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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






2. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






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






4. 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.






5. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






6. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






7. (Movements) in the air

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8. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






9. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






10. Behind you - movements done behind you.






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






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






13. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






14. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






15. Body.






16. Dance for four






17. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






18. To lean






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






20. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






21. Small - little






22. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.






23. Dance for three






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






25. Big - large. (movements)






26. Backwards - reverse.






27. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.






28. Open - opened.






29. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






30. Arms






31. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






32. Running.






33. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






34. Turning fouetta.






35. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






36. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






37. 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.






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






39. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.






40. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






41. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






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






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






44. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






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






46. 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.






47. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






48. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion






49. 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.






50. 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.