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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Running.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






8. 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.






9. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






10. To stretch out - make longer






11. Big - large. (movements)






12. 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.






13. To prick






14. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






15. To the front.






16. Behind you - movements done behind you.






17. Dance for two.






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






19. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






20. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






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






22. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.






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






24. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.






25. 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.






26. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






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






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






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






30. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






31. Seven






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






34. Backwards - reverse.






35. Change of the feet in the air.






36. 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.






37. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






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






39. 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.






40. This means 'moving' the leg.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






45. 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.






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






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






48. Borken/breaking






49. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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







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