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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






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






3. Running.






4. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






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






6. 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.






7. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






8. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






9. Step






10. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






11. 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






12. Small - half bend of the knees.






13. Whirl - or spin






14. Backwards - reverse.






15. To stretch out - make longer






16. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






17. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






18. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






19. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






20. 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.






21. Dance for three






22. To the front.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. To get bigger/ big fast movements






27. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






28. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






29. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






30. 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.






31. A






32. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






33. Connected movements on the points






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






35. Body.






36. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






37. 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.






38. (Movements) in the air

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39. To lean






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Arms






45. Big - large. (movements)






46. Slow - sustained movement






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






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






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






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.