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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Cloche - en
Barre
Dessus
2. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Battement (Grand)
Adagio
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de bourra
3. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Tournant - en
Dessous
Pas
Porta - portae
4. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Petit
Sissone
Pointes - sur le
Fouetta
5. 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.
Sickling
Pas de trios
Piroette
Poisson
6. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Croix - en
Grande pas de deux
Rond de jambe
Piqua
7. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Attitude
Sissone fermae
Sauta - sautae
Crois - croisa
8. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Fouetta
Frappa
Plia
Ballon
9. 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.
Daveloppa
Brisa vola
Coupa jeta
Cloche - en
10. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Petit
Balanca
Brisa vola
Saut de basque
11. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Tournant - en
Saut de basque
Poisson
12. 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.
a
Pencha
Fouetta - en tournant
Promenade
13. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Battu
Piqua
Sickling
14. Seven
Dagaga
Sept
Sur le cou-de-pied
Battu
15. To stretch out - make longer
Dessus
Couru
Ouvert - ouverte
Allonga
16. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Fondu - fondue
Sickling
Terre a
Pas de chat
17. Slow - sustained movement
Frappa
Adagio
Crois - croisa
a
18. (Movements) in the air
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19. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Jambe
Coupa jeta
Chassa
Ligne
20. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Pas de trios
Petit jeta
Derriare
Grande pas de deux
21. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Tendu
Balletomane
Petit jeta
Coda
22. 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.
Polonaise
Ligne
Avant
Pencha
23. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Cloche - en
Sissone
Assembla
24. Step
Pas
Cavalier
Deux
Pas de trios
25. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Porta - portae
Adagio
Dessous
Seconde - a
26. 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
Porta - portae
Polonaise
Fish Dive
27. 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.
Piroette
Pas de bourra couru
Glissade
Pointe shoes
28. Borken/breaking
Petit
Brisa
Adagio
Tendu
29. Running.
Jambe
Couru
Terre a
Pas de trios
30. Body.
Entrechat
Corps
Derriare
Devant
31. To prick
Jeta
Piqua
Pas de trios
Pas de bourra couru
32. 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
Pas de valse
Fish Dive
Brisa
Fouetta
33. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Cha
Couru
a
Ballotta
34. Dance for four
Tendu
Jeta
Barre
Pas de quatre
35. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Couru
Croix - en
Ouvert - ouverte
36. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Cha
Port de bras
Cloche - en
Bras bas
37. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Sauta - sautae
Assembla
Allegro
Bras bas
38. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Piroette
Attitude
Balletomane
Retira or Passa
39. 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.
Daveloppa
Piroette
Dessus
Sickling
40. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Cabriole
Rond de jambe
Piqua
41. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Pencha
Deux
Retira or Passa
42. 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.
Frappa
a
Bras bas
Pas
43. Big - large. (movements)
Assembla
Seconde - a
Ballon
Grand - grande
44. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Ca
Divertissement
Croix - en
45. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Assembla
Dessus
Frappa
Brisa
46. Leg.
Royale
Jambe
Divertissement
Diagonale
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.
Cavalier
Pas de bourra couru
Glissade
Ouvert - ouverte
48. 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.
a
Entrechat
Grand - grande
Corps
49. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Ballon
Pencha
Dedans - en
50. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Ligne
Pas de bourra
a