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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Small - little






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






3. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






4. 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.






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






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 Withdrawn.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






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






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






9. Open - opened.






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






11. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






12. 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.






13. To lean






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






15. To the front.






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Seven






24. 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.






25. Big - large. (movements)






26. (Movements) in the air

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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






35. Two






36. Change of the feet in the air.






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






38. Small - half bend of the knees.






39. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






40. Borken/breaking






41. To rock - or to swing.






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






43. 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






44. Dance for two.






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. 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