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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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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. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Cha
Bras bas
Brisa
2. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Dessous
Ballon
a
Corps
3. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Arabesque
Ouvert - ouverte
Petit jeta
Coda
4. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Battement (Grand)
Battu
Fondu - fondue
Extension
5. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Bras bas
Diagonale
Glissade
6. Running.
Couru
Devant
Ballotta
Dessous
7. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Promenade
Cavalier
Tournant - en
Extension
8. Open - opened.
Cecchetti Method
a
Demi pointe - sur la
Ouvert - ouverte
9. Step
Pencha
Barre
Dessus
Pas
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.
Promenade
Bras
Sissone fermae
Sur le cou-de-pied
11. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Pas de bourra
Pas de quatre
Plia
12. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Promenade
Daveloppa
Sauta - sautae
Tendu
13. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Glissade
Derriare
Sickling
14. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Diagonale
Chassa
Allonga
15. 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.
Dessous
Tendu
Sickling
Coupa jeta
16. This means 'moving' the leg.
Dedans - en
Tendu
Battement (Grand)
Pas de chat
17. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Grande pas de deux
Demi pointe - sur la
Dagaga
Battement (Grand)
18. Two
Pas de chat
Glissade
Deux
Corps
19. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Pointes - sur le
Demi pointe - sur la
Pas de bourra
Fondu - fondue
20. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Coda
Dessus
Allonga
Derriare
21. To the front.
Jeta
Petit
Dessus
Avant
22. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Retira or Passa
a
Porta - portae
23. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Demi pointe - sur la
Fouetta
Poisson
Piqua
24. 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.
Crois - croisa
Demi plia
Jeta
Royale
25. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Changement
Sissone fermae
a
Sauta - sautae
26. 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
Ca
Balanca
Dehors - en
27. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Pas de bourra
Cecchetti Method
Temps lia sur les pointes
28. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Seconde - a
Allegro
Cecchetti Method
29. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Dagaga
Pas de trios
Devant
Cecchetti Method
30. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Royale
Ca
Pointes - sur le
Attitude
31. 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.
Divertissement
Fondu - fondue
Retira or Passa
Deux
32. Slow - sustained movement
Fondu - fondue
Adagio
Grande pas de deux
Petit jeta
33. 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.
Assembla
En face
Battu
Devant
34. Body.
En l'air
Retira or Passa
Tour jeta
Corps
35. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Sissone fermae
a
Glissade
36. Dance for two.
Terre a
Petit
Piroette
Pas de deux
37. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Pas de trios
Dedans - en
Daveloppa
Ballotta
38. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de chat
Cavalier
Terre a
Jeta
39. Leg.
Fish Dive
Cabriole
Pas de deux
Jambe
40. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Diagonale
Derriare
Coda
Port de bras
41. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Bras bas
Pas de deux
Piroette
Attitude
42. Borken/breaking
Plia
Dedans - en
Brisa
Balletomane
43. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Diagonale
Petit
Sur le cou-de-pied
Dessous
44. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Dessous
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de quatre
45. To prick
Petit
Temps lia sur les pointes
Piqua
Royale
46. To stretch out - make longer
Cabriole
Temps lia sur les pointes
Allonga
Polonaise
47. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
a
Sept
Tendu
Balletomane
48. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Royale
Sissone fermae
Couru
Piqua
49. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
a
a
Ligne
Fouetta - en tournant
50. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Dagaga
Tour jeta
Pointe shoes
Bras