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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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
Fish Dive
a
Avant
Retira or Passa
2. 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.
Coupa jeta
Changement
Derriare
Pas de chat
3. 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.
Piqua
Bras bas
Deux
Ballotta
4. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Dagaga
Petit
Pas de trios
5. To lean
Sept
Grande pas de deux
Balanca
Pencha
6. Backwards - reverse.
Pas de chat
Port de bras
En arriare
Tour en lair
7. 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.
Glissade
Pas
Sept
Retira or Passa
8. 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.
a
Daveloppa
Pas de bourra couru
Balletomane
9. Slow - sustained movement
Sissone fermae
Pas de valse
Barre
Adagio
10. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Dedans - en
Dessous
Allegro
11. 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.
Dessus
Cabriole
Promenade
a
12. 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.
Entrechat
Sissone fermae
Poisson
Tour en lair
13. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Cavalier
Allegro
Ballotta
Ligne
14. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Attitude
Pas de deux
Dagaga
15. Running.
Terre a
Couru
Demi plia
Croix - en
16. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
a
Dagaga
Fouetta
Tour jeta
17. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Port de bras
Pas de trios
Porta - portae
Devant
18. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Cabriole
Pas de chat
a
19. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Croix - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
Barre
Petit jeta
20. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Bras
Brisa vola
Dagaga
Balletomane
21. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Deux
Dehors - en
Pas de trios
Cabriole
22. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
a
Releva
Assembla
Dagaga
23. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Plia
Petit
Port de bras
24. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Plia
Dagaga
Allegro
a
25. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Dessus
Pas de bourra couru
Saut de basque
26. Turning fouetta.
a
Pencha
Plia
Fouetta - en tournant
27. 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.
a
Demi plia
Bras bas
Polonaise
28. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Assembla
Crois - croisa
Pas de valse
Bras bas
29. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
a
Fouetta
Port de bras
Seconde - a
30. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Fondu - fondue
Derriare
Seconde - a
31. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Releva
Entrechat
Bras
Grande pas de deux
32. Step
Croix - en
Pas
Bras bas
Glissade
33. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Extension
Saut de basque
Attitude
Tournant - en
34. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Sept
Battu
Allegro
35. 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.
Promenade
Polonaise
Tendu
En arriare
36. Borken/breaking
Cloche - en
Brisa
Barre
a
37. Whirl - or spin
Cecchetti Method
Retira or Passa
Piroette
Dessus
38. To stretch out - make longer
Devant
Allonga
Barre
Demi pointe - sur la
39. 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.
Tour jeta
Entrechat
Royale
Adagio
40. 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.
Saut de basque
Brisa vola
Dessous
Extension
41. Connected movements on the points
Jambe
Fouetta
Dehors - en
Temps lia sur les pointes
42. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Terre a
Cabriole
Fondu - fondue
43. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Brisa
Croix - en
Fouetta - en tournant
Ligne
44. Small - half bend of the knees.
Balletomane
Fondu - fondue
Releva
Demi plia
45. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Croix - en
En l'air
Demi plia
Derriare
46. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Daveloppa
Tendu
Dessous
47. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
a
Barre
Assembla
48. This means 'moving' the leg.
Pas
Poisson
Pointe shoes
Battement (Grand)
49. To the front.
Tour en lair
Avant
a
Attitude
50. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Fouetta - en tournant
Cabriole
Brisa vola
Croix - en