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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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.
Frappa
Tournant - en
Seconde - a
Corps
2. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Fish Dive
Porta - portae
Piroette
Demi pointe - sur la
3. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Croix - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
Seconde - a
4. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Sissone fermae
Polonaise
Barre
5. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
a
Cha
Saut de basque
Sauta - sautae
6. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Ca
Derriare
Balanca
Dagaga
7. Dance for three
Tendu
Daveloppa
Pas de trios
Barre
8. This means 'moving' the leg.
Coda
Porta - portae
Battement (Grand)
Allonga
9. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Pencha
Coda
a
10. Leg.
Avant
Adagio
Jambe
Ca
11. Two
En arriare
a
Deux
Balletomane
12. Open - opened.
Coupa jeta
Diagonale
Arabesque
Ouvert - ouverte
13. Turning fouetta.
En l'air
Fouetta - en tournant
Divertissement
Pas de valse
14. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Cloche - en
Sissone fermae
Dehors - en
Dedans - en
15. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Saut de basque
Piqua
Derriare
16. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Porta - portae
Pas de trios
Crois - croisa
En l'air
17. To the front.
Pas de quatre
a
Deux
Avant
18. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Balletomane
Assembla
Dessus
Port de bras
19. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Sauta - sautae
Polonaise
Jeta
20. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de deux
Terre a
Allonga
Croix - en
21. Small - little
Arabesque
Petit
Fouetta - en tournant
Sur le cou-de-pied
22. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
a
Tour jeta
Retira or Passa
Dessus
23. Borken/breaking
Adagio
Pencha
Arabesque
Brisa
24. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Sept
Grande pas de deux
Battement (Grand)
Pas
25. 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.
Balletomane
Retira or Passa
a
Saut de basque
26. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Pas de valse
En l'air
Allonga
Sur le cou-de-pied
27. Connected movements on the points
Polonaise
Poisson
Allegro
Temps lia sur les pointes
28. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Terre a
Dessus
Sickling
29. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ballon
Jeta
Demi plia
Sur le cou-de-pied
30. Pas de bourra - running. This is a progression on the points or demi-pointes by a series of small - even steps with the feet close together. It may be done in all directions or in a circle.
Plia
Pas de bourra couru
Rond de jambe
Saut de basque
31. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Arabesque
Croix - en
Jambe
32. Slow - sustained movement
Brisa
Adagio
Promenade
Releva
33. (Movements) in the air
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34. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Porta - portae
Adagio
Sauta - sautae
35. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Daveloppa
a
Frappa
Pointes - sur le
36. Step
Entrechat
Pas
Saut de basque
Diagonale
37. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Frappa
Assembla
Brisa vola
En face
38. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Dessus
Piqua
Port de bras
39. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Attitude
Piroette
Pas de deux
Sept
40. 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
Terre a
Tendu
Royale
41. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
En arriare
Ca
Dessous
Arabesque
42. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Extension
Dehors - en
Cabriole
Jambe
43. 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.
Entrechat
Royale
Pointe shoes
Ca
44. 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.
Dessous
Pas de valse
Adagio
a
45. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Tournant - en
a
Cloche - en
46. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Poisson
Demi pointe - sur la
Tournant - en
Bras bas
47. Small - half bend of the knees.
Avant
Jeta
Demi plia
a
48. Whirl - or spin
Cecchetti Method
Derriare
Piroette
Chassa
49. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Bras bas
Dessus
a
Pas
50. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Cavalier
Ligne
Dessus