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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






2. Backwards - reverse.






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






4. Turning fouetta.






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






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






7. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






8. Small - little






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 Withdrawn.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






10. Whirl - or spin






11. To rock - or to swing.






12. Open - opened.






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






14. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






15. 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.






16. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






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






18. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






19. 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.






20. Two






21. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






22. Leg.






23. Step






24. Dance for two.






25. Small - half bend of the knees.






26. Slow - sustained movement






27. 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.






28. To stretch out - make longer






29. To the front.






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






31. A jump from both feet onto one foot






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. (Movements) in the air

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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Big - large. (movements)






39. Connected movements on the points






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Arms






46. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






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






49. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






50. Dance for three