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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. 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.
Entrechat
Pas de deux
Fondu - fondue
Barre
2. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
En face
Port de bras
Pas de deux
Retira or Passa
3. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Attitude
Frappa
Fouetta
Temps lia sur les pointes
4. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
a
Ballon
Tournant - en
5. Two
Deux
Fouetta - en tournant
Fondu - fondue
Dagaga
6. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
a
Pas de bourra
Sissone fermae
Ballotta
7. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Retira or Passa
Dessous
Rond de jambe
8. To throw. A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been thrown.
Ouvert - ouverte
Jeta
Terre a
Sept
9. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Battu
a
Plia
Cecchetti Method
10. Turning fouetta.
Coupa jeta
Fouetta - en tournant
Fondu - fondue
Avant
11. Dance for two.
Allegro
Pointes - sur le
Pas de deux
Grande pas de deux
12. 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.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Derriare
Battu
Ca
13. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Promenade
Tendu
Pencha
Royale
14. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Demi plia
Jambe
Petit jeta
15. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Coupa jeta
Arabesque
Tournant - en
16. 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
Dedans - en
Jambe
Cloche - en
Fish Dive
17. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Assembla
a
Cha
Demi plia
18. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Dessous
Plia
Pas de bourra couru
Brisa vola
19. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Ligne
Port de bras
Grand - grande
Tournant - en
20. 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.
Devant
a
Glissade
Cecchetti Method
21. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
En l'air
Pas de deux
Devant
Pointe shoes
22. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Sissone
Devant
Ca
Crois - croisa
23. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Corps
Deux
Sept
Sauta - sautae
24. Change of the feet in the air.
Allonga
Ballon
Changement
Demi pointe - sur la
25. Backwards - reverse.
Entrechat
Avant
Dedans - en
En arriare
26. 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
Deux
Port de bras
Cabriole
27. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Pas de bourra
En l'air
Seconde - a
Pointes - sur le
28. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Port de bras
a
Diagonale
Adagio
29. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Pas de quatre
Pas de bourra couru
Cloche - en
Couru
30. 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.
Poisson
Ouvert - ouverte
Petit jeta
Battu
31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Deux
Rond de jambe
En face
Piroette
32. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Allonga
Derriare
Extension
Corps
33. 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
Seconde - a
Divertissement
Dehors - en
34. A
Dessus
Piroette
Balletomane
a
35. To the front.
Avant
Corps
Pas de valse
Tour jeta
36. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Pas
Piroette
Ballon
Rond de jambe
37. Step in which the fotot goes in back coupa and you turn ¾ of a circle then do a grand jeta to complete the turn. Usually done in a circle or diagonal.
Pas de deux
Derriare
En arriare
Coupa jeta
38. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Corps
Rond de jambe
Extension
Temps lia sur les pointes
39. 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.
a
Allonga
Piqua
Croix - en
40. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Coupa jeta
Terre a
a
Petit jeta
41. Borken/breaking
Ligne
Brisa vola
Seconde - a
Brisa
42. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Avant
Cabriole
Bras bas
Poisson
43. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Jambe
Ca
Extension
a
44. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Piroette
Dedans - en
Retira or Passa
45. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Dedans - en
Pas de chat
Tour jeta
Dagaga
46. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tour en lair
Demi pointe - sur la
Allonga
Tendu
47. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
a
Tour en lair
Porta - portae
Croix - en
48. Open - opened.
Coda
Daveloppa
Cloche - en
Ouvert - ouverte
49. Dance for three
Assembla
Sur le cou-de-pied
Pas de trios
Fish Dive
50. 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.
Pas de trios
Royale
Frappa
Grande pas de deux