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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Sauta - sautae
Dedans - en
Tour en lair
Port de bras
2. Dance for four
Dedans - en
Bras bas
Pas de quatre
Balanca
3. Dance for two.
a
Pas de trios
Pas de deux
Arabesque
4. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Ballotta
Demi pointe - sur la
Releva
Crois - croisa
5. Running.
a
Couru
Piroette
Fouetta - en tournant
6. 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.
Arabesque
Promenade
Cecchetti Method
Seconde - a
7. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Petit jeta
Attitude
Dagaga
a
8. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Sissone fermae
Polonaise
Sissone
Coda
9. 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.
Corps
Frappa
a
Allegro
10. Seven
Battement (Grand)
Poisson
Grande pas de deux
Sept
11. 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.
Entrechat
Poisson
En arriare
Sissone
12. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Releva
Battement (Grand)
Dessus
13. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Temps lia sur les pointes
En arriare
Ballon
14. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Pas de trios
Dehors - en
Attitude
Balletomane
15. 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.
Changement
Pas de bourra couru
Devant
Releva
16. 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.
a
Battu
En l'air
Grand - grande
17. Developing movement. A daveloppa is a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to the knee of the supporting leg and slowly extended to an open position en l'air and held there with perfect control.
Daveloppa
Fish Dive
Saut de basque
Ouvert - ouverte
18. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Derriare
Cavalier
Coda
Allegro
19. 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 quatre
a
Sickling
Pointe shoes
20. To lean
Derriare
Pas
Ballon
Pencha
21. Slow - sustained movement
Promenade
Extension
Temps lia sur les pointes
Adagio
22. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Derriare
Petit jeta
Coda
Porta - portae
23. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
a
Pas de bourra couru
Fondu - fondue
Grande pas de deux
24. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Cavalier
Dessus
Fish Dive
Sauta - sautae
25. 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
Pas
Fouetta - en tournant
Fish Dive
Pas de chat
26. To rock - or to swing.
Sickling
Fondu - fondue
Balanca
Petit jeta
27. 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.
Brisa
Polonaise
Battement (Grand)
Extension
28. 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.
Jeta
Bras bas
Sept
Piqua
29. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Sissone
Ca
Tendu
Allegro
30. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Adagio
Ballon
Bras bas
31. Body.
Port de bras
Releva
Temps lia sur les pointes
Corps
32. To the front.
Devant
Barre
Fouetta
Avant
33. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
En arriare
Crois - croisa
Tendu
Cecchetti Method
34. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Pas de bourra couru
Sissone fermae
En arriare
35. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Sissone
Pas de bourra
Tendu
Petit
36. 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.
Saut de basque
Tournant - en
Sissone fermae
Divertissement
37. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Pas de trios
Pointes - sur le
Jambe
38. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Balanca
Plia
Saut de basque
39. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Pas de bourra couru
Extension
Demi plia
En l'air
40. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Port de bras
Tour en lair
Cloche - en
41. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Fouetta
Pas de bourra couru
Ballotta
Battement (Grand)
42. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Demi pointe - sur la
Allegro
Seconde - a
43. Small - little
Demi pointe - sur la
Petit
a
Barre
44. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Ca
Porta - portae
Petit
45. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Battement (Grand)
Ligne
Tour jeta
Dessus
46. Whirl - or spin
Glissade
Jambe
Piroette
Sissone fermae
47. Two
En face
Deux
Fouetta - en tournant
Porta - portae
48. Small - half bend of the knees.
Piroette
Demi plia
Saut de basque
Allegro
49. Open - opened.
Tour en lair
Tournant - en
Ouvert - ouverte
Grande pas de deux
50. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pas de trios
Brisa vola
En face
Grande pas de deux