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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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2. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






3. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






4. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






5. Backwards - reverse.






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






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






8. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






9. Step






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






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






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






13. To get bigger/ big fast movements






14. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






15. 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.






16. Dance for four






17. Running.






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






19. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






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






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






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






23. Big - large. (movements)






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. Leg.






30. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






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






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






33. Raised






34. 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.






35. To rock - or to swing.






36. 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.






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






38. (Movements) in the air

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






40. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






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






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






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






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






46. To stretch out - make longer






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






48. 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.






49. Arms






50. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion