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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. Change of the feet in the air.
Barre
a
Changement
Pas de deux
2. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
a
Adagio
Crois - croisa
3. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Tour en lair
Sauta - sautae
Battement (Grand)
4. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
a
Brisa vola
Diagonale
Derriare
5. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Pas de deux
Sickling
Dedans - en
6. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Pas de quatre
Battu
Pencha
Port de bras
7. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Barre
Cavalier
Ligne
Rond de jambe
8. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
En l'air
Dagaga
Pas de valse
Retira or Passa
9. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Balanca
Sept
Assembla
Crois - croisa
10. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Dessus
Balanca
Ballon
Brisa
11. Two
Plia
Deux
Demi pointe - sur la
Ballon
12. 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.
Grand - grande
Sickling
Pas de bourra couru
Ligne
13. Backwards - reverse.
Bras bas
Tournant - en
Barre
En arriare
14. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Pas de bourra couru
Terre a
Pencha
15. Behind you - movements done behind you.
a
Brisa
Derriare
Couru
16. 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
Sur le cou-de-pied
Cecchetti Method
Grand - grande
17. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Bras
Pas de deux
Brisa
Tour en lair
18. 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.
Tour en lair
Dessous
Pas de bourra
Bras bas
19. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Adagio
Ouvert - ouverte
Sickling
20. 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.
Crois - croisa
Divertissement
Sur le cou-de-pied
a
21. Dance for four
Battement (Grand)
Coda
Porta - portae
Pas de quatre
22. Dance for two.
Grand - grande
Polonaise
Pas de deux
Changement
23. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Jambe
Cabriole
Ligne
a
24. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Ca
Pas de deux
Pointes - sur le
Plia
25. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Cabriole
Rond de jambe
Demi plia
Fouetta - en tournant
26. Seven
Sept
Balletomane
Petit
Pas de chat
27. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Poisson
Arabesque
Fouetta - en tournant
Releva
28. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Corps
Jambe
Ligne
29. 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.
Pointes - sur le
Glissade
Croix - en
Brisa
30. Raised
Ballon
Releva
Battu
Terre a
31. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
En face
Pas de valse
Pas de bourra couru
En arriare
32. Dance for three
Rond de jambe
Grande pas de deux
Croix - en
Pas de trios
33. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Cavalier
Cabriole
a
Cecchetti Method
34. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Corps
Ballotta
Fondu - fondue
Brisa vola
35. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Demi pointe - sur la
Ouvert - ouverte
Dedans - en
En face
36. To lean
Brisa vola
Sept
Sissone
Pencha
37. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Fondu - fondue
Pas de bourra
Glissade
Sissone fermae
38. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Dessus
Coda
Balanca
Glissade
39. Fish. A position of the body in which the legs are crossed in the fifth position and held tightly together with the back arched. This pose is taken while jumping into the air.
Poisson
Ca
Sissone fermae
a
40. 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.
Sauta - sautae
Sissone fermae
a
Bras bas
41. A
Plia
a
Cabriole
Ca
42. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
Saut de basque
Sur le cou-de-pied
Daveloppa
Pas de trios
43. Interweaving or braiding. A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air and rapidly crosses the legs before and behind each other.
Entrechat
En arriare
Glissade
Porta - portae
44. Connected movements on the points
Petit jeta
Temps lia sur les pointes
Diagonale
Balanca
45. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pointe shoes
Entrechat
Dehors - en
Demi pointe - sur la
46. To stretch out - make longer
a
Allonga
Piroette
Demi plia
47. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Grand - grande
Balletomane
Porta - portae
Barre
48. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cloche - en
Croix - en
Sickling
Derriare
49. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Porta - portae
Tendu
Dehors - en
a
50. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Tournant - en
Dehors - en
a
Sissone fermae