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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






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






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






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.






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






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






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.






8. To prick






9. Arms






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.






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






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






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






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






15. Borken/breaking






16. Male dance partner to the ballerina






17. Raised






18. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






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






21. Dance for four






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






23. Body.






24. To the front.






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.






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.






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.






28. Two






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.






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






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






32. Whirl - or spin






33. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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






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






36. Open - opened.






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.






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.






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






41. Dance for two.






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






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.






44. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






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






46. Connected movements on the points






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.






48. This means 'moving' the leg.






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.






50. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion