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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. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Pencha
Tour jeta
Polonaise
2. 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
Deux
Cha
Pencha
3. A march in which two steps are taken forward on the demi-pointes and then the third step is taken flat with the supporting knee bent in fondu and the other leg raised in front.
Polonaise
Balletomane
Petit jeta
Piqua
4. 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.
Ouvert - ouverte
Sissone fermae
Dagaga
Pointes - sur le
5. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Adagio
Brisa vola
Dessus
Temps lia sur les pointes
6. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Adagio
Pas
Royale
Chassa
7. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Balletomane
a
Grande pas de deux
8. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Tendu
Saut de basque
Grande pas de deux
9. Backwards - reverse.
Cavalier
Piqua
Chassa
En arriare
10. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pointes - sur le
Pas de valse
Fondu - fondue
a
11. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Bras
Pointes - sur le
Frappa
12. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Fondu - fondue
Tour en lair
Assembla
Sissone
13. 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.
Frappa
Adagio
a
Pas de trios
14. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Dessous
Extension
Pointe shoes
a
15. 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.
Bras bas
a
Dessous
Glissade
16. Small - little
Coupa jeta
Balletomane
Allonga
Petit
17. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Saut de basque
Derriare
Cabriole
Ballon
18. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Allonga
a
Dagaga
Releva
19. 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.
Frappa
Tour en lair
Petit jeta
Sickling
20. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Divertissement
En arriare
Barre
21. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Assembla
En face
Sept
22. 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.
Tour en lair
Daveloppa
a
Croix - en
23. Whirl - or spin
En arriare
Dedans - en
Tour jeta
Piroette
24. 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
Tour en lair
Rond de jambe
Barre
Dagaga
25. Small - half bend of the knees.
Port de bras
Daveloppa
Dehors - en
Demi plia
26. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Divertissement
Seconde - a
Brisa
Dessous
27. Big - large. (movements)
Tour en lair
Daveloppa
Jeta
Grand - grande
28. Slow - sustained movement
Battu
Tournant - en
a
Adagio
29. 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.
Cha
Seconde - a
Frappa
Pas de bourra couru
30. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Cloche - en
Chassa
a
Crois - croisa
31. To lean
Ballon
Pencha
Croix - en
a
32. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
En arriare
Tour jeta
Porta - portae
Sissone fermae
33. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Adagio
Promenade
Allonga
a
34. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Arabesque
Ca
Sissone
35. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Brisa vola
Devant
Sauta - sautae
a
36. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Petit jeta
Cabriole
Assembla
a
37. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
a
Pas de chat
Piroette
Fish Dive
38. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
En face
Entrechat
Dessus
39. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pencha
Coda
Pas de chat
Pointe shoes
40. 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.
Cloche - en
Coupa jeta
Couru
Jeta
41. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Changement
Balanca
Grand - grande
Fondu - fondue
42. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Grand - grande
Adagio
Barre
Ballotta
43. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Porta - portae
Pas de valse
Changement
Retira or Passa
44. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Derriare
Allegro
Polonaise
a
45. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Terre a
Assembla
Sept
Porta - portae
46. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
En arriare
Diagonale
Coda
Fouetta - en tournant
47. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Tournant - en
Dagaga
Fouetta - en tournant
48. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Battu
Frappa
En face
Sept
49. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Tendu
Plia
a
50. Borken/breaking
Demi plia
Balletomane
Dedans - en
Brisa