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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pas de bourra
Pointe shoes
Adagio
Grande pas de deux
2. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Temps lia sur les pointes
Divertissement
Ouvert - ouverte
Allegro
3. To prick
Terre a
Piqua
Brisa
Coupa jeta
4. Big - large. (movements)
Cabriole
Corps
Piqua
Grand - grande
5. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Fondu - fondue
Pas de valse
Terre a
Fouetta
6. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Ca
Balanca
Deux
7. 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.
Coupa jeta
Jeta
Pas de bourra couru
Dessous
8. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Brisa
Grande pas de deux
Seconde - a
Sissone
9. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Grand - grande
Cabriole
Allegro
Dehors - en
10. 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.
Balletomane
Jeta
Daveloppa
Allonga
11. Seven
Deux
Allonga
Saut de basque
Sept
12. 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.
Piroette
Pencha
Brisa
Jeta
13. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Fish Dive
Cabriole
Devant
14. This means 'moving' the leg.
Brisa vola
Pas de bourra
Battement (Grand)
Ouvert - ouverte
15. 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.
Allegro
Glissade
Changement
Balanca
16. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Deux
Bras
Ligne
Chassa
17. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Barre
Daveloppa
Chassa
18. 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
Ca
En l'air
Diagonale
19. Change of the feet in the air.
Pas de deux
Extension
Changement
Sissone
20. 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
Devant
En arriare
Sept
21. Borken/breaking
Couru
Brisa
Fouetta - en tournant
Cabriole
22. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Rond de jambe
Chassa
Saut de basque
23. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Balanca
Croix - en
Attitude
Cloche - en
24. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Battement (Grand)
Dagaga
Porta - portae
25. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Seconde - a
Ca
Ballotta
Coupa jeta
26. A
Port de bras
Bras
a
Sur le cou-de-pied
27. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Ca
Allegro
Diagonale
Cavalier
28. Raised
Releva
Promenade
Pointe shoes
Arabesque
29. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Cloche - en
Coda
Sauta - sautae
Extension
30. 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.
Retira or Passa
Coupa jeta
Fouetta
Pas de trios
31. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
a
Plia
Pas de bourra
Fouetta
32. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Fish Dive
Plia
Piqua
33. 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.
Pas de deux
Deux
Tournant - en
Poisson
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
Balanca
Sissone fermae
Derriare
Fish Dive
35. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Divertissement
Porta - portae
Jeta
Retira or Passa
36. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
a
Pas de chat
Pas de valse
Brisa vola
37. To lean
Avant
Piqua
Pencha
Port de bras
38. Dance for three
Pointe shoes
a
Battu
Pas de trios
39. A stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre - as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises. Much of a ballet dancer's training t
Arabesque
Plia
Sickling
Barre
40. Small - little
Sur le cou-de-pied
Ballon
Sickling
Petit
41. 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.
Grand - grande
Battu
a
Balanca
42. Two
Frappa
Deux
Fish Dive
Sissone fermae
43. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
En l'air
Allonga
Sauta - sautae
Pencha
44. Connected movements on the points
Battement (Grand)
Demi pointe - sur la
Sissone
Temps lia sur les pointes
45. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Arabesque
Chassa
Pas de quatre
Porta - portae
46. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
En l'air
Tournant - en
a
Cecchetti Method
47. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Avant
Balletomane
Devant
Pas de valse
48. Dance for four
Barre
Cha
Pas de quatre
Tournant - en
49. Step
Ballotta
Tendu
Pas
Sauta - sautae
50. Slow - sustained movement
Divertissement
Adagio
Pas
Deux