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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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






2. Turning fouetta.






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






4. Small - little






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






6. Male dance partner to the ballerina






7. 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.






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






9. Leg.






10. Arms






11. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






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






13. To rock - or to swing.






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






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






16. Dance for two.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






22. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






23. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






24. 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.






25. Small - half bend of the knees.






26. Body.






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






28. A






29. To prick






30. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






31. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






32. Borken/breaking






33. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






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






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






37. Big - large. (movements)






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






39. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






40. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






41. 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.






42. Whirl - or spin






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






44. Two






45. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Dance for four







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