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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. 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.
Frappa
Extension
a
Diagonale
2. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Fondu - fondue
Pas de bourra couru
Croix - en
3. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Piroette
En arriare
Couru
4. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Sickling
Croix - en
Derriare
5. Change of the feet in the air.
Battement (Grand)
Allegro
Changement
Entrechat
6. Dance for four
Fish Dive
Royale
Pas de quatre
Fouetta - en tournant
7. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Chassa
Bras bas
Balanca
Tournant - en
8. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Piqua
Bras
Grande pas de deux
Port de bras
9. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Tour jeta
Demi plia
Brisa
Assembla
10. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Tour en lair
Diagonale
Bras
Sissone
11. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Petit
Piroette
Derriare
Saut de basque
12. Dance for three
Corps
Pas de trios
Brisa vola
Tour en lair
13. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Ballotta
Battement (Grand)
Jambe
14. Dance for two.
En l'air
Bras
Dagaga
Pas de deux
15. 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.
Arabesque
Sissone fermae
Promenade
Pas de chat
16. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Cha
Pencha
Diagonale
17. 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.
Polonaise
En face
Fouetta - en tournant
Poisson
18. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de valse
Divertissement
Ballon
Pas de bourra
19. Two
Port de bras
Deux
Ballon
Sept
20. 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.
Cloche - en
Ligne
Terre a
Poisson
21. Body.
Fouetta - en tournant
Port de bras
Corps
Croix - en
22. 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.
Bras bas
Brisa vola
Poisson
Grand - grande
23. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Chassa
Pencha
Dessous
Retira or Passa
24. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Port de bras
Pas de chat
Releva
Cha
25. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
En face
Cabriole
Assembla
Glissade
26. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Cecchetti Method
Chassa
Pencha
Assembla
27. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Pencha
Bras bas
Petit
Royale
28. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Porta - portae
Entrechat
Sissone
Tour jeta
29. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
En l'air
Devant
Changement
Couru
30. Borken/breaking
Deux
Pencha
Jambe
Brisa
31. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Royale
Fish Dive
Ballon
Dehors - en
32. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Pointes - sur le
Pencha
Ballotta
33. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Avant
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Cavalier
34. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Glissade
Dedans - en
Port de bras
Barre
35. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Sept
Sissone fermae
En arriare
36. Step
Deux
Jambe
Grand - grande
Pas
37. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Terre a
Allegro
Ballotta
Fouetta
38. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Glissade
Coda
Tendu
Avant
39. 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
Barre
Cavalier
Cecchetti Method
40. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Brisa vola
Pas
Crois - croisa
Pas de bourra couru
41. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Balletomane
Couru
Pointes - sur le
Pas de deux
42. 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.
Entrechat
Devant
Extension
Assembla
43. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Cavalier
En l'air
Arabesque
Grand - grande
44. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Sickling
Piqua
Battement (Grand)
45. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ca
Pencha
Ballotta
Bras
46. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Balletomane
Changement
Coupa jeta
47. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Coupa jeta
Petit
Pas de valse
En l'air
48. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Cha
Porta - portae
Dehors - en
Assembla
49. Raised
Petit
Releva
Plia
Pas de deux
50. 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.
Polonaise
Entrechat
Sickling
Retira or Passa