sautae
Chassa
6. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Arabesque
Cloche - en
Tour jeta
Assembla
7. 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
Releva
Barre
Pas de valse
8. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Piqua
Grand - grande
Porta - portae
Derriare
9. 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
Ballotta
Tour en lair
Fish Dive
Promenade
10. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Terre a
Royale
Demi pointe - sur la
Piroette
11. 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.
Tour jeta
Port de bras
Cecchetti Method
Piroette
12. 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.
Seconde - a
Ballon
Promenade
Coupa jeta
13. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Battement (Grand)
Fish Dive
Ligne
14. 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.
Demi pointe - sur la
Crois - croisa
Poisson
Extension
15. (Movements) in the air
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16. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
Grande pas de deux
En face
Ligne
Battu
17. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Piqua
Royale
Cloche - en
Tour en lair
18. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Arabesque
Cha
a
19. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Piroette
Arabesque
Releva
Assembla
20. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Assembla
Arabesque
Polonaise
Seconde - a
21. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Extension
Brisa vola
Cloche - en
Attitude
22. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Promenade
Changement
Tournant - en
Sissone
23. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Assembla
Brisa vola
Coda
Ca
24. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Plia
Demi plia
Brisa
Attitude
25. Arms
Bras
Coda
Ouvert - ouverte
Corps
26. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Port de bras
Extension
Ballon
Battement (Grand)
27. To prick
Pas de valse
Demi plia
Piqua
Plia
28. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Port de bras
Jambe
a
29. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Ca
a
Dehors - en
30. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Croix - en
Cha
Brisa vola
Sickling
31. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Demi plia
Poisson
Ca
Grand - grande
32. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Tour en lair
Pas
Terre a
Divertissement
33. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Tendu
a
Demi pointe - sur la
34. Body.
Coda
Jeta
Poisson
Corps
35. Shaded. Position in which the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience so that a part of the body is taken back - almost hidden from view.
a
Grand - grande
Coupa jeta
Petit
36. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Extension
Balletomane
Tour en lair
Pas de chat
37. 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.
Tournant - en
Daveloppa
Rond de jambe
Poisson
38. 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.
Pas de bourra couru
Seconde - a
En face
Cha
39. To the front.
Sept
Crois - croisa
Avant
Glissade
40. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Divertissement
Tour en lair
Poisson
Sissone
41. 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
Grand - grande
Sept
Petit jeta
Barre
42. Two
Arabesque
Deux
a
Pencha
43. Basque jump. A traveling step in which the dancer turns in the air with one foot drawn up to the knee of the other leg. Fifth position are foot front.
a
Saut de basque
Pas de bourra couru
Divertissement
44. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Avant
Cha
Pas de valse
Tour en lair
45. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Ca
Assembla
Bras bas
46. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Dessous
a
Port de bras
Fouetta - en tournant
47. This means 'moving' the leg.
Cabriole
Battement (Grand)
Pointe shoes
Allonga
48. To lean
Plia
Croix - en
Pencha
Attitude
49. 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.
Jeta
Pas de chat
Coda
Derriare
50. 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.
Bras bas
Dessus
Pas de deux
Port de bras