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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To rock - or to swing.
Sept
Allonga
Balanca
Ouvert - ouverte
2. 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.
Petit jeta
Coupa jeta
Barre
Fish Dive
3. Seven
Extension
Cha
Piroette
Sept
4. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.
Battu
Petit
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de bourra
5. Dance for three
Battement (Grand)
Jeta
Pas de trios
Fondu - fondue
6. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Pas de bourra
Ballon
Adagio
Croix - en
7. 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.
Terre a
Frappa
Royale
Fondu - fondue
8. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Allegro
Diagonale
Brisa
Pas de trios
9. 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
Seconde - a
Barre
Demi pointe - sur la
Pointes - sur le
10. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
Deux
Avant
Croix - en
a
11. To stretch out - make longer
Sept
Chassa
Allonga
Tour jeta
12. Body.
Corps
Sissone fermae
Pointe shoes
Sept
13. Running.
Couru
Dehors - en
Allonga
Devant
14. Big - large. (movements)
Grand - grande
Dagaga
Balletomane
Cloche - en
15. 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.
Bras bas
Pas de trios
Cabriole
a
16. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Pas de chat
Glissade
Assembla
Devant
17. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Battement (Grand)
Barre
Cloche - en
Port de bras
18. This means 'moving' the leg.
Pointe shoes
Saut de basque
Battement (Grand)
Glissade
19. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Port de bras
Sauta - sautae
Sept
Piqua
20. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Fouetta - en tournant
Polonaise
Daveloppa
Demi pointe - sur la
21. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Ligne
Ballon
Divertissement
22. 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.
Brisa vola
Dessus
Cha
Pas de bourra couru
23. 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
Ballon
Entrechat
Ballotta
Fish Dive
24. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Diagonale
Sickling
Dedans - en
Sissone
25. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Pas de bourra
Terre a
Corps
Temps lia sur les pointes
26. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Pas de bourra couru
Sur le cou-de-pied
Battement (Grand)
a
27. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Tour jeta
Arabesque
Entrechat
Pointes - sur le
28. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Dehors - en
Dedans - en
Tour en lair
Arabesque
29. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Piroette
Cabriole
Jeta
Devant
30. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Piqua
Piroette
Pas de chat
En face
31. A
Pas de valse
Entrechat
a
Pas de bourra
32. Small - little
Petit
Crois - croisa
Battu
Adagio
33. Step
a
Piqua
Pas
Dessus
34. 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.
Jambe
Jeta
Petit jeta
Dessus
35. Leg.
Dagaga
Jambe
Rond de jambe
Royale
36. Connected movements on the points
Fouetta
Derriare
Temps lia sur les pointes
Porta - portae
37. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.
Demi plia
Promenade
Tour jeta
En arriare
38. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Ligne
Dagaga
Assembla
Pas de quatre
39. 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
Releva
Allonga
a
40. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Ligne
Tendu
Ballon
Promenade
41. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Fouetta
Balanca
Pas de valse
Piqua
42. 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.
Ballon
Tendu
Poisson
a
43. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Coda
Diagonale
a
Ca
44. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Fondu - fondue
Pas de deux
Adagio
Piqua
45. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Pas de trios
Cavalier
Allonga
Extension
46. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Chassa
Balanca
Fondu - fondue
Releva
47. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Tour en lair
Poisson
Barre
Ca
48. 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.
Piroette
Pencha
Glissade
Porta - portae
49. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.
Attitude
Grande pas de deux
a
Pas de bourra couru
50. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Ballon
Derriare
Petit
Cabriole