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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Tour jeta
Plia
Cecchetti Method
Fondu - fondue
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.
Allonga
Pas de valse
Battu
a
3. (Movements) in the air
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4. To rock - or to swing.
Entrechat
a
Balanca
Sauta - sautae
5. Running.
Couru
Pas de chat
Fouetta
Corps
6. Change of the feet in the air.
Sept
Brisa
Brisa vola
Changement
7. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
En arriare
Jambe
a
8. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Sickling
Dessous
Cavalier
Grande pas de deux
9. Step
Dagaga
Barre
Pas
Petit jeta
10. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Tournant - en
Battement (Grand)
Cloche - en
En l'air
11. To stretch out - make longer
Dessous
En l'air
Allonga
Sickling
12. Small - half bend of the knees.
Brisa
Jambe
Demi plia
Petit
13. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
a
a
Assembla
Demi pointe - sur la
14. To the front.
Avant
Pas de trios
Sur le cou-de-pied
Royale
15. To lean
Pencha
Battu
Brisa vola
En face
16. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Chassa
Attitude
Releva
Petit jeta
17. Small - little
Polonaise
Petit
Daveloppa
Changement
18. Open - opened.
Sept
Avant
Deux
Ouvert - ouverte
19. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Assembla
Dedans - en
Petit
Dessous
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.
Battement (Grand)
Fondu - fondue
Attitude
Deux
21. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Piqua
Glissade
Pas de bourra
Pas de chat
22. Leg.
En arriare
Demi plia
Jambe
Avant
23. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Polonaise
Cha
Sauta - sautae
Pointes - sur le
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.
Dedans - en
Brisa
a
Saut de basque
25. Body.
Cabriole
Corps
Tour en lair
Dedans - en
26. Connected movements on the points
Jeta
Bras bas
Temps lia sur les pointes
Brisa vola
27. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Plia
Divertissement
Tour en lair
Seconde - a
28. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Fish Dive
Derriare
Jeta
Petit jeta
29. Arms
Battement (Grand)
Port de bras
Glissade
Bras
30. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Ligne
Pas de quatre
Cloche - en
Allegro
31. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Pas
Royale
Poisson
a
32. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fondu - fondue
Fouetta - en tournant
Avant
Pas de quatre
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
Brisa
En arriare
Dagaga
Fish Dive
34. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Port de bras
Releva
Seconde - a
35. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone
Pas de bourra
Allegro
Crois - croisa
36. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Pas de trios
Saut de basque
Battu
37. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Sept
Pas de deux
Pointe shoes
Attitude
38. Whirl - or spin
Dehors - en
Piroette
Grand - grande
Coda
39. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Ca
Dessous
Pas de deux
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.
Chassa
Ballotta
Promenade
Bras
41. To prick
Ca
Demi pointe - sur la
Piqua
Pointes - sur le
42. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Battu
Cabriole
Ballon
Sur le cou-de-pied
43. Two
Poisson
Frappa
Sauta - sautae
Deux
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.
Releva
Pas de bourra couru
Battement (Grand)
Retira or Passa
45. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Devant
Tournant - en
Seconde - a
Sept
46. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Balanca
Coda
Poisson
Sissone
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.
Dedans - en
Bras bas
Ballotta
Cecchetti Method
48. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Releva
Dessous
Tournant - en
Cavalier
49. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Avant
Entrechat
Croix - en
Sauta - sautae
50. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Cabriole
Assembla
Ouvert - ouverte