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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






2. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Raised






7. 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.






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






9. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






10. Arms






11. A






12. Turning fouetta.






13. Body.






14. Whirl - or spin






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






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






17. To lean






18. To prick






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






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






21. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






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






24. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






26. Dance for four






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






28. Open - opened.






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






30. 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.






31. To stretch out - make longer






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






33. 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.






34. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Backwards - reverse.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Dance for three






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






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






44. Seven






45. To rock - or to swing.






46. 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






47. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






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






49. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






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







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