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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






2. Dance for four






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






4. 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.






5. Arms low or down. This is the dancer's 'attention.' The arms form a circle with the palms facing each other and the back edge of the hands resting on the thighs. The arms should hang quite loosely but not allowing the elbows to touch the sides.






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






7. Dance for three






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.






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






14. (Movements) in the air

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15. Whirl - or spin






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






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






23. 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.






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






25. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






26. 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.






27. This means 'moving' the leg.






28. Basque jump. A traveling step in which the dancer turns in the air with one foot drawn up to the knee of the other leg. Fifth position are foot front.






29. Step






30. Leg.






31. Running.






32. 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.






33. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






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






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






36. A






37. Body.






38. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






39. Dance for two.






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






47. Behind you - movements done behind you.






48. Arms






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






50. Slow - sustained movement







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