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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. Backwards - reverse.
Allegro
En arriare
Pas de chat
Brisa vola
2. Slow - sustained movement
Poisson
Pencha
Adagio
Croix - en
3. Borken/breaking
Battement (Grand)
Brisa
Piqua
a
4. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Changement
Sauta - sautae
Porta - portae
Demi pointe - sur la
5. Arms
Bras
Royale
Demi plia
Bras bas
6. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Rond de jambe
Coda
Ca
Diagonale
7. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Deux
Daveloppa
a
Dehors - en
8. 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
Bras
Pas de quatre
Barre
Tournant - en
9. To prick
Pas de chat
Piqua
Cecchetti Method
Cloche - en
10. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Grande pas de deux
Cloche - en
Petit
Chassa
11. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Sept
Derriare
Dessus
Changement
12. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Dehors - en
Cabriole
En arriare
Pas de quatre
13. Dance for two.
Cavalier
Pas de deux
Battement (Grand)
Releva
14. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Chassa
Sept
Dessus
Polonaise
15. 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.
Piqua
Sissone fermae
Pas de trios
Pas de chat
16. 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
Ballon
Coupa jeta
En arriare
17. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
a
Tendu
Derriare
18. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Brisa vola
Poisson
Porta - portae
Adagio
19. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Fondu - fondue
Changement
Petit jeta
Pas de deux
20. 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.
Polonaise
Crois - croisa
Royale
Battu
21. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
a
Jambe
Tour en lair
Assembla
22. Small - little
Terre a
Sept
Petit
En face
23. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Promenade
Pointes - sur le
Entrechat
a
24. Body.
En face
Allegro
Sissone
Corps
25. 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.
Piqua
Sauta - sautae
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de bourra couru
26. 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
Corps
Coupa jeta
Tour jeta
27. 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.
Grand - grande
Releva
Cecchetti Method
Piroette
28. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Sauta - sautae
Piqua
Rond de jambe
Demi plia
29. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Avant
Grand - grande
Ligne
Ballotta
30. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
a
Royale
Ouvert - ouverte
31. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Plia
Corps
Diagonale
Dessous
32. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Sissone fermae
Ballotta
Piroette
Grande pas de deux
33. To stretch out - make longer
Ballon
Pas de bourra
Allonga
a
34. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Ca
Tournant - en
Extension
Diagonale
35. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Seconde - a
Deux
Poisson
Piroette
36. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Balanca
Glissade
Sissone fermae
a
37. Big - large. (movements)
Fouetta - en tournant
Derriare
Releva
Grand - grande
38. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Sissone
Tendu
Balletomane
Ballotta
39. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Releva
Dedans - en
Plia
Arabesque
40. A
Pointes - sur le
Dedans - en
a
Cloche - en
41. 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
Dessus
Battu
Poisson
42. Small - half bend of the knees.
Grand - grande
Tour jeta
Ballotta
Demi plia
43. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Pas de valse
Plia
Sept
Ballon
44. 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.
En arriare
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de quatre
Coupa jeta
45. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Jeta
Derriare
En face
Frappa
46. 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
Promenade
En face
Changement
47. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
Rond de jambe
a
Tournant - en
48. 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
Piqua
Sickling
Bras
49. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Changement
Cavalier
Plia
Bras
50. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Battement (Grand)
Pas de quatre
Retira or Passa
Couru