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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)






5. Step






6. Dance for three






7. Big - large. (movements)






8. Behind you - movements done behind you.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. To get bigger/ big fast movements






13. Small - little






14. Two






15. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.






16. Running.






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






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. Open - opened.






20. 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.






21. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.






22. Whirl - or spin






23. Small - half bend of the knees.






24. Body.






25. (Movements) in the air

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26. 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.






27. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.






28. Turning fouetta.






29. Connected movements on the points






30. 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.






31. To pose - balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee - extended to either the front - side or back.






32. 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.






33. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.






34. 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.






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






36. Slow - sustained movement






37. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.






38. Male dance partner to the ballerina






39. To the front.






40. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.






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






42. Arms






43. Round of the leg. Circular movement of the leg.






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






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






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






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






48. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.






49. Leg.






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