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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Sissone
Port de bras
Derriare
Pas de valse
2. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
En arriare
Brisa vola
Grande pas de deux
Polonaise
3. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Couru
Entrechat
a
Ligne
4. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Glissade
Dessus
Ca
a
5. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Entrechat
Tour en lair
Grand - grande
Pas de bourra
6. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Saut de basque
Balletomane
Pas de quatre
Battement (Grand)
7. Dance for three
Ouvert - ouverte
Brisa
Cecchetti Method
Pas de trios
8. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Dagaga
Attitude
Poisson
Tendu
9. To prick
Avant
Balanca
Promenade
Piqua
10. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Ligne
Arabesque
Daveloppa
Cloche - en
11. To lean
Pencha
Ligne
Sauta - sautae
Pas
12. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Cabriole
Dedans - en
Porta - portae
Cloche - en
13. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Bras
Allegro
Fondu - fondue
14. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Devant
Tendu
a
Grande pas de deux
15. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Royale
Tournant - en
Ballon
Sur le cou-de-pied
16. 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.
Petit jeta
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de bourra couru
Cloche - en
17. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
a
Sissone fermae
Derriare
Arabesque
18. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Fouetta
Pencha
Terre a
19. To the front.
Bras
Avant
Promenade
Frappa
20. Arms
Dehors - en
Bras
Saut de basque
Corps
21. This means 'moving' the leg.
Brisa
Glissade
Battement (Grand)
Pointe shoes
22. Small - half bend of the knees.
Demi plia
Extension
Petit
Pas de valse
23. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Adagio
Tour jeta
Assembla
Allegro
24. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Piroette
Brisa
Pointe shoes
25. Running.
Releva
Retira or Passa
Couru
Changement
26. (Movements) in the air
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27. To stretch out - make longer
Pas
Demi pointe - sur la
Allonga
Pas de bourra
28. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Derriare
Royale
Fouetta - en tournant
Ca
29. 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.
Sickling
Battement (Grand)
Cecchetti Method
Cabriole
30. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Cavalier
a
Fish Dive
Porta - portae
31. 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.
Battement (Grand)
Frappa
Demi plia
Couru
32. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Attitude
Piqua
Brisa vola
Sissone
33. 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.
a
Assembla
Cecchetti Method
Promenade
34. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Sauta - sautae
Jambe
Dagaga
Pas de valse
35. 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.
Ligne
Cecchetti Method
Battu
Cloche - en
36. 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.
Barre
Jeta
Royale
Glissade
37. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Ballon
Coda
a
Ca
38. Seven
En l'air
Pas de quatre
Ballon
Sept
39. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Ballon
a
Port de bras
Sept
40. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Promenade
Glissade
Pas de bourra couru
41. Turning fouetta.
Glissade
Promenade
Fouetta - en tournant
a
42. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Releva
Allegro
Promenade
Couru
43. 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.
a
Divertissement
Glissade
Ballon
44. 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.
Ca
Tendu
a
Jambe
45. 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.
Cavalier
Entrechat
Poisson
Coda
46. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Dedans - en
Ballon
En face
a
47. Change of the feet in the air.
Couru
Cloche - en
Changement
Bras
48. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Jeta
Crois - croisa
Pointes - sur le
49. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Avant
Brisa vola
Extension
Derriare
50. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Jambe
Deux
Derriare
Pointe shoes