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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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dance
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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. Big - large. (movements)
Poisson
En l'air
Bras
Grand - grande
2. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Retira or Passa
Piroette
Tour jeta
Adagio
3. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Terre a
Bras
Balletomane
Releva
4. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Daveloppa
Retira or Passa
Entrechat
Terre a
5. Small - little
Petit
Adagio
En l'air
Bras
6. Arms
Chassa
Dessus
Brisa vola
Bras
7. 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
Entrechat
Avant
Petit
8. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Fouetta - en tournant
Assembla
Sissone fermae
Couru
9. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Tour en lair
Sickling
En face
Piroette
10. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
a
Fouetta
Grande pas de deux
Tour en lair
11. Body.
Corps
Dagaga
Pencha
Promenade
12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Adagio
Fouetta - en tournant
Poisson
Royale
13. 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
Changement
Petit
Pas de bourra couru
14. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Coda
Porta - portae
Croix - en
Arabesque
15. 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.
Entrechat
Bras bas
Piqua
Piroette
16. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Battu
Tendu
Dedans - en
Balanca
17. To the front.
Fish Dive
Avant
Allonga
Daveloppa
18. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Ballotta
Tour jeta
Sept
19. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Retira or Passa
Bras
Tournant - en
20. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Pas
a
Sauta - sautae
Pointes - sur le
21. Running.
Sissone fermae
Jambe
Couru
Pas de chat
22. Raised
Pas de quatre
Bras bas
Releva
Devant
23. 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.
Jeta
Promenade
Dehors - en
Temps lia sur les pointes
24. Dance for two.
En face
Pas de deux
Couru
Crois - croisa
25. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Saut de basque
Temps lia sur les pointes
Dagaga
Crois - croisa
26. To rock - or to swing.
Pas de chat
a
Balanca
Diagonale
27. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Plia
Frappa
Rond de jambe
Balanca
28. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi plia
Allonga
Demi pointe - sur la
Allegro
29. Step
Pas
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de deux
a
30. 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.
Dehors - en
Terre a
Grande pas de deux
a
31. Backwards - reverse.
a
En arriare
Cloche - en
En face
32. To lean
Ligne
Sissone
Pencha
Porta - portae
33. A
Pointe shoes
Saut de basque
a
Divertissement
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.
Poisson
Extension
Glissade
Pas de chat
35. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Corps
En arriare
Pas de bourra
Balletomane
36. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Dessous
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sept
37. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Devant
Pointes - sur le
a
a
38. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Pas de valse
Polonaise
Frappa
39. To prick
Pas de deux
Releva
Piqua
Seconde - a
40. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Sauta - sautae
Coda
Cecchetti Method
41. 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
Fish Dive
Coda
Adagio
Changement
42. 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
Balanca
Barre
Pointes - sur le
Extension
43. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Ligne
Retira or Passa
Ballotta
Dedans - en
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.
Jeta
Pas de deux
Pas de bourra
Ca
45. Borken/breaking
a
Plia
Sauta - sautae
Brisa
46. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Divertissement
a
Pas de deux
Attitude
47. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Avant
Couru
Ca
48. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Tour jeta
a
Pas de valse
49. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
a
Coda
a
Derriare
50. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Pointe shoes
Couru
Pointes - sur le
Tour en lair