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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Jeta
Barre
Sur le cou-de-pied
Balanca
2. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Diagonale
Tendu
Pas de chat
Promenade
3. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Bras
Ligne
Frappa
Pas de quatre
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.
Releva
Jeta
Pas de valse
Entrechat
5. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Dagaga
Dessous
Adagio
6. This means 'moving' the leg.
Sauta - sautae
Barre
Arabesque
Battement (Grand)
7. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
a
Glissade
Tendu
8. Small - little
Petit
Fouetta - en tournant
Releva
Temps lia sur les pointes
9. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Ligne
En l'air
Diagonale
Ca
10. Dance for four
Grand - grande
Pas de quatre
Coupa jeta
Grande pas de deux
11. Diversion - enjoyment. A suite of numbers called 'entraes -' inserted into a classic ballet. These short dances are calculated to display the talents of individuals or groups of dancers.
Pointes - sur le
Sauta - sautae
Divertissement
Assembla
12. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Grande pas de deux
Devant
En face
13. Raised
Tendu
Releva
Cecchetti Method
Coupa jeta
14. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Balanca
Tour jeta
Pencha
Polonaise
15. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pas de chat
Pointes - sur le
Polonaise
Fish Dive
16. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Devant
Battu
Ca
Dehors - en
17. 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.
Diagonale
Frappa
Pas de bourra
Tendu
18. 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
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de deux
Coda
Fish Dive
19. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Tour jeta
Promenade
Fondu - fondue
En l'air
20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Grande pas de deux
Pas de deux
Changement
Balletomane
21. Slow - sustained movement
Adagio
Terre a
Chassa
Extension
22. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Changement
Fondu - fondue
Jambe
23. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Royale
Cavalier
Assembla
Demi pointe - sur la
24. 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
Ca
Changement
Tournant - en
25. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Pas de trios
Crois - croisa
Barre
Dagaga
26. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Fondu - fondue
Royale
Dedans - en
Saut de basque
27. (Movements) in the air
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28. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pas de quatre
En face
Piroette
Tournant - en
29. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Polonaise
a
Allegro
Sissone
30. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Changement
Pas de bourra
Dehors - en
a
31. To rock - or to swing.
Terre a
Balanca
Tour jeta
Petit jeta
32. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Assembla
Pointes - sur le
Poisson
Chassa
33. Whirl - or spin
Promenade
Seconde - a
Piroette
Pas de valse
34. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
a
Jambe
Pas de chat
Releva
35. 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.
Glissade
Tour en lair
Dessous
Promenade
36. Open - opened.
Poisson
En face
Ouvert - ouverte
Derriare
37. Running.
Couru
Fondu - fondue
Pas de bourra
Cabriole
38. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Tournant - en
Pointes - sur le
Jeta
39. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Sissone fermae
Seconde - a
Cloche - en
Avant
40. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Petit jeta
Extension
a
Pas de valse
41. Dance for three
Sissone
Pas de valse
Pas de trios
Ca
42. Step
Battement (Grand)
Pas
Corps
Dagaga
43. 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.
Sickling
Avant
Ca
Pas de bourra couru
44. 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.
Glissade
Bras bas
Sept
Dehors - en
45. 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.
Glissade
a
Ouvert - ouverte
Bras
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.
Dedans - en
Battu
Changement
Cloche - en
47. 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
Attitude
Frappa
Glissade
Barre
48. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Cloche - en
Cabriole
a
49. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Ca
Fouetta
Cecchetti Method
Entrechat
50. 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.
Cavalier
Sept
Jeta
a