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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. A
a
Dessus
Grande pas de deux
Piqua
2. Change of the feet in the air.
Pointe shoes
Pas
Diagonale
Changement
3. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Saut de basque
Ca
Fondu - fondue
4. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Grande pas de deux
Pointe shoes
Croix - en
Releva
5. To the front.
Allonga
Arabesque
En face
Avant
6. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Pointe shoes
Cabriole
Ballotta
7. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Pas de bourra
Cecchetti Method
Devant
Fish Dive
8. 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
Dessus
Avant
Dagaga
9. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
En arriare
Dessus
Ballotta
Pas de valse
10. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Fondu - fondue
Chassa
Frappa
11. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Sept
Porta - portae
Rond de jambe
Glissade
12. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi pointe - sur la
Demi plia
Royale
Pas de bourra couru
13. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Releva
Barre
Demi plia
14. 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.
Entrechat
Chassa
Diagonale
Promenade
15. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Changement
Attitude
Fondu - fondue
16. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Pas de quatre
Extension
Dagaga
Dessous
17. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Arabesque
Diagonale
Bras bas
18. Big - large. (movements)
Dedans - en
Grand - grande
Plia
Sept
19. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Cha
Dehors - en
Derriare
Arabesque
20. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Balanca
Plia
Cabriole
Coupa jeta
21. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Bras
Pointes - sur le
Demi plia
22. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Changement
Pencha
Pas
23. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Diagonale
Cha
Tournant - en
Port de bras
24. Running.
Petit
Couru
Plia
Grande pas de deux
25. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
En l'air
Cloche - en
Plia
26. To prick
Piqua
Pas de chat
Cecchetti Method
Sauta - sautae
27. Dance for four
Sur le cou-de-pied
Terre a
a
Pas de quatre
28. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Derriare
Devant
Retira or Passa
En face
29. 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.
Sickling
Pas de bourra couru
Cecchetti Method
a
30. Arms low or down. This is the dancer's 'attention.' The arms form a circle with the palms facing each other and the back edge of the hands resting on the thighs. The arms should hang quite loosely but not allowing the elbows to touch the sides.
Bras bas
Seconde - a
Allonga
Allegro
31. 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
Crois - croisa
Fouetta - en tournant
Porta - portae
32. Arms
Ca
Bras
Fouetta - en tournant
Pas de deux
33. Two
Divertissement
Releva
Ligne
Deux
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.
Cha
Crois - croisa
Changement
Cecchetti Method
35. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Pointe shoes
Cloche - en
Frappa
36. 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.
Corps
Cloche - en
Promenade
Cha
37. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Assembla
Port de bras
Cha
Battement (Grand)
38. 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.
Divertissement
Fouetta
Dessus
Barre
39. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Pointes - sur le
Cavalier
Pas de bourra
Sissone fermae
40. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pas de deux
Cecchetti Method
Pointes - sur le
Pas de bourra
41. 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.
Tour en lair
a
Avant
Pas de deux
42. 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.
Divertissement
Petit jeta
Glissade
Jambe
43. Turning fouetta.
Tournant - en
Battement (Grand)
Fouetta - en tournant
En l'air
44. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Petit jeta
Battu
Ca
45. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Fouetta - en tournant
Croix - en
Entrechat
Rond de jambe
46. 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.
Demi plia
Jeta
a
Fouetta
47. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Crois - croisa
Tour jeta
Pas de quatre
Dessous
48. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Extension
En arriare
Seconde - a
Petit jeta
49. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Plia
Pas de quatre
Attitude
Ballon
50. Backwards - reverse.
Sickling
Balletomane
Pas de chat
En arriare