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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Sickling
Plia
Releva
Piqua
2. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Royale
Cecchetti Method
Cloche - en
Battement (Grand)
3. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Entrechat
Jeta
Ballon
Changement
4. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Dedans - en
Ballon
Cabriole
a
5. 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.
Ballon
Saut de basque
a
Tour jeta
6. To the front.
Battement (Grand)
Grande pas de deux
Pointe shoes
Avant
7. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Arabesque
Ligne
Fondu - fondue
Devant
8. Seven
Extension
Daveloppa
Bras bas
Sept
9. 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.
Saut de basque
Arabesque
Sissone
Fouetta
10. Whirl - or spin
Avant
Piroette
En arriare
Pas de deux
11. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Derriare
Pas de quatre
Royale
Pointes - sur le
12. Connected movements on the points
Brisa vola
Temps lia sur les pointes
Petit jeta
Battement (Grand)
13. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Petit jeta
Ligne
Bras
Pas de valse
14. Two
Pas
Poisson
Deux
Attitude
15. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Pas de trios
Seconde - a
Pointe shoes
Ballotta
16. A
a
Pas de chat
Croix - en
Royale
17. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Arabesque
Releva
Balletomane
18. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Bras
Deux
Porta - portae
19. 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
Fouetta - en tournant
Grande pas de deux
Barre
Petit
20. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Dessous
Temps lia sur les pointes
Daveloppa
Sur le cou-de-pied
21. 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.
Allonga
Pas de trios
Coupa jeta
a
22. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Attitude
Changement
Pas de chat
23. (Movements) in the air
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24. Closed sissone. Low elevation and a quick tempo - this sissonne finishes on two feet with the working foot gliding along the floor into the demi-plia in the fifth position.
Battu
Retira or Passa
a
Sissone fermae
25. 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.
Balletomane
Brisa
Fish Dive
Glissade
26. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Coda
Arabesque
Adagio
Pas de valse
27. 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.
Corps
Frappa
Coda
Tour jeta
28. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
En arriare
a
Petit
Divertissement
29. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Fish Dive
Brisa
Balletomane
Brisa vola
30. 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.
Demi plia
Crois - croisa
Bras bas
Couru
31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Attitude
En face
Temps lia sur les pointes
Sept
32. Arms
Bras
Sissone fermae
Derriare
Demi plia
33. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Ligne
Daveloppa
Tour jeta
Dessous
34. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
En l'air
Pas
Pas de bourra
Grande pas de deux
35. Small - little
Deux
Petit
Dedans - en
Promenade
36. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Barre
Devant
Crois - croisa
Demi pointe - sur la
37. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Crois - croisa
Porta - portae
Tendu
Diagonale
38. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Cavalier
a
Sissone
Releva
39. Raised
En l'air
Pointes - sur le
Barre
Releva
40. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Allegro
Temps lia sur les pointes
Promenade
41. 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.
Adagio
Daveloppa
Dagaga
Sissone
42. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Ligne
Cabriole
Pas
43. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
Adagio
Pointes - sur le
Ligne
44. Change of the feet in the air.
Corps
Changement
Ca
Fish Dive
45. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dedans - en
Fouetta - en tournant
Diagonale
Assembla
46. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Attitude
Pas de quatre
Dessus
Cecchetti Method
47. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Corps
En arriare
Sauta - sautae
Port de bras
48. 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.
Frappa
Fouetta - en tournant
Allonga
Jeta
49. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Terre a
Ballotta
Cloche - en
Retira or Passa
50. Dance for four
Pas de quatre
Dagaga
Rond de jambe
Piqua