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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






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






3. To stretch out - make longer






4. Connected movements on the points






5. Turning fouetta.






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






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






8. 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.






9. To the front.






10. Male dance partner to the ballerina






11. To rock - or to swing.






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






13. 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.






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






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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. Change of the feet in the air.






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. (Movements) in the air

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28. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






30. Dance for four






31. Slow - sustained movement






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. To lean






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Leg.






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






45. Two






46. Running.






47. 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.






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






49. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






50. Borken/breaking