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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Small - little
Pointes - sur le
Dagaga
Petit
Ligne
2. A
Devant
a
Battu
Pas de chat
3. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Tour en lair
Bras bas
Poisson
Sissone
4. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Glissade
Cha
Tendu
Porta - portae
5. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Ouvert - ouverte
Brisa vola
Ligne
6. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Croix - en
Pointes - sur le
Demi plia
Sissone
7. To stretch out - make longer
Dessus
Allonga
Barre
Plia
8. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Balletomane
Pas de quatre
Porta - portae
Cha
9. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Cloche - en
Terre a
Dessous
Coda
10. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Tour jeta
Grande pas de deux
Pas de valse
Releva
11. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Petit jeta
Devant
Battement (Grand)
Tour en lair
12. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Fouetta
Brisa vola
Royale
Derriare
13. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
a
Demi pointe - sur la
En arriare
Retira or Passa
14. 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.
Tendu
Cecchetti Method
a
Divertissement
15. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Brisa vola
Port de bras
Fondu - fondue
16. To rock - or to swing.
Sickling
Jeta
Balanca
Extension
17. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Jeta
Derriare
Sissone
Pas de chat
18. 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
Bras
Pas de quatre
Jambe
19. 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
Demi pointe - sur la
Fish Dive
Coupa jeta
Pencha
20. 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.
Terre a
Dehors - en
Glissade
Promenade
21. Borken/breaking
Adagio
Brisa
Pencha
Extension
22. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Bras
En face
Tournant - en
Daveloppa
23. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Battement (Grand)
Attitude
Entrechat
Piroette
24. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Demi pointe - sur la
Chassa
Promenade
25. Body.
Dessous
Pas de quatre
Pas de valse
Corps
26. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Piqua
Demi plia
a
Fouetta - en tournant
27. (Movements) in the air
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28. 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.
a
Entrechat
Piqua
Dessous
29. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Pas de trios
Cabriole
Jeta
Promenade
30. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Rond de jambe
Arabesque
Ca
Entrechat
31. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Ballotta
Avant
Fondu - fondue
Sur le cou-de-pied
32. To lean
Pas de bourra couru
Dessus
Pas de trios
Pencha
33. To prick
Pas de quatre
Piqua
Sissone fermae
Glissade
34. Whirl - or spin
Ballotta
Piroette
a
Demi pointe - sur la
35. Connected movements on the points
Promenade
Dagaga
Temps lia sur les pointes
Grand - grande
36. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Fouetta
Pointes - sur le
Dagaga
Rond de jambe
37. Slow - sustained movement
Attitude
Adagio
Cloche - en
Pas de chat
38. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Extension
Tour jeta
Battu
Pas de valse
39. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Croix - en
Fouetta
Allegro
40. Seven
a
Ballon
Fish Dive
Sept
41. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Sauta - sautae
Diagonale
Pointes - sur le
En face
42. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Petit jeta
Allegro
Assembla
Petit
43. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Balanca
Battement (Grand)
Crois - croisa
44. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de bourra couru
Terre a
Pointe shoes
a
45. Leg.
Chassa
Jambe
Polonaise
Coupa jeta
46. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Pas de valse
Cloche - en
Releva
Fouetta - en tournant
47. Dance for two.
Plia
Pas de deux
Petit
Dessus
48. 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.
Poisson
Cabriole
Coupa jeta
a
49. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
En l'air
Assembla
a
Couru
50. 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
Barre
Pointe shoes
Cloche - en
Ligne