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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Divertissement
Port de bras
Cecchetti Method
Brisa
2. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Petit jeta
Pointes - sur le
Derriare
a
3. 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.
Pas de deux
Jeta
Dehors - en
a
4. Open - opened.
Adagio
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Chassa
5. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Dessus
Saut de basque
Devant
Jambe
6. 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.
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Entrechat
Pencha
7. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Frappa
Demi pointe - sur la
Battu
Seconde - a
8. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Devant
Pas de valse
Piqua
9. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de trios
Changement
Fondu - fondue
Brisa
10. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Pointes - sur le
Demi plia
Porta - portae
Port de bras
11. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Sauta - sautae
Fish Dive
Adagio
a
12. Step
Avant
Sissone
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas
13. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Cecchetti Method
Jambe
Pointes - sur le
Cloche - en
14. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Glissade
Dedans - en
Deux
15. Borken/breaking
Terre a
Temps lia sur les pointes
Fouetta - en tournant
Brisa
16. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Glissade
Sickling
Pointe shoes
Temps lia sur les pointes
17. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Allonga
Tour en lair
Sept
Petit jeta
18. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Changement
Plia
Pointe shoes
Poisson
19. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Adagio
Sur le cou-de-pied
Cha
Coupa jeta
20. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Dedans - en
Rond de jambe
Sauta - sautae
21. Dance for two.
Fondu - fondue
En l'air
Pas de deux
Battement (Grand)
22. Body.
Fouetta - en tournant
Corps
Barre
Dessus
23. Dance for three
Pointe shoes
Pas de trios
Polonaise
Pas de chat
24. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Bras
Balanca
Dehors - en
Tour jeta
25. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Sauta - sautae
Croix - en
Coda
26. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Jambe
Dagaga
Saut de basque
Grande pas de deux
27. 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.
Polonaise
a
Releva
En l'air
28. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Pas de valse
Terre a
Piqua
Demi pointe - sur la
29. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Derriare
Temps lia sur les pointes
Port de bras
30. 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.
Saut de basque
Divertissement
Avant
Fouetta
31. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Dagaga
Dehors - en
Pas de valse
32. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
a
Diagonale
En face
Dessous
33. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pencha
Pas de valse
Releva
34. Small - little
Barre
Grand - grande
Battement (Grand)
Petit
35. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Port de bras
Battu
Pas de deux
Retira or Passa
36. Leg.
Sickling
Jambe
Pointes - sur le
Promenade
37. 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
Pencha
Fondu - fondue
Brisa vola
38. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.
Bras
Grand - grande
Plia
Divertissement
39. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Allegro
Pencha
Ballon
Extension
40. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Jambe
Divertissement
Demi pointe - sur la
41. 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.
Sickling
Sept
Poisson
Balletomane
42. 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
Daveloppa
Bras
Barre
Dessous
43. This means 'moving' the leg.
Coupa jeta
Battement (Grand)
Extension
Sept
44. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Pas de valse
Petit jeta
Barre
Sur le cou-de-pied
45. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de deux
Pas de bourra
Crois - croisa
a
46. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Dagaga
Dehors - en
Terre a
Piqua
47. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
a
Pas de bourra couru
Dessous
48. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Deux
Dessous
Dedans - en
Diagonale
49. 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
En arriare
Fish Dive
Chassa
Sept
50. Raised
Pas
Releva
Port de bras
Balanca