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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Dance for four






2. Arms






3. Male dance partner to the ballerina






4. 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.






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






6. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






8. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






10. To rock - or to swing.






11. Connected movements on the points






12. 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.






13. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






14. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






15. Turning fouetta.






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






17. Body.






18. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






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 Withdrawn.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






20. Leg.






21. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






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






23. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.






24. Running.






25. This means 'moving' the leg.






26. Small - little






27. Slow - sustained movement






28. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






29. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






30. 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.






31. To prick






32. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






33. (Movements) in the air

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34. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






35. 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.






36. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






37. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






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






39. A jump from both feet onto one foot






40. 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.






41. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






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






43. To stretch out - make longer






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






48. 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.






49. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






50. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.