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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






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






3. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






5. Borken/breaking






6. 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.






7. Big - large. (movements)






8. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






9. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






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






11. To lean






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






13. Step






14. Whirl - or spin






15. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






16. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






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






18. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






19. Turning fouetta.






20. A






21. Dance for two.






22. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






23. 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






24. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






25. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






26. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






28. To prick






29. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






30. Backwards - reverse.






31. 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.






32. Connected movements on the points






33. 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.






34. Arms






35. (Movements) in the air

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36. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






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. Small - half bend of the knees.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. A jump from both feet onto one foot






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






43. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






44. 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.






45. To the front.






46. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






47. Open - opened.






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






49. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






50. To rock - or to swing.