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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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.






2. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






3. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






5. To lean






6. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






7. Seven






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Connected movements on the points






11. Dance for three






12. Dance for two.






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






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






15. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.






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






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






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






19. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






20. This means 'moving' the leg.






21. 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






22. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






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






24. Body.






25. To the front.






26. Backwards - reverse.






27. (Movements) in the air

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28. 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.






29. To rock - or to swing.






30. Dance for four






31. A jump from both feet onto one foot






32. Small - little






33. A






34. To prick






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Arms






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Two






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.






49. Open - opened.






50. Behind you - movements done behind you.