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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






2. Step






3. Enrico Cecchetti was a ballet teacher. He had a system of passing the tradition of ballet down to the next generation. The method has a definite program of strict routine and includes a table of principal set daily exercises for each day of the week.






4. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






5. Borken/breaking






6. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






7. 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.






8. Body.






9. Seven






10. A jump from both feet onto one foot






11. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






12. 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.






13. Connected movements on the points






14. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






15. Slow - sustained movement






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






17. 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.






18. Raised






19. 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.






20. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






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






23. Arms






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






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






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






27. Change of the feet in the air.






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






29. 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






30. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






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






32. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. Small - half bend of the knees.






37. Running.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Open - opened.






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






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






44. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






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






46. Dance for two.






47. Big - large. (movements)






48. Male dance partner to the ballerina






49. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






50. Small - little







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