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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Leg.






4. To the front.






5. 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.






6. Two






7. Connected movements on the points






8. 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.






9. Open - opened.






10. 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.






11. Running.






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






13. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






14. 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.






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.






16. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






17. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






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






19. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






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






21. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






22. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






23. This means 'moving' the leg.






24. Dance for three






25. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






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






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






28. To lean






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






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






31. Big - large. (movements)






32. 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.






33. Seven






34. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






35. To rock - or to swing.






36. Whirl - or spin






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






38. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






39. A






40. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






41. 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.






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






43. Small - half bend of the knees.






44. Borken/breaking






45. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






46. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






47. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






48. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






49. Dance for two.






50. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.