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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






2. 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.






3. (Movements) in the air

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4. To rock - or to swing.






5. Running.






6. Change of the feet in the air.






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






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






9. Step






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






11. To stretch out - make longer






12. Small - half bend of the knees.






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






14. To the front.






15. To lean






16. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






17. Small - little






18. Open - opened.






19. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






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.






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






22. Leg.






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






24. 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.






25. Body.






26. Connected movements on the points






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






28. Behind you - movements done behind you.






29. Arms






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






31. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






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






33. 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






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






35. A jump from both feet onto one foot






36. This means 'moving' the leg.






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






38. Whirl - or spin






39. Turning fouetta.






40. 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.






41. To prick






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






43. Two






44. 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.






45. To the front. Any step in front of your body.






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






47. 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.






48. Male dance partner to the ballerina






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






50. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.