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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






2. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






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






4. To prick






5. To the front.






6. Dance for four






7. 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.






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.






9. Body.






10. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






11. 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.






12. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






13. 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.






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






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






16. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






17. Seven






18. Connected movements on the points






19. 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.






20. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






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






22. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






23. 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.






24. Backwards - reverse.






25. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






26. Borken/breaking






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






32. Male dance partner to the ballerina






33. (Movements) in the air

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34. Change of the feet in the air.






35. 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.






36. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






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






39. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






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






41. Arms






42. Whirl - or spin






43. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






44. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






45. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






50. Dance for three