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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






2. To the front.






3. Leg.






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 Withdrawn.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






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






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






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






8. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






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






10. 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.






11. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






12. Body.






13. Behind you - movements done behind you.






14. 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.






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






16. Dance for four






17. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






18. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






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






20. Borken/breaking






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






22. 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.






23. Running.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Arms low or down. This is the dancer's 'attention.' The arms form a circle with the palms facing each other and the back edge of the hands resting on the thighs. The arms should hang quite loosely but not allowing the elbows to touch the sides.






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






31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






32. 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






33. 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.






34. To get bigger/ big fast movements






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






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






37. (Movements) in the air

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38. 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.






39. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






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






41. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






42. 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






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






44. Dance for three






45. 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.






46. To rock - or to swing.






47. 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.






48. Open - opened.






49. Step






50. Whirl - or spin