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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Slow - sustained movement
Assembla
Ballon
Fouetta - en tournant
Adagio
2. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Adagio
Deux
Dessous
3. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Bras bas
Sickling
Dessous
4. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Divertissement
Dessous
Allegro
a
5. 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
Porta - portae
Fish Dive
Brisa vola
Diagonale
6. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Divertissement
Tournant - en
Diagonale
7. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Tour jeta
Plia
Porta - portae
En l'air
8. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Rond de jambe
Chassa
Adagio
Barre
9. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Extension
En l'air
Grande pas de deux
10. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Tendu
Tournant - en
Assembla
Tour jeta
11. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
En l'air
Adagio
Fouetta
Coda
12. Dance for four
Sept
Chassa
Cecchetti Method
Pas de quatre
13. To prick
En arriare
Pas de quatre
Saut de basque
Piqua
14. 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.
Dedans - en
Pas
Bras bas
Dehors - en
15. Change of the feet in the air.
Cabriole
Fouetta
Cavalier
Changement
16. Step
Diagonale
Pas
Sissone fermae
Tournant - en
17. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Sickling
Porta - portae
Allegro
Cavalier
18. 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.
Attitude
Cloche - en
Piqua
Saut de basque
19. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dessous
Bras
Dagaga
Changement
20. Seven
Divertissement
Coda
Sept
Cecchetti Method
21. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Daveloppa
Piqua
Couru
22. (Movements) in the air
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23. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Entrechat
a
Ca
Sissone fermae
24. To the front.
Cloche - en
Avant
a
Arabesque
25. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Assembla
Fouetta - en tournant
Derriare
26. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Cloche - en
Fish Dive
Saut de basque
a
27. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Demi plia
Pas de chat
Balanca
Diagonale
28. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Dehors - en
Attitude
Terre a
Coda
29. This means 'moving' the leg.
Ligne
Sickling
Glissade
Battement (Grand)
30. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Pas de chat
Arabesque
Cloche - en
31. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Allegro
Pointe shoes
Seconde - a
Crois - croisa
32. To rock - or to swing.
Diagonale
Port de bras
Barre
Balanca
33. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Sauta - sautae
Demi pointe - sur la
Promenade
34. Arms
Bras
Temps lia sur les pointes
Fondu - fondue
Pas de bourra couru
35. Dance for three
Pas de bourra
Pas de trios
Extension
Promenade
36. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Ballon
Sauta - sautae
Petit
37. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Divertissement
Piroette
Devant
38. 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.
Glissade
Changement
Cha
Bras bas
39. Backwards - reverse.
a
En arriare
Promenade
Petit jeta
40. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Chassa
Cha
Petit jeta
Fondu - fondue
41. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Grand - grande
Terre a
Releva
En face
42. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Releva
Pas de valse
Pas de bourra couru
Arabesque
43. Two
Brisa
Deux
En face
Pas de valse
44. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Sept
Ouvert - ouverte
Grande pas de deux
Attitude
45. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Ca
Demi pointe - sur la
Port de bras
Dessous
46. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
Poisson
a
Diagonale
47. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Tendu
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
Sauta - sautae
48. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Cavalier
Deux
Retira or Passa
Pas de quatre
49. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Sauta - sautae
Pointe shoes
Battu
50. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Royale
Jambe
Fouetta