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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Frappa
Demi plia
Arabesque
Ballon
2. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Piqua
Balletomane
Barre
Poisson
3. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Allonga
Pas de deux
Crois - croisa
Piqua
4. 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.
Pas de bourra
Sept
Daveloppa
Allegro
5. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Port de bras
Attitude
Ballotta
6. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Sissone fermae
Allonga
Balletomane
7. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Rond de jambe
Attitude
Cloche - en
Fish Dive
8. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Cavalier
Tour jeta
Pas de trios
Porta - portae
9. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Chassa
Extension
Retira or Passa
Tour jeta
10. Step
a
Pas
Assembla
Dagaga
11. 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
Coda
Fish Dive
Pointes - sur le
Derriare
12. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Battu
Dessous
Ouvert - ouverte
Tournant - en
13. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Pas de quatre
Cabriole
Coda
Couru
14. 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.
Retira or Passa
Demi pointe - sur la
Fondu - fondue
Glissade
15. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Devant
Cloche - en
Frappa
Demi pointe - sur la
16. 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.
Coupa jeta
Jeta
a
Releva
17. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fondu - fondue
Ligne
Cecchetti Method
a
18. 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
Pas de quatre
Divertissement
Tour jeta
19. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Devant
Balletomane
Attitude
20. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Bras
Attitude
Petit jeta
Pas de valse
21. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Pas de bourra
Brisa
Frappa
22. 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.
Pas de valse
Polonaise
Chassa
Sickling
23. To stretch out - make longer
Pas de trios
Allonga
Sissone
Glissade
24. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Balanca
Tour en lair
Sissone fermae
Ligne
25. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Allegro
Avant
Saut de basque
26. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Allegro
Chassa
Glissade
Pointe shoes
27. 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.
Sissone fermae
Devant
Pas de bourra
Pas de trios
28. To the front.
Pas de trios
Dessus
Avant
Retira or Passa
29. Slow - sustained movement
a
Cloche - en
Temps lia sur les pointes
Adagio
30. 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.
Bras bas
a
Divertissement
Brisa vola
31. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Corps
Avant
Sickling
32. 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
Entrechat
Tournant - en
Brisa
33. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Devant
Port de bras
Sept
Cha
34. Dance for three
Avant
Bras bas
Barre
Pas de trios
35. Seven
Dessus
Chassa
Ca
Sept
36. 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.
Extension
Dessus
Promenade
Bras
37. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Corps
Adagio
Ligne
38. To lean
Corps
Barre
Pencha
Demi pointe - sur la
39. Backwards - reverse.
Ballon
Corps
En arriare
En face
40. Big - large. (movements)
Tendu
Grand - grande
Devant
En l'air
41. Change of the feet in the air.
Piroette
Changement
Releva
Derriare
42. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Allegro
Temps lia sur les pointes
Fouetta - en tournant
Cavalier
43. Dance for four
Ca
Pas de quatre
Piroette
Changement
44. 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.
Chassa
Pas
Frappa
Extension
45. Small - little
Balletomane
Sauta - sautae
Battement (Grand)
Petit
46. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Fouetta
Terre a
Promenade
Balanca
47. This means 'moving' the leg.
Pointes - sur le
Battement (Grand)
Assembla
Terre a
48. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Balletomane
Petit
Chassa
a
49. Connected movements on the points
Fondu - fondue
Changement
Temps lia sur les pointes
Divertissement
50. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Ouvert - ouverte
Seconde - a
Demi pointe - sur la
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