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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






2. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.






3. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.






4. 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.






5. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.






6. This means 'moving' the leg.






7. To stretch out - make longer






8. Small - little






9. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






10. Dance for four






11. 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.






12. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.






13. Raised






14. This jeta is done in all directions and in a circle.






15. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.






16. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.






20. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.






21. Slow - sustained movement






22. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees






23. Male dance partner to the ballerina






24. 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.






25. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.






26. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.






27. (Movements) in the air

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28. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.






29. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.






30. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






31. To rock - or to swing.






32. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.






33. Whirl - or spin






34. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.






35. 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.






36. Open - opened.






37. Running.






38. Big - large. (movements)






39. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.






40. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.






41. Dance for three






42. Step






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.






49. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.






50. 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.