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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pointes - sur le
En face
Dessous
Royale
2. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Plia
Allonga
a
Allegro
3. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Bras bas
Chassa
Temps lia sur les pointes
En face
4. Slow - sustained movement
Releva
Adagio
Deux
Jambe
5. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Croix - en
Dessus
Ballon
Pas de chat
6. Backwards - reverse.
Piqua
Cha
Fish Dive
En arriare
7. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Retira or Passa
Devant
Crois - croisa
Allonga
8. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Changement
Extension
Dehors - en
Demi plia
9. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Divertissement
Cabriole
Saut de basque
Frappa
10. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Cha
Coupa jeta
Divertissement
Porta - portae
11. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Entrechat
Polonaise
Petit jeta
a
12. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Tournant - en
Pas de valse
Dessous
Adagio
13. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Cavalier
Tournant - en
Balletomane
14. Dance for two.
Corps
Adagio
Pas de deux
Petit
15. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Tendu
Coda
Seconde - a
Releva
16. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Ballotta
Entrechat
Cavalier
Battement (Grand)
17. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Jeta
Cabriole
Tendu
Tournant - en
18. To rock - or to swing.
Balanca
Retira or Passa
Tour en lair
Changement
19. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Pas de quatre
Ballon
Demi pointe - sur la
Ca
20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Petit jeta
Balletomane
Brisa
Dessous
21. To prick
a
Ballon
Piqua
Rond de jambe
22. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Terre a
Pointe shoes
Sissone
Attitude
23. This means 'moving' the leg.
Fish Dive
Battement (Grand)
Crois - croisa
Port de bras
24. 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.
Frappa
a
Sickling
Extension
25. 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.
Jeta
Tour en lair
Sissone fermae
Poisson
26. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Grande pas de deux
Tournant - en
Pointes - sur le
Balanca
27. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Dedans - en
Brisa vola
Terre a
Sissone fermae
28. 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
Deux
En arriare
Balanca
29. Running.
Pas de deux
Fondu - fondue
Couru
Entrechat
30. 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.
Terre a
Ouvert - ouverte
Pencha
Promenade
31. Whirl - or spin
Piroette
Sissone fermae
Dehors - en
Sept
32. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Deux
Cavalier
Sickling
Terre a
33. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Poisson
Bras bas
Battu
Grande pas de deux
34. Dance for four
En l'air
Plia
Pas de quatre
Fouetta
35. Big - large. (movements)
Adagio
Grand - grande
Ouvert - ouverte
Derriare
36. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Devant
Tournant - en
Cha
Fouetta - en tournant
37. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Extension
Royale
Attitude
a
38. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Royale
Avant
Balletomane
39. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Cecchetti Method
Pas de deux
Tendu
Port de bras
40. Raised
Cecchetti Method
Port de bras
Releva
Seconde - a
41. Change of the feet in the air.
Piroette
Changement
Poisson
Rond de jambe
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
Poisson
Piqua
Fish Dive
Daveloppa
43. 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.
Divertissement
Bras bas
Dehors - en
Sissone
44. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
En arriare
Ligne
a
Rond de jambe
45. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Rond de jambe
Brisa vola
Avant
Allegro
46. Arms
a
En l'air
Cavalier
Bras
47. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Battement (Grand)
Balanca
Couru
Tour jeta
48. 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.
Petit
En arriare
Seconde - a
Cecchetti Method
49. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Derriare
Sept
Dedans - en
Temps lia sur les pointes
50. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Pas
Coupa jeta
Croix - en