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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Big - large. (movements)






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






3. Small - little






4. 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






5. To lean






6. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






7. To stretch out - make longer






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






9. 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.






10. To prick






11. 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.






12. Raised






13. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






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.






15. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






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






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






18. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






19. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






20. 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.






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






22. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






23. To the front.






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 Withdrawn.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






25. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






26. To rock - or to swing.






27. Whirl - or spin






28. 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.






29. Change of the feet in the air.






30. Dance for four






31. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






32. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






33. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






34. Borken/breaking






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






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






37. Open - opened.






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






39. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. Arms






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






46. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






47. Backwards - reverse.






48. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






49. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






50. 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.







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