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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Backwards - reverse.
Chassa
Ballotta
a
En arriare
2. To the front.
Divertissement
Deux
Avant
Piqua
3. 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.
Polonaise
Royale
Balanca
a
4. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Dessous
Poisson
Piqua
Croix - en
5. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pointes - sur le
En face
Rond de jambe
Extension
6. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de bourra couru
Attitude
Pas de quatre
7. To lean
Ballon
Cloche - en
Pencha
a
8. Leg.
Jambe
Coda
Plia
Cabriole
9. Raised
Porta - portae
Releva
Rond de jambe
Attitude
10. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Chassa
Pas de trios
Pas de chat
Battu
11. Running.
Allegro
Battement (Grand)
Couru
Brisa vola
12. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Fouetta - en tournant
Fish Dive
Pas
13. This means 'moving' the leg.
Fish Dive
Tour jeta
Allonga
Battement (Grand)
14. To rock - or to swing.
Demi pointe - sur la
Allegro
Ouvert - ouverte
Balanca
15. Whirl - or spin
Jambe
a
Attitude
Piroette
16. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Dessus
Cecchetti Method
Pas de chat
17. Dance for three
a
Seconde - a
Pencha
Pas de trios
18. (Movements) in the air
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19. 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.
Pas de quatre
Entrechat
Arabesque
Bras bas
20. Step
Piqua
Plia
Pas
Piroette
21. 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.
Fish Dive
Divertissement
Entrechat
Porta - portae
22. Small - half bend of the knees.
a
Dessus
Seconde - a
Demi plia
23. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Terre a
Pas de quatre
Derriare
Fouetta
24. Small - little
Fouetta
Petit
a
Coupa jeta
25. 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.
Fish Dive
Cecchetti Method
Tour en lair
Croix - en
26. Arms
Bras
Daveloppa
Petit
Frappa
27. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
En arriare
Allegro
Coda
Pointes - sur le
28. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Allonga
Pas
Fondu - fondue
Deux
29. Two
Chassa
Deux
Pas de bourra
Plia
30. 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.
a
Retira or Passa
Divertissement
Pas de valse
31. 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.
Dehors - en
Poisson
Polonaise
Tournant - en
32. 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.
a
Bras bas
Promenade
Jambe
33. Borken/breaking
Battu
Fondu - fondue
Brisa
Ouvert - ouverte
34. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Dessus
Tour en lair
Pas de valse
35. 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
Extension
Fish Dive
Sissone fermae
Couru
36. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Demi plia
Sauta - sautae
Entrechat
Devant
37. 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.
Grand - grande
Chassa
Tournant - en
Pas de bourra couru
38. Turning fouetta.
Glissade
Fouetta - en tournant
Battement (Grand)
Seconde - a
39. Seven
Sept
Tour jeta
Bras bas
Brisa vola
40. Slow - sustained movement
Jeta
Adagio
Diagonale
Sur le cou-de-pied
41. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Porta - portae
a
En arriare
Piqua
42. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Tour en lair
Ballotta
Pas de quatre
a
43. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Demi pointe - sur la
Demi plia
Sissone fermae
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.
Porta - portae
a
Saut de basque
Arabesque
45. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Chassa
Tournant - en
Coda
46. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Coupa jeta
a
Pointes - sur le
47. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Avant
Polonaise
Battement (Grand)
48. A
Cha
a
Bras bas
Attitude
49. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Cabriole
Rond de jambe
Retira or Passa
50. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Rond de jambe
Balanca
Brisa vola
Pointe shoes