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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Extension
a
Assembla
Brisa vola
2. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Frappa
Ligne
Derriare
Polonaise
3. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Releva
Pointe shoes
Entrechat
Tour en lair
4. 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.
Adagio
Promenade
a
Porta - portae
5. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Avant
Dehors - en
Dagaga
6. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Ligne
Pointes - sur le
Crois - croisa
Arabesque
7. 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.
a
Derriare
Cabriole
Glissade
8. To prick
Dagaga
Piqua
Sissone fermae
Pas de bourra couru
9. Arms
a
Ballotta
Tour jeta
Bras
10. 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.
Coupa jeta
Derriare
Sept
Battement (Grand)
11. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Battement (Grand)
Allegro
Jeta
Cloche - en
12. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Ballon
a
Coda
Brisa vola
13. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Daveloppa
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de chat
Avant
14. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Daveloppa
Chassa
a
Piqua
15. Borken/breaking
Piroette
Temps lia sur les pointes
Brisa
Battement (Grand)
16. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Tour jeta
Assembla
Polonaise
Cavalier
17. Raised
Cecchetti Method
Dessus
Releva
Saut de basque
18. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Derriare
Sissone fermae
Balletomane
Allegro
19. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Port de bras
Tendu
Terre a
Attitude
20. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Arabesque
En face
Sept
Releva
21. Dance for four
Releva
Divertissement
Pas de quatre
Dehors - en
22. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Piroette
Cloche - en
Couru
23. Body.
Brisa vola
Jambe
Balanca
Corps
24. To the front.
Dehors - en
Allegro
Avant
Daveloppa
25. 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.
Fouetta
Piqua
Bras bas
Pas de bourra couru
26. 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.
Royale
Demi plia
Sauta - sautae
a
27. To throw. A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been thrown.
Bras
Ouvert - ouverte
Sissone
Jeta
28. Two
En l'air
Demi plia
Cabriole
Deux
29. 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.
Daveloppa
Sur le cou-de-pied
Pas de chat
Pas de quatre
30. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pencha
Pas de valse
Ligne
Piroette
31. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Arabesque
Barre
Allonga
32. Whirl - or spin
Allonga
Demi plia
Cecchetti Method
Piroette
33. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Barre
Port de bras
Diagonale
Dagaga
34. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Retira or Passa
Ballotta
Balletomane
Attitude
35. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Grand - grande
Ligne
Chassa
Balletomane
36. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Divertissement
Tour jeta
Crois - croisa
37. 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.
Poisson
Pas de bourra
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas
38. (Movements) in the air
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39. 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.
Plia
Polonaise
Pas de quatre
Petit
40. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Chassa
Coda
Tendu
Seconde - a
41. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Divertissement
a
Glissade
42. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Changement
Deux
Sauta - sautae
Sickling
43. This term is used for a fault in which the dancer turns his or her foot in from the ankle - thereby breaking the straight line of the leg.
Pas de quatre
Sickling
Pas de bourra couru
Pencha
44. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Balletomane
Royale
Fouetta
Brisa
45. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Coda
Porta - portae
Tournant - en
Cha
46. Connected movements on the points
Port de bras
Rond de jambe
Temps lia sur les pointes
Derriare
47. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Brisa
En arriare
Battu
Attitude
48. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Avant
Royale
Assembla
49. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Sissone fermae
Ca
Tournant - en
50. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Saut de basque
Pointe shoes
Dehors - en
a