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Ballet Basics Vocab
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1. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Grand - grande
Sickling
Petit
Assembla
2. Dance for four
Avant
Jeta
Pas de quatre
Allegro
3. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Allegro
Attitude
Grande pas de deux
Retira or Passa
4. 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.
En l'air
Dehors - en
Fouetta - en tournant
Daveloppa
5. 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.
Demi plia
Cecchetti Method
Bras bas
Ca
6. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Cabriole
Assembla
Cloche - en
Pas de chat
7. Dance for three
Pas de trios
Fouetta
Dehors - en
Entrechat
8. 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
Grand - grande
Barre
Demi plia
Pencha
9. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Tour en lair
a
En l'air
Cha
10. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Daveloppa
Sur le cou-de-pied
Demi plia
Fondu - fondue
11. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Pencha
Coupa jeta
Croix - en
En face
12. 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.
Tendu
Sissone fermae
Balletomane
Arabesque
13. To the second. Applies to legs or arms. Second position.
Jambe
Changement
Petit
Seconde - a
14. (Movements) in the air
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15. Whirl - or spin
Pointe shoes
Balletomane
Releva
Piroette
16. 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.
Tendu
Divertissement
Jambe
Cloche - en
17. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
En l'air
Derriare
Dessous
Porta - portae
18. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Assembla
Plia
Pas de bourra couru
a
19. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Polonaise
Ca
En face
Pas de bourra
20. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air
Dedans - en
Cabriole
Brisa
Pas de chat
21. Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction - counterclockewise - from the back to the front.
Devant
Dedans - en
Pas de quatre
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.
Battement (Grand)
Attitude
Pas de bourra
Sept
23. 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.
Cecchetti Method
Dedans - en
Balanca
Allonga
24. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Releva
Bras bas
Demi pointe - sur la
Fish Dive
25. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Royale
Sickling
Entrechat
Pas de valse
26. 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.
Retira or Passa
Dessous
Promenade
Pas de trios
27. This means 'moving' the leg.
Battement (Grand)
Allegro
Crois - croisa
Dehors - en
28. 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.
Changement
Saut de basque
Releva
Cecchetti Method
29. Step
Polonaise
Pas
Sissone
a
30. Leg.
Fondu - fondue
Sept
Jambe
Deux
31. Running.
Couru
Bras bas
Daveloppa
Pointe shoes
32. 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.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Tournant - en
Fish Dive
Sickling
33. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Tour jeta
Dehors - en
Pointe shoes
En l'air
34. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Dessus
Crois - croisa
Sickling
Jeta
35. On the points. Rising to the tips of the toes.
Pointes - sur le
Cecchetti Method
Coupa jeta
Sept
36. A
Assembla
Diagonale
Ballotta
a
37. Body.
Rond de jambe
Petit
Corps
Releva
38. Small jeta - from a demi plia.
Rond de jambe
Petit jeta
Attitude
Croix - en
39. Dance for two.
Pas de deux
Poisson
Allonga
Sur le cou-de-pied
40. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Coda
Assembla
Tendu
Pointes - sur le
41. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Attitude
Coda
Ballon
Extension
42. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Cha
Couru
a
Pointe shoes
43. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Battu
Pas de valse
a
Tour en lair
44. 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.
Plia
Saut de basque
Polonaise
Crois - croisa
45. Shouldering. The placing of the shoulders.
Dagaga
Cloche - en
a
Demi pointe - sur la
46. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Frappa
Port de bras
Sickling
Changement
47. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Coupa jeta
Derriare
Pas de bourra
Polonaise
48. Arms
Diagonale
a
a
Bras
49. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Extension
Sissone
Cecchetti Method
Retira or Passa
50. Slow - sustained movement
Piroette
Adagio
Dessus
a
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