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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Whirl - or spin






2. A






3. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






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






6. To prick






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. (Movements) in the air

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10. 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.






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






12. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






14. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






20. 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.






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 Withdrawn.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






22. To rock - or to swing.






23. Body.






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






25. Step






26. Dance for three






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






28. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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. Turning fouetta.






34. Dance for two.






35. 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






36. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






37. Raised






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






39. Slow - sustained movement






40. Change of the feet in the air.






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






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






43. 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.






44. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






45. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






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






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






49. A jump from both feet onto one foot






50. Running.