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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






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






3. 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.






4. (Movements) in the air

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






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






8. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






9. Small - half bend of the knees.






10. 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.






11. Big - large. (movements)






12. Leg.






13. Connected movements on the points






14. Male dance partner to the ballerina






15. 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.






16. Slow - sustained movement






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






18. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






24. 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.






25. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






26. Open - opened.






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






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






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






30. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






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






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






33. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






35. To prick






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






37. A






38. 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.






39. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






41. To the front.






42. 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.






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






44. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






45. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






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. 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.






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






49. To lean






50. A jump from both feet onto one foot






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