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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






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






3. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.






4. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






5. Whirl - or spin






6. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






7. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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.






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






10. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






11. Leg.






12. To prick






13. Big - large. (movements)






14. Behind you - movements done behind you.






15. 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.






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






17. Small - little






18. 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.






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






20. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






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






22. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






23. Slow - sustained movement






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






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






26. To lean






27. Dance for four






28. Open - opened.






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






30. A






31. Borken/breaking






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






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






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






35. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






36. To the front.






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






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






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






40. Running.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Change of the feet in the air.






46. Seven






47. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






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






49. (Movements) in the air

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