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Ballet Basics Vocab
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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. Running.
Ligne
a
Battement (Grand)
Couru
2. Small - half bend of the knees.
Piroette
Bras
Adagio
Demi plia
3. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Sept
Cabriole
Petit
4. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Battu
Demi pointe - sur la
Pointes - sur le
Ballotta
5. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Jambe
Rond de jambe
En face
6. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
a
Daveloppa
Seconde - a
Allonga
7. To rock - or to swing.
Fondu - fondue
Balanca
Allonga
Balletomane
8. Open - opened.
Polonaise
Pas de deux
Ouvert - ouverte
Cloche - en
9. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Crois - croisa
a
Grande pas de deux
Fouetta - en tournant
10. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Allegro
Cloche - en
Pas de deux
Brisa
11. Seven
Tour en lair
Coupa jeta
Sept
Extension
12. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
a
Coda
Rond de jambe
Extension
13. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Corps
Dessous
Crois - croisa
Allegro
14. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Fish Dive
Dagaga
Pencha
Porta - portae
15. 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.
Pas
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
Porta - portae
16. 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.
Rond de jambe
Saut de basque
Daveloppa
Royale
17. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
Petit jeta
Cloche - en
Balanca
18. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Croix - en
Pas de bourra couru
Entrechat
19. 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.
Arabesque
Pas de bourra couru
Assembla
Croix - en
20. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Extension
Petit jeta
Attitude
Rond de jambe
21. Body.
a
Corps
Chassa
Dagaga
22. 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
Assembla
Fouetta
Sickling
23. Slow - sustained movement
a
Coda
Adagio
Rond de jambe
24. Arms
Plia
Demi pointe - sur la
Bras
Grand - grande
25. (Movements) in the air
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26. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Tour jeta
Extension
Grande pas de deux
Assembla
27. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Entrechat
Tour en lair
Crois - croisa
28. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Sauta - sautae
Terre a
Bras bas
Tour en lair
29. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Dessous
Royale
Adagio
Chassa
30. Raised
En arriare
Diagonale
Releva
Cavalier
31. Step
Assembla
Pas
a
Bras bas
32. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Crois - croisa
Arabesque
Corps
33. To prick
Pas de valse
Piqua
a
Sickling
34. Dance for two.
Changement
Pas de deux
Plia
Poisson
35. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Ligne
Pas de valse
Coda
Cavalier
36. Small - little
Petit
Sickling
Dessus
Glissade
37. Dance for three
a
En arriare
Dessous
Pas de trios
38. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Coupa jeta
Arabesque
Brisa vola
Dehors - en
39. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Brisa vola
Croix - en
Retira or Passa
Polonaise
40. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
a
Jeta
En face
Croix - en
41. To the front.
Couru
Avant
Pas de bourra
Barre
42. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Pas de deux
a
Entrechat
En face
43. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Piqua
Petit jeta
Fouetta
Pas de bourra
44. Dance for four
Extension
Assembla
Pas de quatre
Retira or Passa
45. 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.
Barre
Pas de bourra couru
Croix - en
Sickling
46. To stretch out - make longer
Grande pas de deux
Allonga
Croix - en
Entrechat
47. 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.
Polonaise
Pas de bourra couru
Dedans - en
Saut de basque
48. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Tour jeta
Cabriole
Dessus
Releva
49. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Piqua
a
Glissade
50. Change of the feet in the air.
Changement
Fondu - fondue
Tournant - en
Rond de jambe