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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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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.
Daveloppa
Jeta
Port de bras
Pointe shoes
2. Slow - sustained movement
Pas de bourra
Adagio
Plia
Fouetta
3. Body.
Fish Dive
Assembla
Port de bras
Corps
4. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Battement (Grand)
Releva
Sur le cou-de-pied
Fondu - fondue
5. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Porta - portae
Assembla
Dehors - en
Sissone
6. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Ballotta
Cha
Attitude
7. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Retira or Passa
Balletomane
Pas de trios
8. 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.
Avant
a
En face
Tournant - en
9. Step
Bras
a
Sauta - sautae
Pas
10. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pas de bourra
Porta - portae
Avant
Sept
11. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Grand - grande
Terre a
Daveloppa
a
12. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Fish Dive
Divertissement
Balletomane
13. Borken/breaking
Jambe
Brisa
Crois - croisa
Divertissement
14. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pas de bourra couru
En face
Ballotta
Petit jeta
15. Connected movements on the points
Fondu - fondue
Daveloppa
Bras
Temps lia sur les pointes
16. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Plia
Dagaga
Brisa
Allonga
17. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Derriare
Plia
Pas de quatre
Crois - croisa
18. Pas de bourra - running. This is a progression on the points or demi-pointes by a series of small - even steps with the feet close together. It may be done in all directions or in a circle.
Pas de trios
Pas de bourra couru
Fondu - fondue
a
19. 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.
En face
Crois - croisa
Poisson
Demi pointe - sur la
20. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Dehors - en
a
Terre a
Dessus
21. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Dessous
Tendu
Promenade
22. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Battu
Tendu
Arabesque
Tour jeta
23. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Ouvert - ouverte
Retira or Passa
Terre a
24. 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.
Balletomane
Cecchetti Method
Allonga
Ouvert - ouverte
25. Backwards - reverse.
Sissone
Pas de chat
En arriare
Couru
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.
Petit
Jambe
Royale
Entrechat
27. 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.
Promenade
Crois - croisa
En arriare
Dessous
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.
Sissone
Glissade
Grand - grande
Rond de jambe
29. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
a
Assembla
Derriare
Grand - grande
30. To rock - or to swing.
Daveloppa
Changement
Coda
Balanca
31. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Tour en lair
Devant
Tour jeta
Terre a
32. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Fish Dive
Cecchetti Method
Tour jeta
Porta - portae
33. Whirl - or spin
Diagonale
Releva
Couru
Piroette
34. Leg.
Jambe
Battement (Grand)
Ca
Pointe shoes
35. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Adagio
Sauta - sautae
Sickling
Chassa
36. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de chat
Diagonale
Allonga
Pas de valse
37. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Bras bas
Tendu
Royale
Sauta - sautae
38. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Balletomane
Tour jeta
Ballotta
Deux
39. Seven
Promenade
Sept
Cloche - en
Jeta
40. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Sur le cou-de-pied
Releva
En arriare
41. 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.
Sickling
Royale
Petit jeta
Corps
42. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Bras bas
Brisa
Tournant - en
43. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
a
En l'air
Ouvert - ouverte
Ballotta
44. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Jambe
Demi plia
a
Pas de valse
45. Running.
Porta - portae
Couru
Dagaga
Ouvert - ouverte
46. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Terre a
Retira or Passa
Pas de trios
Ballotta
47. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Diagonale
Pointe shoes
Seconde - a
Promenade
48. Dance for two.
Glissade
Pas de deux
Crois - croisa
Piqua
49. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Dagaga
Pointes - sur le
Avant
Crois - croisa
50. This describes certain jumps and steps - for example - jumping and landing from two feet - or a specific movement that is usually performed at the 'barre' - to stand on one leg - the other leg will then beat against it.
Ouvert - ouverte
Battu
Pas de bourra
Couru