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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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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. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Coupa jeta
Sissone fermae
Barre
2. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Sickling
Plia
Bras bas
3. 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.
Croix - en
Jeta
Sauta - sautae
a
4. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Cavalier
Saut de basque
Dedans - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
5. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Croix - en
Cavalier
Assembla
Corps
6. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
a
Balletomane
Promenade
Croix - en
7. Dance for two.
Arabesque
Daveloppa
Pas de deux
Fondu - fondue
8. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Ligne
Tendu
Cecchetti Method
9. Big - large. (movements)
Sauta - sautae
Attitude
Derriare
Grand - grande
10. 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.
Pointe shoes
Pencha
En l'air
Coupa jeta
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.
Assembla
Attitude
Cabriole
Jambe
12. Seven
Retira or Passa
Dessus
Sept
Avant
13. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Attitude
Extension
Cavalier
Piroette
14. 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.
Fouetta - en tournant
Cavalier
Daveloppa
Bras bas
15. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Brisa vola
Cloche - en
Jambe
Assembla
16. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Avant
Fish Dive
Saut de basque
17. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
a
Croix - en
Fondu - fondue
Derriare
18. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Pas de valse
Sissone
Porta - portae
Rond de jambe
19. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Pas de deux
Sissone fermae
Ca
Jambe
20. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Poisson
Fondu - fondue
Cabriole
Corps
21. 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.
Devant
Saut de basque
Cha
En face
22. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Frappa
Sept
Plia
Jeta
23. Body.
Dagaga
Piroette
Glissade
Corps
24. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Jeta
Porta - portae
Poisson
25. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Entrechat
Plia
Rond de jambe
Sauta - sautae
26. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Derriare
Plia
Crois - croisa
Dessus
27. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Sept
Sickling
Seconde - a
28. 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.
Sissone fermae
Divertissement
Poisson
Frappa
29. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pointes - sur le
Poisson
Promenade
30. 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.
Releva
Promenade
Retira or Passa
a
31. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Grand - grande
Diagonale
Cavalier
Balletomane
32. Leg.
Rond de jambe
Jambe
Dehors - en
Arabesque
33. To lean
Allegro
Battement (Grand)
Pencha
Ballotta
34. A
Pointe shoes
Pas de quatre
a
Ouvert - ouverte
35. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Croix - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Ballon
36. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Chassa
Rond de jambe
Sur le cou-de-pied
Crois - croisa
37. 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.
Sissone fermae
Assembla
En l'air
Corps
38. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Terre a
Dehors - en
Petit jeta
Brisa
39. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Diagonale
Pointes - sur le
Temps lia sur les pointes
40. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa
a
Grande pas de deux
Brisa vola
41. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Balanca
Ballotta
Balletomane
Petit jeta
42. Backwards - reverse.
Pas de bourra
Battement (Grand)
En arriare
Bras
43. Behind you - movements done behind you.
a
Sickling
Derriare
Port de bras
44. To the front.
Avant
Chassa
Fouetta - en tournant
Ca
45. Small - half bend of the knees.
Glissade
Cha
Sept
Demi plia
46. 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.
Chassa
Demi pointe - sur la
Cecchetti Method
Pas de trios
47. To prick
Piqua
Grande pas de deux
Fouetta
Piroette
48. Small - little
Ballotta
Extension
Petit
Tour jeta
49. 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.
Ligne
Entrechat
Pas de quatre
Cecchetti Method
50. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Croix - en
a
Chassa
Pointe shoes