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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Frappa
Ouvert - ouverte
Ca
Ballotta
2. 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
Port de bras
Diagonale
Bras
3. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Adagio
Tour jeta
Sickling
4. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Poisson
Frappa
Diagonale
Pas de chat
5. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Royale
Pas de chat
Sissone
Ligne
6. Dance for four
Poisson
Pas de bourra
Pas de quatre
Croix - en
7. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Bras
Glissade
Couru
Sissone
8. 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.
Poisson
a
Sur le cou-de-pied
Battu
9. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Cloche - en
Pas de valse
Demi pointe - sur la
Petit jeta
10. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Couru
Ballon
Deux
11. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sept
a
Cloche - en
12. 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.
Allegro
En face
Sickling
Pointe shoes
13. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Dessus
Cecchetti Method
Fish Dive
Grande pas de deux
14. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Couru
Piroette
Dessus
Seconde - a
15. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Bras bas
Petit jeta
a
16. 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.
a
Bras bas
Piqua
Pas de valse
17. Change of the feet in the air.
Cloche - en
Cecchetti Method
Changement
Pencha
18. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Sissone fermae
Croix - en
Balletomane
19. Running.
Sauta - sautae
Ballon
a
Couru
20. 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.
Pointe shoes
Frappa
Fouetta
Sissone
21. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Pas de bourra couru
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sur le cou-de-pied
22. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de trios
Fondu - fondue
Ballotta
Sissone fermae
23. Turning fouetta.
Ballon
Pas de bourra couru
Fouetta - en tournant
Extension
24. 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.
Deux
a
Daveloppa
Port de bras
25. 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.
Glissade
Retira or Passa
Bras
Daveloppa
26. Whirl - or spin
Extension
Glissade
Piroette
Assembla
27. (Movements) in the air
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28. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Ballotta
Derriare
Allonga
Cecchetti Method
29. Arms
Adagio
Changement
Pas de valse
Bras
30. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Saut de basque
Retira or Passa
Pas de deux
Temps lia sur les pointes
31. Leg.
Grande pas de deux
Dessus
Jambe
Tendu
32. 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.
Sickling
Entrechat
Corps
Fish Dive
33. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Balanca
Demi plia
Pointe shoes
34. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Brisa vola
Cabriole
Ligne
Plia
35. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Tour jeta
Deux
Brisa vola
Pas
36. Raised
Brisa vola
Barre
Ca
Releva
37. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Croix - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
Seconde - a
Balletomane
38. To the front.
Adagio
Battu
Avant
Demi plia
39. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Saut de basque
Devant
Bras bas
40. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Sur le cou-de-pied
Attitude
Dehors - en
Sissone fermae
41. 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
Cecchetti Method
Couru
Pas de bourra couru
42. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Battu
Pas de quatre
Coupa jeta
Royale
43. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Avant
Pas de quatre
Sept
44. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Plia
Bras
a
Tendu
45. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
En l'air
a
Tour en lair
Extension
46. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Sissone fermae
Corps
Deux
Rond de jambe
47. Slow - sustained movement
Seconde - a
En l'air
Sissone fermae
Adagio
48. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Polonaise
Ouvert - ouverte
Dessous
49. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Sauta - sautae
Changement
Frappa
50. Seven
Couru
Daveloppa
Petit jeta
Sept