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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Daveloppa
Couru
Poisson
2. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Adagio
Chassa
Fish Dive
3. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Attitude
Allegro
Rond de jambe
Extension
4. Turning fouetta.
a
a
Avant
Fouetta - en tournant
5. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Ballon
Fouetta
Brisa vola
6. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Dehors - en
Allonga
Pointes - sur le
7. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Plia
a
Divertissement
Changement
8. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Dessous
Balletomane
Temps lia sur les pointes
En arriare
9. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Sissone
Tournant - en
Tour jeta
Frappa
10. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Brisa
Pointes - sur le
Cha
Pointe shoes
11. Dance for two.
Battu
Coupa jeta
Retira or Passa
Pas de deux
12. 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.
Polonaise
Battu
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de bourra couru
13. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pencha
Dessus
Brisa vola
Tendu
14. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Tour jeta
Crois - croisa
Dedans - en
Demi pointe - sur la
15. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Retira or Passa
Dagaga
Entrechat
Coda
16. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Sauta - sautae
Devant
Dehors - en
Assembla
17. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Terre a
Attitude
Deux
Petit jeta
18. Leg.
Fish Dive
Avant
Terre a
Jambe
19. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Balletomane
En face
Brisa
Cha
20. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Fish Dive
Deux
Pas de bourra couru
Chassa
21. Dance for four
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de quatre
Sur le cou-de-pied
Promenade
22. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
a
Sissone fermae
Fouetta
Poisson
23. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Dagaga
En arriare
Ligne
Fondu - fondue
24. Small - half bend of the knees.
Cavalier
Dessus
Corps
Demi plia
25. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Bras bas
Battement (Grand)
Cha
26. To rock - or to swing.
Frappa
Balanca
Fondu - fondue
Cha
27. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
a
Bras bas
Dessous
Pas de chat
28. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Brisa
Grande pas de deux
Cabriole
Seconde - a
29. (Movements) in the air
30. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Pas de deux
Derriare
Cabriole
Dehors - en
31. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Rond de jambe
Terre a
Brisa
Fondu - fondue
32. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Port de bras
Pencha
a
Derriare
33. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Adagio
Cavalier
Coda
Changement
34. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
Barre
Fouetta
Sissone
35. 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.
Tournant - en
a
En l'air
Balletomane
36. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Porta - portae
Royale
Devant
Sauta - sautae
37. To prick
Coda
Piqua
a
Promenade
38. 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.
Coda
Glissade
Retira or Passa
Jeta
39. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Diagonale
Cloche - en
Dehors - en
En l'air
40. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Port de bras
Bras
Sissone
Pencha
41. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Cecchetti Method
Sauta - sautae
Pas de valse
Grande pas de deux
42. 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.
Divertissement
Releva
Allonga
Deux
43. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Grand - grande
Balletomane
Dessus
Poisson
44. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Battement (Grand)
En face
Pas de bourra
Petit jeta
45. 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.
Assembla
Allonga
Daveloppa
Entrechat
46. 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
Sissone fermae
Fish Dive
Petit jeta
Promenade
47. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Port de bras
a
Attitude
48. 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.
Sickling
Ballotta
Diagonale
Croix - en
49. 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.
Grande pas de deux
Promenade
Bras bas
a
50. 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.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pointes - sur le
Frappa
Grande pas de deux