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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Small - half bend of the knees.
Pas de trios
a
Demi plia
a
2. To prick
Cha
Piqua
Deux
Fouetta - en tournant
3. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Brisa
Ouvert - ouverte
Demi plia
4. Slow - sustained movement
Daveloppa
Polonaise
Adagio
Fondu - fondue
5. 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.
Glissade
Divertissement
Temps lia sur les pointes
Diagonale
6. A stationary handrail that is used during ballet warm up exercises. The term also refers to the exercises that are performed at the barre - as well as that part of a ballet class that incorporates barre exercises. Much of a ballet dancer's training t
Sept
Barre
Extension
Seconde - a
7. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Barre
Allegro
Promenade
Dessus
8. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Pointes - sur le
Avant
Pas de deux
Coda
9. 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.
Allonga
Ligne
Entrechat
Fondu - fondue
10. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Polonaise
Pas de deux
Cavalier
11. Small - little
Petit
Brisa
Chassa
Plia
12. 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
Sissone
Sickling
Frappa
13. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Dehors - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Cha
Extension
14. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
Avant
Arabesque
Dehors - en
Battu
15. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Ligne
Cavalier
Seconde - a
16. Step
Dehors - en
Devant
Pas
Sickling
17. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Coda
Dessous
Sept
Pas de chat
18. 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.
Pas de bourra
Promenade
Cha
Bras
19. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Balanca
Croix - en
Pas de chat
Tournant - en
20. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Pas de bourra
Dessous
Dedans - en
Sauta - sautae
21. (Movements) in the air
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22. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Seconde - a
En face
Dedans - en
Sissone
23. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Deux
Sissone
Balletomane
Pas de quatre
24. 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
Pas de bourra couru
Tour jeta
Sickling
Fish Dive
25. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Cabriole
Cha
Corps
Petit jeta
26. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Piqua
Dedans - en
Demi pointe - sur la
Deux
27. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Ballotta
Ballon
Croix - en
Cloche - en
28. 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.
Fish Dive
Poisson
a
Arabesque
29. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Ouvert - ouverte
Arabesque
Cecchetti Method
Devant
30. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Pas
Crois - croisa
Grande pas de deux
Attitude
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.
Entrechat
Sauta - sautae
Daveloppa
Saut de basque
32. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
En arriare
Porta - portae
Brisa vola
Divertissement
33. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
En face
Rond de jambe
Allegro
34. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
Port de bras
Frappa
35. 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
Pas de bourra couru
Assembla
Port de bras
36. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pencha
Jambe
Fouetta
37. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Ca
Pointe shoes
Cha
Saut de basque
38. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Pencha
Diagonale
Coupa jeta
Avant
39. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Pas de trios
Coda
Diagonale
40. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Cabriole
Cloche - en
Ballotta
41. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Balletomane
Dehors - en
En l'air
Port de bras
42. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Sissone
Pas de chat
Deux
Port de bras
43. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Balanca
Tendu
Cha
Derriare
44. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Diagonale
Sissone
Crois - croisa
45. Leg.
Jambe
Porta - portae
Pas de trios
Cabriole
46. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Attitude
Dagaga
Battu
Pas de valse
47. 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.
Royale
Polonaise
Bras
Sissone
48. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Rond de jambe
Dessus
Chassa
Assembla
49. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Pas
Saut de basque
Divertissement
50. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Retira or Passa
Piroette
Deux