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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Ballon
Battu
Port de bras
Avant
2. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Daveloppa
Ballon
Entrechat
Retira or Passa
3. Raised
Cloche - en
Couru
Sauta - sautae
Releva
4. Turning fouetta.
Glissade
Brisa vola
Fouetta - en tournant
Coupa jeta
5. Small - little
a
Petit
Diagonale
Fouetta - en tournant
6. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Seconde - a
Corps
Allegro
Coupa jeta
7. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Balanca
Grande pas de deux
Fouetta
Dessus
8. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Coda
Grande pas de deux
Derriare
Pointes - sur le
9. Leg.
Cha
Jambe
Dedans - en
Chassa
10. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Balanca
a
Deux
11. Open - opened.
Attitude
Ligne
Balletomane
Ouvert - ouverte
12. Running.
Couru
Piroette
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
13. Step
Pas
Extension
Ballotta
Cloche - en
14. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Cha
Brisa vola
Sickling
Balletomane
15. This means 'moving' the leg.
Port de bras
Battement (Grand)
Demi pointe - sur la
Petit jeta
16. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Adagio
Temps lia sur les pointes
Terre a
Demi pointe - sur la
17. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Sickling
Corps
Brisa
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.
Sissone fermae
Cecchetti Method
Barre
Balletomane
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.
Sissone fermae
Dessous
Petit jeta
Coupa jeta
20. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Pas de valse
Avant
Dessus
Ballotta
21. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Couru
Barre
Tournant - en
Dagaga
22. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Entrechat
Diagonale
Promenade
23. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
En l'air
Poisson
Jambe
Pointes - sur le
24. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Petit
Cloche - en
Daveloppa
Sur le cou-de-pied
25. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Glissade
Grande pas de deux
Cha
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.
Pencha
Croix - en
Fondu - fondue
Poisson
27. Change of the feet in the air.
Cha
Changement
Royale
Diagonale
28. To prick
Allegro
Tour jeta
Piqua
Extension
29. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Pointe shoes
Terre a
Grand - grande
Coda
30. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Corps
Chassa
Demi pointe - sur la
Sur le cou-de-pied
31. Body.
Bras
Cavalier
Pas de valse
Corps
32. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Allonga
Tour jeta
Rond de jambe
Dagaga
33. Arms
Bras
Tournant - en
Crois - croisa
Battement (Grand)
34. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Pas
Sissone fermae
Derriare
Devant
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.
Tour en lair
Brisa
Pas de quatre
Polonaise
36. Dance for four
Cavalier
Pas de valse
Sauta - sautae
Pas de quatre
37. Dance for three
a
Pas de trios
Fondu - fondue
Pas de bourra
38. To the front.
Piqua
Avant
Fouetta - en tournant
Dessous
39. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Pas de quatre
Cavalier
Royale
Deux
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.
Plia
Dedans - en
Daveloppa
Bras bas
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.
Grande pas de deux
Entrechat
Cabriole
a
42. A
Pas de trios
Corps
a
Battu
43. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Pas de valse
Ligne
Jambe
Pas de bourra couru
44. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Cavalier
Cha
Fondu - fondue
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.
Diagonale
Sissone
Extension
Promenade
46. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Dehors - en
Allegro
a
47. Borken/breaking
Couru
Brisa
Crois - croisa
En arriare
48. Dance for two.
Seconde - a
Pas de deux
Pencha
Devant
49. To stretch out - make longer
Promenade
Allonga
Pencha
Attitude
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.
Tendu
Releva
Frappa
Grande pas de deux