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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






2. To lean






3. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






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






5. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






6. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






8. Seven






9. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






10. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






11. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






12. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.






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






14. A






15. 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.






16. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Arms






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






21. To the front.






22. To stretch out - make longer






23. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






24. Borken/breaking






25. Change of the feet in the air.






26. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






27. Small - half bend of the knees.






28. Leg.






29. 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.






30. Step






31. A jump from both feet onto one foot






32. 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.






33. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






34. Body.






35. Open - opened.






36. Behind you - movements done behind you.






37. 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.






38. Backwards - reverse.






39. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Basque jump. A traveling step in which the dancer turns in the air with one foot drawn up to the knee of the other leg. Fifth position are foot front.






45. 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.






46. Male dance partner to the ballerina






47. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






48. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






49. 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.






50. 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.







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