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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Piroette
Entrechat
Dehors - en
Cavalier
2. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Couru
Grand - grande
Allegro
Cabriole
3. Small - little
Coda
Daveloppa
Polonaise
Petit
4. Running.
Pas de valse
Couru
Croix - en
Grande pas de deux
5. (Movements) in the air
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6. 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
Allonga
Brisa vola
Porta - portae
7. Leg.
Pas de valse
Sissone
Releva
Jambe
8. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Dessous
a
Crois - croisa
a
9. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Pointe shoes
Tour jeta
Pencha
10. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Battement (Grand)
Pas de chat
Sauta - sautae
11. Borken/breaking
Pas de bourra couru
Brisa
a
Couru
12. Backwards - reverse.
Pas de bourra
En arriare
Battu
Sickling
13. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Allegro
Dessus
Temps lia sur les pointes
14. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Cabriole
Ballotta
Dessus
Avant
15. 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.
Couru
Brisa vola
Plia
Bras bas
16. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Cha
Plia
Fouetta
17. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tendu
Coupa jeta
a
Chassa
18. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Petit
Port de bras
Dagaga
Fouetta - en tournant
19. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Seconde - a
Releva
Dedans - en
20. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
a
Glissade
Royale
21. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Petit jeta
Fondu - fondue
Battement (Grand)
22. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fondu - fondue
Rond de jambe
Pas de trios
Terre a
23. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
a
En face
Petit jeta
Chassa
24. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Sickling
Tournant - en
Dessous
Pas de deux
25. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Jambe
Entrechat
Fouetta
26. 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.
Porta - portae
Cloche - en
Dagaga
Poisson
27. To lean
Diagonale
Pencha
En l'air
Cloche - en
28. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Allegro
Port de bras
Petit jeta
Assembla
29. Change of the feet in the air.
Brisa vola
Crois - croisa
Changement
Piroette
30. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Sickling
Plia
Attitude
Cavalier
31. 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.
Petit jeta
Brisa
a
Daveloppa
32. Raised
Pas de trios
Dedans - en
Releva
Pointes - sur le
33. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Balanca
Saut de basque
Avant
34. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Battu
Terre a
Promenade
Coda
35. Step
a
Pas
Dessus
Cavalier
36. 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.
Fish Dive
Terre a
Polonaise
Tournant - en
37. Body.
Corps
Chassa
Sissone
Derriare
38. 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
Corps
Cecchetti Method
Grande pas de deux
39. 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.
Adagio
Dagaga
Couru
Coupa jeta
40. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Saut de basque
Jambe
Fondu - fondue
a
41. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Sickling
Extension
Bras
Adagio
42. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Bras
a
Pas de quatre
Ligne
43. 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.
Bras
Fouetta - en tournant
Arabesque
Cecchetti Method
44. Arms
Fouetta - en tournant
Bras
Coda
Allonga
45. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Dehors - en
Cecchetti Method
Jeta
Rond de jambe
46. 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.
Jeta
Terre a
Pas de bourra
Pas de chat
47. Turning fouetta.
Adagio
Ca
Porta - portae
Fouetta - en tournant
48. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Pas de valse
Arabesque
Battement (Grand)
Cloche - en
49. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Tendu
Frappa
Royale
50. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Piqua
Retira or Passa
Cecchetti Method
Sissone fermae