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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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.
Ballotta
Brisa
Releva
Temps lia sur les pointes
2. 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
Ballotta
Grand - grande
a
3. 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
Sickling
En arriare
Brisa vola
4. Dance for three
Tour jeta
Pas de trios
Frappa
Coda
5. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Crois - croisa
Chassa
Brisa vola
Pas de bourra
6. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Avant
Pointe shoes
Terre a
Grande pas de deux
7. To the front.
Petit jeta
Sissone fermae
Avant
Promenade
8. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Retira or Passa
a
Porta - portae
9. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Dessus
Fouetta
Pas de valse
Dedans - en
10. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Petit
Royale
Tendu
Sept
11. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Piroette
Derriare
Daveloppa
Dessous
12. 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.
Ca
Glissade
Couru
Rond de jambe
13. Running.
Sept
Pointe shoes
Bras bas
Couru
14. This means 'moving' the leg.
Chassa
Daveloppa
Battement (Grand)
Demi pointe - sur la
15. 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.
Pointes - sur le
Grande pas de deux
a
Terre a
16. Open - opened.
a
Piqua
Brisa
Ouvert - ouverte
17. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
Cavalier
Port de bras
Extension
18. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Allonga
Royale
Rond de jambe
19. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Royale
Tour jeta
Dehors - en
Devant
20. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Pas de quatre
Sur le cou-de-pied
Piqua
Devant
21. To stretch out - make longer
Demi pointe - sur la
Allonga
Corps
Tournant - en
22. Small - little
Divertissement
Adagio
Bras
Petit
23. 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.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Daveloppa
Piqua
Changement
24. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Saut de basque
Terre a
Pointes - sur le
25. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pas de bourra
Brisa vola
Promenade
a
26. Change of the feet in the air.
Retira or Passa
Changement
Deux
Grand - grande
27. To rock - or to swing.
Entrechat
Fish Dive
Pas de chat
Balanca
28. Dance for four
Plia
Pas de quatre
Chassa
Sickling
29. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de deux
Bras bas
Fouetta - en tournant
Fondu - fondue
30. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Cloche - en
En arriare
Fish Dive
a
31. Arms
Croix - en
Porta - portae
Attitude
Bras
32. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas de bourra
Pointes - sur le
Pas
33. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Rond de jambe
Corps
Dagaga
34. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Cha
Couru
Port de bras
35. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Dedans - en
Balletomane
Balanca
Pas de quatre
36. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
a
Avant
Battu
Bras
37. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Plia
Demi plia
Ballon
38. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
Cabriole
En l'air
Dedans - en
39. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Bras
Entrechat
Derriare
Saut de basque
40. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Frappa
Royale
Jambe
Couru
41. To prick
Demi pointe - sur la
Piqua
Sissone fermae
En l'air
42. 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.
En arriare
Tour jeta
Balanca
Bras bas
43. A
Avant
Sissone
Arabesque
a
44. 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
Plia
Fish Dive
Bras
Saut de basque
45. 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
Couru
Dehors - en
Plia
46. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de valse
Retira or Passa
Barre
47. Body.
Corps
En l'air
a
Petit jeta
48. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Assembla
Grand - grande
Cloche - en
Tournant - en
49. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Ballon
Retira or Passa
Sickling
Piroette
50. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Allonga
Pencha
a