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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






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






3. Raised






4. Turning fouetta.






5. Small - little






6. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






8. Behind you - movements done behind you.






9. Leg.






10. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.






11. Open - opened.






12. Running.






13. Step






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






15. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






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






18. 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.






19. Step in which the fotot goes in back coupa and you turn ¾ of a circle then do a grand jeta to complete the turn. Usually done in a circle or diagonal.






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






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






22. Big - large. (movements)






23. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






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






25. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






26. 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.






27. Change of the feet in the air.






28. To prick






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






30. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






31. Body.






32. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






33. Arms






34. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






35. 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.






36. Dance for four






37. Dance for three






38. To the front.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. A






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Borken/breaking






48. Dance for two.






49. To stretch out - make longer






50. 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.