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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






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






3. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






4. (Movements) in the air

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






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






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






8. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






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






10. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






11. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






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






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






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






15. Body.






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






17. 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.






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






19. Arms






20. To rock - or to swing.






21. Behind you - movements done behind you.






22. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






23. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






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






26. To stretch out - make longer






27. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






28. 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.






29. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






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






31. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






32. 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.






33. Small - little






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






39. Slow - sustained movement






40. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






41. 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.






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






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






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.






45. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






46. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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






48. To the front.






49. 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.






50. To prick