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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Change of the feet in the air.
Tendu
Devant
Brisa
Changement
2. 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.
Petit
Poisson
Barre
Pas de bourra
3. 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
Fouetta
Glissade
Poisson
4. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Dagaga
En face
Balanca
Jambe
5. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Bras bas
En face
Piroette
Dessus
6. Whirl - or spin
Saut de basque
Piroette
Balletomane
Porta - portae
7. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Cavalier
Devant
Poisson
Cha
8. To stretch out - make longer
Allonga
Cecchetti Method
Sept
Pas de trios
9. To prick
Diagonale
Piqua
Cloche - en
Adagio
10. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Pointes - sur le
Releva
Sissone
Temps lia sur les pointes
11. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.
Rond de jambe
Derriare
a
Deux
12. Small - little
Fish Dive
Pas de bourra
Petit
Ca
13. Body.
Sissone
Retira or Passa
Releva
Corps
14. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Demi plia
Dedans - en
Cha
Pas de deux
15. Backwards - reverse.
En arriare
Ballotta
Jeta
Petit
16. A march in which two steps are taken forward on the demi-pointes and then the third step is taken flat with the supporting knee bent in fondu and the other leg raised in front.
Polonaise
En l'air
Cabriole
Couru
17. Step
Petit jeta
Pas
En l'air
Pas de bourra
18. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Croix - en
Sickling
Sauta - sautae
Brisa vola
19. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
a
Jambe
Dessous
Frappa
20. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Changement
Pas de bourra
En l'air
Pas de chat
21. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Tour jeta
Petit jeta
Cecchetti Method
Brisa vola
22. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Ligne
Seconde - a
Dagaga
Cha
23. To the front.
Avant
Bras
Cavalier
Dedans - en
24. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Pas
Fondu - fondue
Croix - en
Terre a
25. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Retira or Passa
Sauta - sautae
Pas de chat
Cha
26. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Cloche - en
Poisson
Fondu - fondue
Fouetta - en tournant
27. 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.
Glissade
a
Promenade
Entrechat
28. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Dehors - en
Fouetta
a
a
29. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Piroette
Extension
Adagio
Arabesque
30. 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
Coupa jeta
Demi pointe - sur la
a
Barre
31. 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
Terre a
Porta - portae
Piqua
Fish Dive
32. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Pas de valse
Crois - croisa
En face
Cha
33. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
a
Cloche - en
Frappa
Bras bas
34. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Deux
Promenade
Ballon
Sickling
35. 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.
Arabesque
Fouetta
Battu
Promenade
36. Dance for three
Rond de jambe
Pas de trios
En l'air
Adagio
37. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Coda
Dedans - en
Ca
38. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Allonga
Pointes - sur le
Crois - croisa
Pointe shoes
39. 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.
Jeta
Assembla
Dagaga
Glissade
40. Arms
Adagio
Barre
Bras
Sur le cou-de-pied
41. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Allegro
Dagaga
Promenade
Frappa
42. 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.
Cabriole
Glissade
Allonga
a
43. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Bras
Cavalier
Petit jeta
Crois - croisa
44. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Crois - croisa
Cabriole
Cha
Ca
45. 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.
Pas de bourra couru
Corps
Sept
Petit jeta
46. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Coda
Tournant - en
Sissone
Dedans - en
47. 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.
Promenade
En face
Grande pas de deux
Diagonale
48. Running.
Couru
Rond de jambe
a
Demi plia
49. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Diagonale
a
Terre a
Dessous
50. Seven
Sept
Pas de bourra couru
Pas de chat
Tour en lair