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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Entrechat
Tour en lair
En face
Petit jeta
2. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Cabriole
Porta - portae
Petit
Retira or Passa
3. 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.
Allegro
Sissone fermae
Devant
Ballon
4. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Tendu
Dessus
Extension
Glissade
5. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Brisa vola
Crois - croisa
Coupa jeta
Tour en lair
6. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Pas de bourra
Pas de trios
Derriare
7. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Retira or Passa
Avant
Sur le cou-de-pied
Fouetta
8. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Dessous
Cecchetti Method
Polonaise
Avant
9. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Port de bras
Pas
Dessous
Sur le cou-de-pied
10. 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.
Pas
Sissone
En l'air
Promenade
11. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
Grande pas de deux
Saut de basque
Sept
12. 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.
Piroette
Sissone
Cecchetti Method
Pencha
13. To rock - or to swing.
Croix - en
Bras bas
Tendu
Balanca
14. To the front.
Jambe
Sickling
Avant
Cloche - en
15. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Porta - portae
Ballotta
Adagio
Pointes - sur le
16. Slow - sustained movement
Battu
Adagio
En arriare
Tour en lair
17. 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.
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de chat
Glissade
Balletomane
18. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Battement (Grand)
Demi pointe - sur la
Fondu - fondue
Pas de quatre
19. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Pas de trios
Battu
Devant
Dagaga
20. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
En face
Attitude
Pas de trios
Bras bas
21. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Fish Dive
Fondu - fondue
Adagio
22. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Coda
Dessus
Divertissement
Dehors - en
23. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Cecchetti Method
Dessous
Saut de basque
24. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Port de bras
Bras
Assembla
Battement (Grand)
25. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
En l'air
Sept
Tendu
Sur le cou-de-pied
26. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
a
Seconde - a
Cecchetti Method
Dessous
27. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Pas de bourra couru
Devant
Diagonale
Sauta - sautae
28. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Ballotta
Dehors - en
Cavalier
Frappa
29. This means 'moving' the leg.
Chassa
Ballotta
Bras
Battement (Grand)
30. To lean
Brisa vola
Pencha
En face
Seconde - a
31. Step in which the fotot goes in back coupa and you turn ¾ of a circle then do a grand jeta to complete the turn. Usually done in a circle or diagonal.
Saut de basque
Coupa jeta
Sissone fermae
Arabesque
32. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pointes - sur le
Daveloppa
Crois - croisa
Dehors - en
33. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Grand - grande
Allegro
En l'air
Brisa
34. 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
Changement
Attitude
a
Barre
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
Allonga
Rond de jambe
a
36. A
Tour en lair
a
Barre
Arabesque
37. 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
Demi pointe - sur la
Allegro
Adagio
38. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Cecchetti Method
Balletomane
Ballon
Saut de basque
39. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Bras bas
a
Dehors - en
Coda
40. 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.
Saut de basque
Pencha
Diagonale
Temps lia sur les pointes
41. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Fouetta - en tournant
Derriare
Barre
Dagaga
42. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Changement
Releva
a
43. Backwards - reverse.
Allegro
En arriare
a
Crois - croisa
44. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Brisa
a
Sept
Terre a
45. Step
Tour en lair
Dagaga
Pas
Royale
46. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Extension
Sickling
Pas de trios
47. Raised
a
Releva
Tendu
Bras
48. Borken/breaking
Corps
Brisa
Balanca
Grande pas de deux
49. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dessous
Dagaga
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
50. 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.
Extension
a
Sickling
Cha