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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Tournant - en
Barre
Chassa
Devant
2. 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.
Jambe
Poisson
Sissone fermae
Arabesque
3. Small - little
Petit
Adagio
Assembla
a
4. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Ouvert - ouverte
Ballon
Extension
a
5. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Pointes - sur le
Dessous
Grande pas de deux
Derriare
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.
Promenade
Pas de chat
Cecchetti Method
Coupa jeta
7. 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.
Couru
Polonaise
Croix - en
Pas
8. 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
Ballotta
Frappa
Barre
9. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Pas de valse
Grand - grande
Derriare
Pas de bourra couru
10. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
a
Fish Dive
Dehors - en
Ouvert - ouverte
11. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Couru
Barre
Extension
12. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Retira or Passa
Poisson
Diagonale
Tournant - en
13. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Ballotta
Sickling
Extension
14. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Saut de basque
a
Balletomane
Pas de deux
15. To the front.
Tour jeta
Royale
Avant
Dedans - en
16. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Coda
En l'air
Saut de basque
Grande pas de deux
17. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Pas de valse
Cabriole
Croix - en
Fouetta - en tournant
18. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Fouetta
Devant
Pointes - sur le
Cloche - en
19. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Allonga
Ballotta
Sauta - sautae
Allegro
20. Leg.
Grand - grande
Jambe
Grande pas de deux
Tour en lair
21. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pencha
Pas de valse
Fouetta
Pointes - sur le
22. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Sissone fermae
Fondu - fondue
Brisa vola
Sept
23. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Temps lia sur les pointes
En l'air
Pas de chat
Jambe
24. 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.
Rond de jambe
En arriare
Saut de basque
Deux
25. Step
Demi plia
Fouetta
Pas
Sissone
26. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Fouetta
Tour jeta
Deux
Barre
27. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Tendu
Plia
Attitude
Seconde - a
28. Seven
a
Sauta - sautae
Sept
Jeta
29. To stretch out - make longer
Attitude
Rond de jambe
Allonga
Bras bas
30. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Jeta
Diagonale
Changement
Petit jeta
31. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Pas de bourra
Allegro
Ca
32. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Sickling
Cecchetti Method
Dessus
Pointe shoes
33. 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.
a
Port de bras
a
Promenade
34. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Derriare
Pas de deux
Tendu
35. Turning fouetta.
Sauta - sautae
Ligne
Coda
Fouetta - en tournant
36. 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.
Rond de jambe
Coupa jeta
Sissone fermae
Frappa
37. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Sauta - sautae
Terre a
Seconde - a
Assembla
38. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Cavalier
Tournant - en
Port de bras
Sissone
39. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Daveloppa
Dessus
Pas de bourra
40. 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
Fish Dive
Grande pas de deux
Porta - portae
Royale
41. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Petit jeta
Ballotta
Tour en lair
Pas de trios
42. Slow - sustained movement
Entrechat
Rond de jambe
Dessous
Adagio
43. (Movements) in the air
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44. This means 'moving' the leg.
Demi plia
Assembla
Battement (Grand)
Poisson
45. 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.
Pas de deux
Bras bas
En face
Sur le cou-de-pied
46. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Sept
Terre a
Tour jeta
47. To prick
Dedans - en
Sissone fermae
Battement (Grand)
Piqua
48. Body.
Corps
Plia
Croix - en
Ligne
49. 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
a
Barre
Pointes - sur le
Sissone
50. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Deux
Coda
a
Extension