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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






2. Change of the feet in the air.






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






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






5. Raised






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






7. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






8. (Movements) in the air

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9. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






11. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






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






13. Two






14. 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






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. To lean






17. Big - large. (movements)






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






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






20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






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 Withdrawn.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






22. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






23. Turning fouetta.






24. Leg.






25. Whirl - or spin






26. To glide. A traveling step executed by gliding the working foot from the fifth position in the required direction - the other foot closing to it.






27. To prick






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






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






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






31. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






36. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






37. A jump from both feet onto one foot






38. 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.






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






40. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






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






43. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






44. A






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






46. 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.






47. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






48. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






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