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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Petit
Croix - en
Balletomane
Pas de trios
2. To the front.
Avant
Grand - grande
Jambe
Dedans - en
3. Leg.
Jambe
Pas de valse
Sur le cou-de-pied
Grand - grande
4. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Retira or Passa
Coda
En l'air
Adagio
5. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Cecchetti Method
Attitude
Pas de bourra
Brisa
6. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Grande pas de deux
Dedans - en
Brisa vola
Fouetta - en tournant
7. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Glissade
Sickling
Pointe shoes
Cloche - en
8. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dagaga
Croix - en
Pas de valse
Dessus
9. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Cha
Cloche - en
Tour jeta
Devant
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.
Coupa jeta
a
Tendu
Tour en lair
11. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
En arriare
a
Petit
Sauta - sautae
12. Body.
Coda
Fondu - fondue
Corps
Extension
13. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Changement
Cha
Derriare
Cecchetti Method
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.
a
Coda
Divertissement
En arriare
15. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
a
Pas de valse
Ouvert - ouverte
Porta - portae
16. Dance for four
Sickling
Petit jeta
Piqua
Pas de quatre
17. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Fouetta
Diagonale
Allegro
18. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Terre a
Petit jeta
Brisa vola
Saut de basque
19. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Tournant - en
Sauta - sautae
Terre a
20. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Fish Dive
Entrechat
Derriare
21. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Polonaise
En arriare
Arabesque
Porta - portae
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.
Bras bas
Saut de basque
a
Releva
23. Running.
Ballon
Cha
Changement
Couru
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.
Tendu
Saut de basque
Demi plia
Cecchetti Method
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.
Arabesque
Attitude
Sauta - sautae
Saut de basque
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.
Sickling
Arabesque
Balletomane
Tournant - en
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.
Sissone fermae
Promenade
Croix - en
Petit
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.
Fish Dive
Terre a
Jeta
Grand - grande
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.
En face
Promenade
Poisson
Bras bas
30. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Divertissement
Battu
Promenade
Cabriole
31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Tour jeta
En face
Pas de valse
Seconde - a
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
Dessous
Barre
Royale
Seconde - a
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.
Grand - grande
Avant
Glissade
Seconde - a
34. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Piqua
Croix - en
Allegro
Assembla
35. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Entrechat
Sur le cou-de-pied
Promenade
Polonaise
36. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Entrechat
Ballotta
Battement (Grand)
Coupa jeta
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.
Frappa
a
Allonga
En arriare
39. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Allegro
Plia
Fondu - fondue
En face
40. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
a
Devant
Dehors - en
Balletomane
41. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Ballon
Fondu - fondue
Chassa
Cecchetti Method
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
Jambe
Ouvert - ouverte
Fish Dive
Jeta
43. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Bras bas
Dagaga
En face
Petit
44. Dance for three
Royale
Pas de trios
Crois - croisa
Croix - en
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.
Daveloppa
Brisa
Grande pas de deux
Devant
46. To rock - or to swing.
Arabesque
Chassa
Balanca
Sept
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.
Battu
Royale
Glissade
Temps lia sur les pointes
48. Open - opened.
Balletomane
Croix - en
Allonga
Ouvert - ouverte
49. Step
Pas de chat
Saut de basque
Pas
En l'air
50. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Bras
Dessous
Poisson