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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Promenade
Porta - portae
Bras bas
Sur le cou-de-pied
2. 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.
Allonga
Bras bas
Ouvert - ouverte
Sickling
3. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
En l'air
Polonaise
a
Cha
4. 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.
Piroette
Bras bas
Royale
Cecchetti Method
5. Whirl - or spin
Petit jeta
Promenade
Piroette
a
6. Open - opened.
Pas de trios
Allonga
Ouvert - ouverte
Battement (Grand)
7. 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.
Devant
Dessus
Dedans - en
Coupa jeta
8. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Frappa
Ballotta
Seconde - a
Allegro
9. 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.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Cabriole
Promenade
Balletomane
10. Big - large. (movements)
Tour en lair
Petit jeta
Grand - grande
Piqua
11. Body.
Chassa
Balanca
Crois - croisa
Corps
12. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Plia
Balanca
Grande pas de deux
Cavalier
13. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Allonga
Piroette
Ballotta
14. 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 deux
Petit jeta
Fish Dive
Seconde - a
15. 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.
Piroette
Corps
a
Glissade
16. 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.
Sissone fermae
Allegro
Pas de bourra couru
Bras
17. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Ballotta
Cavalier
Glissade
18. 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
Barre
Pas de bourra
Demi plia
Port de bras
19. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Tour en lair
Croix - en
Dessous
20. Seven
Ballotta
Fish Dive
Sept
a
21. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Dedans - en
Piroette
Balletomane
Sur le cou-de-pied
22. 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
Extension
Porta - portae
Demi plia
23. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de bourra couru
a
Pointe shoes
Fondu - fondue
24. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Ballotta
Coda
Fondu - fondue
Attitude
25. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Coda
Extension
Dehors - en
Daveloppa
26. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Chassa
Derriare
Sickling
27. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Tour jeta
Allegro
Pencha
Coupa jeta
28. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Coda
Cha
Poisson
Demi pointe - sur la
29. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Balanca
Sissone fermae
Assembla
Temps lia sur les pointes
30. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Demi plia
Pas de chat
Pas
Tour en lair
31. Small - little
Sissone
Coda
Ouvert - ouverte
Petit
32. 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
Couru
Sissone fermae
Tendu
33. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Sissone
Pas
Arabesque
34. 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.
Bras
Ligne
Poisson
Polonaise
35. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Pas de trios
Port de bras
Fondu - fondue
Sissone
36. To the front.
Coda
Sissone fermae
Avant
a
37. To lean
Pencha
Demi plia
Royale
Adagio
38. Leg.
Jambe
Sept
Pas de trios
Pas
39. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Cloche - en
Croix - en
Dessous
Dagaga
40. To stretch out - make longer
Ouvert - ouverte
Saut de basque
Temps lia sur les pointes
Allonga
41. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Pointes - sur le
Assembla
Sur le cou-de-pied
42. To prick
Entrechat
Retira or Passa
Piqua
Chassa
43. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Pas de bourra couru
Derriare
Royale
44. 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.
Pas de trios
Devant
Retira or Passa
Jeta
45. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Terre a
Rond de jambe
Ballon
Crois - croisa
46. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Allonga
Fouetta - en tournant
Crois - croisa
Tendu
47. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Cha
Sickling
Frappa
Seconde - a
48. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pas de trios
Brisa vola
Coda
Pas de chat
49. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Ballon
Corps
Chassa
Dedans - en
50. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Couru
Pas de trios
Tournant - en
Fouetta