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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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.
Assembla
Daveloppa
Coupa jeta
Pas de bourra couru
2. (Movements) in the air
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3. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Assembla
Barre
Royale
Changement
4. 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.
Ouvert - ouverte
Glissade
Tournant - en
Entrechat
5. Turning fouetta.
Plia
Corps
Fouetta - en tournant
Chassa
6. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Couru
Plia
Fondu - fondue
Cha
7. Two
Deux
Dedans - en
Fish Dive
Sickling
8. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Ca
En arriare
Jeta
Tour en lair
9. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Balletomane
Demi pointe - sur la
Battu
Piqua
10. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Piroette
Petit jeta
Fondu - fondue
Fouetta
11. Leg.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Jambe
a
Corps
12. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Dehors - en
Tour en lair
Ballon
Grande pas de deux
13. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
En l'air
Petit jeta
Sissone
Attitude
14. Arms
Cavalier
Bras
Changement
Piqua
15. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Seconde - a
Balletomane
Poisson
16. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Polonaise
Grande pas de deux
Ballon
Sauta - sautae
17. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Ballon
Attitude
Petit
Balletomane
18. 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
Fondu - fondue
Tournant - en
Barre
En arriare
19. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Coupa jeta
Ballon
Dagaga
20. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pas de bourra
Crois - croisa
Corps
Pointe shoes
21. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Demi plia
a
Balletomane
Porta - portae
22. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Ca
Poisson
Pointes - sur le
Piroette
23. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Dessus
Cavalier
Port de bras
Retira or Passa
24. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Seconde - a
Releva
Grande pas de deux
Sissone fermae
25. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
En l'air
a
Ballotta
Pas de bourra couru
26. 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.
Dagaga
Tendu
Jeta
Terre a
27. To lean
Fondu - fondue
Piqua
Petit jeta
Pencha
28. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Derriare
Cecchetti Method
Sur le cou-de-pied
Fondu - fondue
29. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Royale
Pas de bourra
Chassa
Cavalier
30. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Pas de trios
Battement (Grand)
Dagaga
Poisson
31. 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.
Tendu
Ballon
Attitude
Polonaise
32. To prick
Sur le cou-de-pied
Piqua
Plia
Tour en lair
33. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
En l'air
Promenade
Pas de quatre
34. 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
Releva
En l'air
Assembla
35. Raised
Ouvert - ouverte
Releva
Pas de valse
Deux
36. 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.
Glissade
Extension
a
Fondu - fondue
37. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Polonaise
Cavalier
Piqua
Sissone fermae
38. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Tour jeta
Cavalier
Ligne
Allegro
39. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Retira or Passa
Pas de bourra couru
Coda
Ballon
40. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Cabriole
Couru
Fouetta
Assembla
41. 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.
Poisson
Glissade
Attitude
Rond de jambe
42. 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
Sur le cou-de-pied
Sauta - sautae
Fish Dive
Grand - grande
43. 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.
Seconde - a
Ligne
a
Promenade
44. Small - little
En face
Sauta - sautae
Petit
a
45. Dance for four
Fish Dive
Pas de quatre
En l'air
Releva
46. 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
Allonga
Tour jeta
Sauta - sautae
47. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Cabriole
Allegro
Dessous
Devant
48. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Pointes - sur le
Cavalier
Barre
a
49. 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.
Daveloppa
Derriare
Promenade
Coda
50. This means 'moving' the leg.
Sissone
Battement (Grand)
Bras bas
Pas