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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 pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Fouetta - en tournant
Attitude
Port de bras
Sissone fermae
2. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pointes - sur le
Retira or Passa
Attitude
Pas de deux
3. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Dessus
Promenade
Royale
Allonga
4. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Couru
Piqua
Arabesque
5. (Movements) in the air
6. Small - little
Pas de deux
Releva
Petit
Demi pointe - sur la
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.
Sickling
Seconde - a
Corps
Tournant - en
8. Running.
Ballon
Couru
Bras
Fish Dive
9. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Port de bras
Pointes - sur le
Dedans - en
Grande pas de deux
10. To the front.
Arabesque
Pas de chat
Avant
Fish Dive
11. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Coda
Demi plia
Frappa
12. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Porta - portae
Extension
Dessus
Barre
13. 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.
Crois - croisa
Sickling
Pas de bourra couru
Ballotta
14. 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.
Bras
Saut de basque
Pas de valse
Sept
15. Backwards - reverse.
Sauta - sautae
Sickling
En arriare
Deux
16. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Brisa
Coupa jeta
Balletomane
Diagonale
17. A jump from both feet onto one foot
a
Sissone
Battement (Grand)
Tour jeta
18. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Demi plia
Royale
Pas de quatre
19. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Coda
Ligne
Corps
Demi plia
20. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Assembla
Daveloppa
Allegro
En arriare
21. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Fouetta - en tournant
Dehors - en
Cabriole
Dessus
22. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Tour en lair
Ca
En face
Ballotta
23. Raised
Releva
Porta - portae
Cecchetti Method
Bras bas
24. To rock - or to swing.
a
Cavalier
Balanca
Jeta
25. Big - large. (movements)
Couru
Chassa
Grand - grande
Coupa jeta
26. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Pas
Ca
Demi pointe - sur la
Dedans - en
27. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Pencha
Sur le cou-de-pied
Assembla
Pas de chat
28. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Pas de valse
Tournant - en
Cloche - en
29. Change of the feet in the air.
Terre a
Changement
Fouetta
Royale
30. 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.
Brisa
Couru
Daveloppa
Devant
31. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Deux
Entrechat
Diagonale
Jambe
32. Body.
Corps
Bras bas
Terre a
Balletomane
33. This means 'moving' the leg.
Glissade
Pas de deux
Battement (Grand)
Demi plia
34. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Jeta
Coda
Arabesque
Sauta - sautae
35. 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.
Sissone
Balletomane
Tournant - en
Jeta
36. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Sauta - sautae
Sissone
Chassa
37. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Arabesque
Dessous
Coda
Attitude
38. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
En face
Ligne
Dehors - en
39. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Balletomane
Avant
Retira or Passa
Pas de valse
40. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Changement
Rond de jambe
Tour jeta
Daveloppa
41. 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
Adagio
Fish Dive
Entrechat
Brisa
42. 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.
Bras bas
Cecchetti Method
Cavalier
Adagio
43. Whirl - or spin
Ouvert - ouverte
Adagio
Cecchetti Method
Piroette
44. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Pas de bourra couru
a
Fouetta - en tournant
45. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tendu
Piqua
Fouetta
Brisa vola
46. 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.
a
Brisa vola
Retira or Passa
Derriare
47. 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.
Entrechat
Tour en lair
Bras bas
Cabriole
48. Small - half bend of the knees.
Corps
Fouetta - en tournant
a
Demi plia
49. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Polonaise
Cha
Sickling
50. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Dessus
Cha
Seconde - a
Avant