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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Developing movement. A daveloppa is a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to the knee of the supporting leg and slowly extended to an open position en l'air and held there with perfect control.
Coda
Sissone fermae
Jambe
Daveloppa
2. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Entrechat
Pas de deux
Pas
3. 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.
En face
Jeta
Pas de trios
Frappa
4. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Pointe shoes
Ligne
Pencha
Retira or Passa
5. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cha
Ouvert - ouverte
Ca
Cavalier
6. 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.
Pas de bourra
Pencha
Battu
Poisson
7. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Releva
Allonga
Dessous
Assembla
8. 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.
Pas de quatre
Sickling
Bras bas
Retira or Passa
9. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Grande pas de deux
Pas de chat
Releva
Ballon
10. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tournant - en
Tour en lair
Promenade
Arabesque
11. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
Sept
Pas de deux
Fouetta - en tournant
12. Open - opened.
Piqua
Ouvert - ouverte
Diagonale
Poisson
13. Slow - sustained movement
Fouetta
Battement (Grand)
Dehors - en
Adagio
14. Turning fouetta.
Pas
Tour en lair
Pointe shoes
Fouetta - en tournant
15. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Fouetta
Pointes - sur le
Arabesque
Fish Dive
16. 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.
Seconde - a
Polonaise
Pencha
Pas
17. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Coupa jeta
a
Sickling
18. Small - little
Petit
Diagonale
Pas
Pointe shoes
19. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Grand - grande
Croix - en
Dessus
Seconde - a
20. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Piqua
Releva
Sissone fermae
En face
21. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Chassa
Bras
Glissade
Dessus
22. This means 'moving' the leg.
Ouvert - ouverte
Polonaise
Battement (Grand)
Balletomane
23. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Demi plia
Divertissement
Sauta - sautae
Ballotta
24. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Fish Dive
Piqua
Rond de jambe
Arabesque
25. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Petit
Attitude
a
Cha
26. To lean
Jambe
Pas de bourra couru
Pencha
Allegro
27. To stretch out - make longer
Arabesque
Allonga
Pas de chat
Pas
28. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Pas de valse
a
Fondu - fondue
Brisa vola
29. (Movements) in the air
30. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Barre
Sur le cou-de-pied
Diagonale
Ligne
31. To prick
Pencha
Piqua
Ouvert - ouverte
Avant
32. Dance for four
Derriare
Pas de quatre
Terre a
Croix - en
33. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Devant
Battement (Grand)
Pas de deux
34. Running.
Polonaise
Pas de bourra couru
Couru
Coupa jeta
35. 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.
Divertissement
Pointe shoes
Cloche - en
Sur le cou-de-pied
36. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Pas de valse
Fondu - fondue
Diagonale
Cloche - en
37. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Adagio
Ballon
Dehors - en
38. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Pointe shoes
Petit jeta
a
Sauta - sautae
39. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Tour jeta
Assembla
Seconde - a
Plia
40. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Pas de bourra couru
Sickling
Pas de trios
41. Seven
Pas de bourra
Sept
Extension
Ca
42. Backwards - reverse.
Jambe
Derriare
Porta - portae
En arriare
43. Arms
Ca
Sissone fermae
Attitude
Bras
44. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de bourra couru
a
Seconde - a
45. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Battement (Grand)
Balanca
Porta - portae
Cloche - en
46. 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
a
a
Pas de deux
47. 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.
Dehors - en
Daveloppa
Sissone fermae
Sissone
48. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Retira or Passa
Pas de trios
Cha
Dagaga
49. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Piroette
Poisson
En arriare
50. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Dagaga
Devant
Jambe