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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Small - half bend of the knees.






2. To prick






3. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






4. Slow - sustained movement






5. 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.






6. 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






7. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






9. 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.






10. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






11. Small - little






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. Behind you - movements done behind you.






16. Step






17. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






18. 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.






19. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






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






21. (Movements) in the air

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






23. A jump from both feet onto one foot






24. 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






25. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Open - opened.






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






35. 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.






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






37. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






38. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






39. Dance for two.






40. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






41. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






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






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






45. Leg.






46. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






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






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






50. Backwards - reverse.