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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






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






3. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






4. Dance for three






5. To lean






6. 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.






7. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






8. Step






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






10. 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.






11. (Movements) in the air

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12. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






13. 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.






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






15. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






16. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






17. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






18. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






20. Leg.






21. A jump from both feet onto one foot






22. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






23. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






24. Small - half bend of the knees.






25. Whirl - or spin






26. Seven






27. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






28. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






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






30. 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






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






32. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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






34. Borken/breaking






35. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






36. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






37. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






38. 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






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






40. This means 'moving' the leg.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. A






44. Connected movements on the points






45. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Dance for four






50. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.