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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Bras bas
Releva
Coda
2. 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.
Ouvert - ouverte
Plia
Allegro
Battu
3. Open - opened.
Cloche - en
Sissone fermae
Balanca
Ouvert - ouverte
4. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Retira or Passa
Adagio
Tour jeta
Tour en lair
5. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Pencha
a
Pas de deux
6. Connected movements on the points
Allegro
Ballotta
Dehors - en
Temps lia sur les pointes
7. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Brisa vola
Rond de jambe
Tour jeta
8. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Promenade
Croix - en
Daveloppa
En l'air
9. 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
Deux
Retira or Passa
Barre
Balletomane
10. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
En l'air
Croix - en
Fouetta
Devant
11. Body.
a
Glissade
Tour en lair
Corps
12. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Fouetta - en tournant
En face
Adagio
Avant
13. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Cloche - en
Piroette
Assembla
Crois - croisa
14. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Tournant - en
Dagaga
Diagonale
Fish Dive
15. 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.
Releva
Fouetta
Cecchetti Method
Ligne
16. 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.
Dessus
Daveloppa
Frappa
Bras bas
17. Raised
Cha
Releva
Ballotta
Retira or Passa
18. Step
Sissone
Balletomane
Ballotta
Pas
19. (Movements) in the air
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20. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Demi pointe - sur la
Avant
Pas de chat
Assembla
21. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Allegro
Barre
Pas de deux
22. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Glissade
Porta - portae
a
Releva
23. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pas de trios
Cloche - en
Dagaga
Pointe shoes
24. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
En arriare
Tour jeta
Coda
Seconde - a
25. Small - little
Promenade
Petit
Diagonale
Piqua
26. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Fish Dive
Brisa vola
Allonga
Pas de chat
27. To lean
Jambe
Pencha
Brisa vola
En face
28. 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.
Promenade
Jambe
Coupa jeta
Sissone
29. Leg.
Changement
Jambe
Attitude
Grand - grande
30. A
Fouetta
Assembla
a
Coupa jeta
31. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Dessus
Poisson
Grand - grande
32. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Pas de bourra couru
Pas
Pas de bourra
33. 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.
Dedans - en
Jeta
Pas de trios
Couru
34. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Daveloppa
Assembla
Devant
Promenade
35. 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.
Tournant - en
Jeta
Demi plia
Frappa
36. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Crois - croisa
Terre a
Pas
Fondu - fondue
37. 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
Coupa jeta
Frappa
Fish Dive
Sur le cou-de-pied
38. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Petit jeta
Plia
Pas de valse
Brisa
39. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Allonga
Battement (Grand)
Retira or Passa
40. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Releva
Ligne
Demi plia
Ca
41. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Pas de quatre
Cecchetti Method
Corps
42. 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.
Pas de valse
Sickling
Petit
Pencha
43. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
Petit jeta
Plia
Balanca
44. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sauta - sautae
Pas de bourra
Porta - portae
45. To rock - or to swing.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Balanca
Barre
Pas de trios
46. Seven
Sept
Chassa
Grande pas de deux
Petit jeta
47. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Rond de jambe
Sissone
Dehors - en
En arriare
48. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.
Saut de basque
Grande pas de deux
Sissone fermae
Piqua
49. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
En face
Sissone
Dedans - en
50. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Bras bas
Attitude
Sissone fermae