SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Ballet Basics Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.
Battu
a
Poisson
Coupa jeta
2. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pointe shoes
Tour en lair
Crois - croisa
3. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Sept
Bras bas
Allegro
4. Body.
Brisa vola
Pencha
Corps
Ballotta
5. 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.
Arabesque
Jeta
Sissone
Diagonale
6. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Allonga
Jambe
a
7. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Sissone fermae
En arriare
Diagonale
Promenade
8. Step
Port de bras
Pas
Frappa
Balanca
9. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Releva
Ballotta
Extension
10. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Jambe
Port de bras
Dedans - en
En l'air
11. 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.
Balanca
Daveloppa
Piroette
a
12. Seven
Balanca
Grande pas de deux
Fouetta - en tournant
Sept
13. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Jeta
Fondu - fondue
Plia
14. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Fouetta
Retira or Passa
a
Plia
15. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Retira or Passa
Pas
a
Fondu - fondue
16. 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.
Assembla
Brisa vola
Polonaise
Battement (Grand)
17. 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
Fish Dive
Deux
Avant
Changement
18. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Fouetta
Cecchetti Method
Battu
19. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Attitude
Cavalier
Deux
20. 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.
Poisson
Ca
Jambe
Cha
21. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Changement
Dessus
Dagaga
Royale
22. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Daveloppa
Royale
Sept
Port de bras
23. Borken/breaking
En l'air
Brisa
Pas de bourra couru
a
24. To rock - or to swing.
Arabesque
Balanca
Pas de bourra couru
Tour en lair
25. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Changement
Tour en lair
Sissone
En l'air
26. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Dagaga
Deux
Pas de bourra
Cloche - en
27. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
En arriare
Ballon
Sissone
Dessus
28. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Ca
Pas de deux
Pointe shoes
Demi pointe - sur la
29. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Coda
Piroette
Promenade
Assembla
30. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Daveloppa
Terre a
Cha
Polonaise
31. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Sept
Ballon
Couru
Sissone
32. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Seconde - a
Croix - en
Tour en lair
Ouvert - ouverte
33. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Battement (Grand)
a
Crois - croisa
Fouetta
34. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Frappa
Port de bras
Extension
Plia
35. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Extension
Dehors - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Chassa
36. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Ballotta
Bras
Brisa vola
37. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Chassa
Fondu - fondue
Port de bras
Rond de jambe
38. 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.
Ligne
Bras
Attitude
a
39. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pointes - sur le
Sept
a
Chassa
40. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Pas de chat
Battement (Grand)
Cavalier
Fondu - fondue
41. To stretch out - make longer
Cloche - en
Crois - croisa
Pas de quatre
Allonga
42. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Avant
Diagonale
a
Seconde - a
43. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Cecchetti Method
Tournant - en
Cloche - en
Diagonale
44. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Pas de deux
a
Porta - portae
Arabesque
45. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Piroette
Changement
Derriare
Dessous
46. Running.
Couru
a
Terre a
En face
47. 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.
Glissade
Jambe
Pas de valse
Tour jeta
48. Raised
En l'air
Releva
Rond de jambe
Assembla
49. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Allegro
Ballon
Petit
50. Two
Ca
Deux
Petit jeta
Fouetta - en tournant