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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Tour jeta
Adagio
Tour en lair
2. 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.
Pencha
Dedans - en
Releva
Battu
3. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Cavalier
Demi pointe - sur la
Pointe shoes
Ballon
4. Arms
Bras
Pas de bourra
Cabriole
a
5. 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.
Deux
Jambe
Cecchetti Method
Devant
6. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Diagonale
Extension
Daveloppa
Fondu - fondue
7. (Movements) in the air
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8. Seven
Sickling
Tour jeta
Sept
Coupa jeta
9. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Fouetta - en tournant
Pas de valse
Changement
Sissone
10. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Ballotta
Pas de trios
Assembla
Adagio
11. 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.
Saut de basque
a
a
Plia
12. 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 bourra
Tendu
Bras bas
Pas de chat
13. Running.
Couru
Derriare
Frappa
Saut de basque
14. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Pencha
Sickling
Demi plia
15. Body.
Glissade
Dedans - en
Corps
Adagio
16. Backwards - reverse.
Terre a
Frappa
Extension
En arriare
17. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Glissade
Extension
Tour jeta
18. 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
Barre
Dedans - en
Cecchetti Method
Daveloppa
19. 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.
Piqua
Polonaise
a
Fondu - fondue
20. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Avant
Sissone fermae
Ballon
Porta - portae
21. Dance for two.
Battement (Grand)
Tendu
Petit
Pas de deux
22. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Terre a
Pointe shoes
Grande pas de deux
23. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Port de bras
Ballotta
Couru
24. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Fouetta - en tournant
Dessus
Petit jeta
Dehors - en
25. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Saut de basque
Barre
Dehors - en
Seconde - a
26. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Seconde - a
Rond de jambe
Pas de valse
Pas de bourra
27. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Rond de jambe
Corps
Avant
28. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Releva
Brisa vola
Derriare
29. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Barre
Diagonale
Cavalier
Piroette
30. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Sickling
Dessus
Balletomane
Changement
31. Small - little
Cabriole
Plia
Dehors - en
Petit
32. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Ouvert - ouverte
Sauta - sautae
Avant
Pas de bourra
33. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Cavalier
Pas de bourra
Jeta
Croix - en
34. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Pas
a
Tendu
35. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Petit
a
Coda
Port de bras
36. Change of the feet in the air.
Saut de basque
Cabriole
Ligne
Changement
37. 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.
Pas de bourra couru
Divertissement
En l'air
Daveloppa
38. 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
Fish Dive
a
Temps lia sur les pointes
Grand - grande
39. 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.
Coda
Demi plia
Coupa jeta
Ballon
40. Connected movements on the points
Saut de basque
Attitude
Terre a
Temps lia sur les pointes
41. To stretch out - make longer
Pas de chat
Devant
Fish Dive
Allonga
42. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Barre
Jambe
Pas de deux
Royale
43. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Coda
Assembla
Tournant - en
44. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Sauta - sautae
Corps
Arabesque
Pas de chat
45. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Pas de quatre
Ballotta
Tournant - en
Barre
46. 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.
Cha
Allegro
Poisson
Assembla
47. Dance for four
Diagonale
Pas
Pas de quatre
Poisson
48. Two
Diagonale
Pas de bourra couru
Chassa
Deux
49. A
Bras bas
Poisson
a
Dedans - en
50. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Poisson
Attitude
Tour jeta