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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






3. Backwards - reverse.






4. 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.






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 Withdrawn.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






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






7. Leg.






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






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






10. A






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






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






13. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






14. Small - half bend of the knees.






15. Borken/breaking






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






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






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






19. Dance for two.






20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






21. To lean






22. To prick






23. 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.






24. Open - opened.






25. Arms






26. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






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






28. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






30. Step






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Body.






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 rock - or to swing.






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






42. Whirl - or spin






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. Two






48. To stretch out - make longer






49. (Movements) in the air

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50. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.