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Ballet Basics Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Extension
Bras bas
Pas de deux
Avant
2. Term used to describe the ability of a dancer to raise and hold her extended leg en l'air.
Pointes - sur le
Dehors - en
En l'air
Extension
3. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
a
Releva
Terre a
Pas de quatre
4. This means 'moving' the leg.
Barre
Battement (Grand)
Pas de chat
Cabriole
5. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Couru
Battement (Grand)
Pas de bourra
Port de bras
6. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Piqua
Daveloppa
Sickling
Ca
7. To throw about. This is a jump from either one foot or both feet. Jump up to double passe and extend out.
Tour jeta
Polonaise
Devant
Ballotta
8. In the shape of a cross. (Front - side - back - side)
Croix - en
Polonaise
Pas de deux
Dessus
9. 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.
Coupa jeta
Glissade
Attitude
Sauta - sautae
10. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Sept
Derriare
a
Barre
11. To put together - to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet.
Assembla
Fouetta - en tournant
Devant
Pointe shoes
12. 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.
En l'air
a
Rond de jambe
Allegro
13. Raised
Grande pas de deux
Cloche - en
Pas de quatre
Releva
14. Running.
Petit
Couru
Cavalier
Assembla
15. Outward. Leg moves clockwise in a circular motion
Dehors - en
Avant
Ballotta
Pas de deux
16. A step traveling in a diagonal direction.
Diagonale
Fondu - fondue
Pas de deux
Pas de chat
17. 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.
Port de bras
Petit
Daveloppa
Poisson
18. Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of its position; done in a series.
Pas de trios
Dessus
Adagio
Chassa
19. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Dagaga
Pas de chat
Adagio
20. Carried. Refers either to a step which is traveled in the air from one spot to another.
Porta - portae
Grand - grande
Assembla
Polonaise
21. This means to pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back.
Arabesque
Cloche - en
Dedans - en
Battu
22. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Polonaise
Ligne
Pas de trios
Corps
23. To the front.
Fouetta - en tournant
Tournant - en
Port de bras
Avant
24. Jumped - jumping. When this name is added to a step - that step is done in the air.
Cloche - en
Sauta - sautae
Deux
Allegro
25. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Ballon
Coda
Pointes - sur le
Releva
26. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Plia
Tour en lair
Dessous
Petit jeta
27. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Pas de bourra couru
Fondu - fondue
Pas de trios
a
28. Waltz step. Done with a graceful swaying body. Like a balanca but feet do not cross.
Avant
Releva
Pas de valse
Demi pointe - sur la
29. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience.
Dessous
Assembla
Jeta
Crois - croisa
30. 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.
Dessous
Jambe
Daveloppa
Temps lia sur les pointes
31. Over. Indicates that the working foot passes in front of the supporting foot.
Arabesque
Barre
Dessus
Diagonale
32. Open - opened.
Ouvert - ouverte
Sept
Petit jeta
Sissone fermae
33. Male dance partner to the ballerina
Jambe
Seconde - a
Cavalier
Cha
34. Connected movements on the points
Cavalier
Temps lia sur les pointes
En l'air
Porta - portae
35. Under. Indicates that the working foot passes behind the supporting foot.
Coupa jeta
Diagonale
Fouetta - en tournant
Dessous
36. 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.
Port de bras
Pas de bourra couru
Cha
Cavalier
37. 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.
Demi pointe - sur la
Sickling
Jambe
Dessus
38. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Pas de chat
Battu
Pointe shoes
Fish Dive
39. 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.
Dehors - en
Dessous
Cecchetti Method
Petit
40. Withdrawn. A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position.
Corps
Diagonale
Retira or Passa
Dedans - en
41. Change of the feet in the air.
Temps lia sur les pointes
Changement
Promenade
Seconde - a
42. Small rise on the ball of the foot - usually in pointe shoes.
Ballotta
a
Demi pointe - sur la
Jeta
43. Royal. A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
Battement (Grand)
Balletomane
Royale
Promenade
44. To face hips square. Not particularly to the front.
Piqua
En face
Divertissement
Battu
45. Big - large. (movements)
Allonga
Grand - grande
Divertissement
Entrechat
46. 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.
Jeta
Derriare
Pointe shoes
En face
47. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Bras
Allegro
Glissade
Terre a
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.
Daveloppa
Demi pointe - sur la
Promenade
Glissade
49. Flying brisa. In this brisa the dancer finishes on one foot after the beat - the other leg crossed either front or back.
Plia
Brisa vola
Demi plia
Adagio
50. At the neck of the foot. Wrapped around.
a
Piroette
Grand - grande
Sur le cou-de-pied