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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Connected movements on the points
Entrechat
Temps lia sur les pointes
Grande pas de deux
Sur le cou-de-pied
2. Big - large. (movements)
Balletomane
Grand - grande
Entrechat
Jeta
3. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Jambe
Extension
Dessus
a
4. 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.
a
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de deux
Battu
5. Dance for two.
a
Fouetta - en tournant
a
Pas de deux
6. Arms
Bras
Sissone fermae
Dessous
En l'air
7. 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.
Polonaise
Changement
Demi pointe - sur la
Saut de basque
8. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Rond de jambe
Extension
En face
a
9. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Port de bras
Sauta - sautae
Coupa jeta
Promenade
10. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Piqua
Dedans - en
Avant
Cavalier
11. Small - half bend of the knees.
Seconde - a
Pointe shoes
Demi plia
Grand - grande
12. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Adagio
Diagonale
Deux
Cloche - en
13. Slow - sustained movement
Polonaise
Grand - grande
Adagio
Petit
14. 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.
Port de bras
Jeta
Dessus
Divertissement
15. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Dehors - en
Bras bas
Cecchetti Method
16. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pas de deux
Brisa vola
Bras
Promenade
17. Step
Adagio
Pas
Dessus
Petit jeta
18. 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)
Pas de quatre
a
Attitude
19. (Movements) in the air
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20. 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
Barre
Promenade
Changement
Fish Dive
21. Running.
Brisa vola
Attitude
Coda
Couru
22. 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.
Coupa jeta
Cha
Sissone
Ouvert - ouverte
23. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Changement
Dessus
Croix - en
Ca
24. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Petit
Retira or Passa
Sept
Dedans - en
25. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Chassa
Pas de deux
Fondu - fondue
Cha
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.
Terre a
Jeta
Cecchetti Method
Daveloppa
27. Change of the feet in the air.
Allegro
Avant
Couru
Changement
28. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Tournant - en
a
Diagonale
Grande pas de deux
29. A
Divertissement
a
Pointe shoes
Sissone
30. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Sickling
En l'air
Grande pas de deux
Dessus
31. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Pas
En arriare
a
Coupa jeta
32. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Piroette
Pas de valse
Pas
a
33. Dance for four
Pointes - sur le
Pas de quatre
Frappa
Sissone
34. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Fondu - fondue
Pointes - sur le
Pas de deux
35. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Petit jeta
Diagonale
Dedans - en
Assembla
36. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Battu
Balletomane
Pointes - sur le
Sickling
37. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Petit
Avant
Sissone fermae
Croix - en
38. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Grande pas de deux
Grand - grande
a
Ouvert - ouverte
39. Whirl - or spin
Bras bas
Piroette
Allonga
Demi pointe - sur la
40. To prick
Diagonale
Sissone fermae
Piqua
Coda
41. 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
Changement
Croix - en
Barre
Pas de bourra couru
42. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Couru
Rond de jambe
Crois - croisa
Battement (Grand)
43. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
a
Tournant - en
Pointes - sur le
44. 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
Deux
Derriare
Battement (Grand)
45. This means 'moving' the leg.
Balletomane
Battement (Grand)
Corps
Extension
46. Body.
Corps
Retira or Passa
Polonaise
Saut de basque
47. Seven
Balletomane
a
Dagaga
Sept
48. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Corps
Arabesque
Coda
Pas de bourra couru
49. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Pas
Coupa jeta
Frappa
Dessous
50. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Pas de valse
Adagio
Pas de chat
Sissone