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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Rond de jambe
Dessous
Pas
Crois - croisa
2. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Cha
Assembla
Plia
Cloche - en
3. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Rond de jambe
Entrechat
Balletomane
Tendu
4. Change of the feet in the air.
Tour en lair
Pas de deux
Pas de valse
Changement
5. 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.
En face
Plia
Changement
Promenade
6. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Barre
Divertissement
Avant
7. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Battu
Ca
Dehors - en
8. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Brisa vola
Tournant - en
Frappa
9. A
Demi plia
a
Pas de deux
Coupa jeta
10. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Pas de deux
Dessus
Petit
Ballon
11. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Devant
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de trios
12. 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.
a
Bras bas
Petit
Rond de jambe
13. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Assembla
Deux
Fouetta - en tournant
14. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
Pas de deux
Diagonale
Cavalier
15. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Battement (Grand)
Pointe shoes
Dedans - en
Pas de valse
16. Open - opened.
a
Sur le cou-de-pied
Pas
Ouvert - ouverte
17. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Pencha
Promenade
Pas de chat
18. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Glissade
Diagonale
Crois - croisa
Chassa
19. 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.
Avant
Daveloppa
Entrechat
a
20. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Diagonale
Arabesque
Brisa vola
21. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dedans - en
Pointe shoes
Dagaga
Ballon
22. Leg.
Pas
Jambe
Sauta - sautae
Avant
23. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Sauta - sautae
Piqua
Tour jeta
Cha
24. Dance for three
Derriare
Pas de trios
Corps
Piqua
25. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Corps
Pointes - sur le
Tour en lair
Brisa vola
26. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Pas de valse
Couru
Pas de bourra couru
27. 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.
Daveloppa
Sissone
Polonaise
Coupa jeta
28. 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.
Dessous
Battu
Adagio
Cabriole
29. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Attitude
Pointes - sur le
Pas de chat
Ca
30. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Frappa
Avant
Terre a
Piroette
31. Borken/breaking
a
Brisa
Battement (Grand)
Sickling
32. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Diagonale
Tour jeta
Grand - grande
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.
Cloche - en
Dehors - en
Fondu - fondue
Poisson
34. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Adagio
Corps
Allegro
Dessus
35. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Demi pointe - sur la
Fondu - fondue
Avant
36. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Fouetta
Deux
En face
Attitude
37. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Coda
Seconde - a
Dagaga
Porta - portae
38. 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.
Demi plia
Pas de bourra couru
Sauta - sautae
Sickling
39. (Movements) in the air
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40. Arms
Tendu
Bras
Bras bas
Sissone fermae
41. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Rond de jambe
Coda
Sur le cou-de-pied
Ligne
42. 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.
Plia
Pas
Frappa
Ballotta
43. Small - half bend of the knees.
Ouvert - ouverte
Bras bas
Dessus
Demi plia
44. 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
a
Barre
Diagonale
Polonaise
45. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
a
a
Sauta - sautae
Frappa
46. 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.
Cavalier
Cecchetti Method
Petit jeta
Dehors - en
47. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Royale
Daveloppa
Pas de chat
Grande pas de deux
48. Turning fouetta.
Sissone
Temps lia sur les pointes
Fouetta - en tournant
Releva
49. 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.
Jeta
Jambe
Battement (Grand)
Glissade
50. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Pas de bourra
Fouetta
Sissone fermae
Allegro