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Ballet Basics Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Arms






2. 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.






3. Dance for three






4. Change of the feet in the air.






5. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.






6. Slow - sustained movement






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






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






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






10. To get bigger/ big fast movements






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. Dance for two.






15. 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.






16. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.






17. A






18. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.






19. 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.






20. Step in which legs/thighs beat in the air






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






22. Whirl - or spin






23. Connected movements on the points






24. 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.






25. Turning fouetta.






26. (Movements) in the air

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27. 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.






28. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.






29. Small - little






30. To rock - or to swing.






31. Small jeta - from a demi plia.






32. Seven






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






34. Two






35. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.






36. Bourrae step - done on pointe of demi-point.






37. Body.






38. 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.






39. Behind you - movements done behind you.






40. A jump from both feet onto one foot






41. 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.






42. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.






43. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.






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






45. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.






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






47. Leg.






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






49. Running.






50. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.