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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






2. A






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






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






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






6. Seven






7. Small - half bend of the knees.






8. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






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






10. 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.






11. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






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






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






14. Arms






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






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






17. This means 'moving' the leg.






18. 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.






19. Connected movements on the points






20. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






22. Backwards - reverse.






23. Behind you - movements done behind you.






24. 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.






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






26. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






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






28. Borken/breaking






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






30. To the front.






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






32. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






33. Slow - sustained movement






34. To stretch out - make longer






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






36. Step






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






38. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






39. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






40. 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.






41. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






42. Raised






43. Big - large. (movements)






44. Running.






45. 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






46. Leg.






47. Dance for four






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






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






50. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.