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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Petit jeta
Divertissement
Piqua
2. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Fondu - fondue
Coda
Pas de quatre
Cavalier
3. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Cloche - en
Pas de bourra couru
Croix - en
4. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Dessus
Plia
Dessous
Corps
5. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Corps
Assembla
Sissone
Divertissement
6. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Devant
Crois - croisa
Piqua
Sissone
7. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Arabesque
Barre
Daveloppa
Devant
8. Slow - sustained movement
En face
Jeta
Crois - croisa
Adagio
9. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Daveloppa
Pointes - sur le
Coda
Fondu - fondue
10. Big - large. (movements)
Ballotta
Grand - grande
Cavalier
Divertissement
11. Step
Promenade
En arriare
Grande pas de deux
Pas
12. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sauta - sautae
Rond de jambe
Battement (Grand)
Tendu
13. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Ouvert - ouverte
Rond de jambe
Demi plia
Terre a
14. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Jambe
En l'air
Pointe shoes
Balletomane
15. Whirl - or spin
Allegro
En face
Piroette
Adagio
16. 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.
Croix - en
Sickling
Sur le cou-de-pied
Avant
17. Change of the feet in the air.
Devant
Changement
Divertissement
Attitude
18. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Diagonale
Changement
Avant
19. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Ouvert - ouverte
Dessus
Croix - en
Corps
20. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Arabesque
Rond de jambe
Fondu - fondue
Fouetta
21. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Pencha
Poisson
Tournant - en
Demi pointe - sur la
22. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Tournant - en
Cha
Jeta
23. 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.
Sissone
Bras
Changement
Sissone fermae
24. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Pas de deux
Pencha
a
25. 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.
Ballon
Fouetta
Changement
Poisson
26. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Petit jeta
Retira or Passa
Plia
Cloche - en
27. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Jeta
Tendu
Balletomane
Bras
28. Open - opened.
a
Piroette
Battu
Ouvert - ouverte
29. 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.
Daveloppa
Corps
Saut de basque
Couru
30. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Dehors - en
Fish Dive
Cavalier
Sissone
31. 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
En face
Ballotta
Grande pas de deux
32. Small - little
Coda
Balanca
Allonga
Petit
33. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Tour en lair
Pointes - sur le
Pencha
Arabesque
34. 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
Grand - grande
Avant
Battu
35. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
a
Cecchetti Method
Diagonale
36. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Ca
Attitude
Dessus
Arabesque
37. Connected movements on the points
Pas
Demi pointe - sur la
Deux
Temps lia sur les pointes
38. To lean
Pencha
Battement (Grand)
Barre
Tour en lair
39. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de valse
Pointe shoes
Chassa
Pas de chat
40. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
En face
Pencha
Chassa
Adagio
41. Dance for two.
Demi plia
Pas de deux
Cabriole
Jambe
42. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Pencha
Battement (Grand)
Petit jeta
Corps
43. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Corps
Sept
Tour en lair
44. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Allonga
Brisa
Royale
Dagaga
45. Borken/breaking
Promenade
Dedans - en
Brisa
Temps lia sur les pointes
46. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Port de bras
a
Promenade
Bras
47. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Pointes - sur le
Petit
Terre a
48. Dance for four
Sickling
Diagonale
Pas de quatre
Ligne
49. A
a
Sissone fermae
Deux
Pas de chat
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.
Coda
Battu
Dagaga
Royale