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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. This means 'moving' the leg.
Dessous
Battement (Grand)
Sept
Fish Dive
2. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Tendu
Croix - en
Corps
Temps lia sur les pointes
3. Backwards - reverse.
Balletomane
En arriare
Grande pas de deux
Derriare
4. 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
Petit
Dagaga
Glissade
5. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Porta - portae
Allegro
Retira or Passa
Frappa
6. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Saut de basque
Cabriole
Pointes - sur le
Pas de trios
7. Leg.
Saut de basque
Attitude
Demi plia
Jambe
8. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Arabesque
Demi plia
Tour jeta
Pas de valse
9. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fondu - fondue
Extension
Fouetta
Demi plia
10. A
a
Poisson
Pas de chat
Couru
11. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Battu
Cha
Demi plia
12. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Crois - croisa
Fondu - fondue
Sauta - sautae
Demi pointe - sur la
13. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Terre a
Rond de jambe
Fish Dive
a
14. Small - half bend of the knees.
Adagio
Bras
Changement
Demi plia
15. Borken/breaking
Fouetta
Brisa vola
Balanca
Brisa
16. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Divertissement
Pas
a
17. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Balletomane
Pas de bourra
Fouetta
Assembla
18. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Bras bas
a
Terre a
Port de bras
19. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Cabriole
Changement
Cecchetti Method
20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Derriare
Seconde - a
Tournant - en
21. To lean
Cha
a
Pencha
Plia
22. To prick
Barre
Ligne
Ballotta
Piqua
23. 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.
Tournant - en
Deux
Frappa
Saut de basque
24. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
a
Pencha
Fondu - fondue
25. Arms
Arabesque
Dagaga
Bras
Dehors - en
26. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Entrechat
Devant
Ballon
Tour jeta
27. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Deux
Sissone
Battement (Grand)
Plia
28. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Tour en lair
Chassa
Pas de bourra
Derriare
29. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Ligne
Grande pas de deux
Releva
Battu
30. Step
Plia
Pas
Cavalier
Sept
31. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Terre a
Ballotta
Pas de chat
Fish Dive
32. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Promenade
a
Sissone
Deux
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.
Pointe shoes
Pointes - sur le
Chassa
Sissone fermae
34. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Sissone
Dedans - en
Dessus
Sur le cou-de-pied
35. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Poisson
Sickling
Devant
Cloche - en
36. 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.
Rond de jambe
Plia
Cecchetti Method
Sauta - sautae
37. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Demi pointe - sur la
Terre a
Seconde - a
Sissone fermae
38. Body.
Corps
Tendu
Devant
Pointes - sur le
39. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ballon
Ca
Rond de jambe
Cloche - en
40. To rock - or to swing.
Brisa
Balanca
Promenade
Grand - grande
41. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Sept
Crois - croisa
Coupa jeta
Dessus
42. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Releva
Brisa vola
Fish Dive
43. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Diagonale
Chassa
Demi pointe - sur la
Cloche - en
44. 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.
Poisson
Balanca
Ballon
Retira or Passa
45. 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
Rond de jambe
Pas de trios
Adagio
46. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Sept
Sauta - sautae
Tendu
47. Two
Poisson
Deux
Demi pointe - sur la
Seconde - a
48. To stretch out - make longer
Pas de deux
Allonga
a
Coda
49. (Movements) in the air
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50. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Deux
Devant
a
Adagio