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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Small - little






2. A






3. A jump from both feet onto one foot






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






5. Backwards - reverse.






6. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






7. To stretch out - make longer






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






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






10. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






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






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






13. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.






14. 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.






15. Small - half bend of the knees.






16. To rock - or to swing.






17. Behind you - movements done behind you.






18. 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.






19. This is a term used in double (supported) work for various lifts in which the danseuse is supported by the danseur in a poisson position. He may hold her above his head in a horizontal fish dive or she may fall from a sitting position on his shoulder






20. 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.






21. Borken/breaking






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






23. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






24. To turn in a walk. The dancer turns slowly in place on one foot by a series of slight movements of the heel to the required side while maintaining a definite pose.






25. Body.






26. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






27. (Movements) in the air

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28. Interweaving or braiding. A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind each other.






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






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






31. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






32. To lean






33. To prick






34. Whirl - or spin






35. Connected movements on the points






36. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






37. Slow - sustained movement






38. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






39. Open - opened.






40. Seven






41. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






42. To get bigger/ big fast movements






43. Big - large. (movements)






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






45. Leg.






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






47. Dance for two.






48. 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.






49. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






50. 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