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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






2. Step






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






4. Seven






5. Small - half bend of the knees.






6. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






7. Dance for three






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






9. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting 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. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






12. A jump from both feet onto one foot






13. 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.






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






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






16. Change of the feet in the air.






17. 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.






18. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






19. 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.






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






21. To lean






22. To prick






23. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






24. Body.






25. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






26. Open - opened.






27. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






28. 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.






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






30. Arms






31. (Movements) in the air

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






33. 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.






34. Raised






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






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






37. 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.






38. Male dance partner to the ballerina






39. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Small - little






44. 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






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






46. To stretch out - make longer






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






48. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






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






50. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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