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Ballet Basics Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ability to jump easily and lightly into the air. Springy - usually men.
Tour jeta
Ballon
Temps lia sur les pointes
Croix - en
2. 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.
Piqua
Terre a
Entrechat
Chassa
3. To prick
Bras
Piqua
Jambe
Cabriole
4. 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.
Ca
a
Dessus
Plia
5. To the front.
Pas de deux
Ballotta
Avant
Allonga
6. 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.
Fondu - fondue
Piqua
Cecchetti Method
Attitude
7. Separated or thrown apart. Body position.
a
Bras
Corps
Pas de bourra
8. Leg.
Dehors - en
Jambe
Port de bras
En face
9. Sideways. Used to indicate that a step is to be made to the side - either to the right or to the left.
Ca
Pas
Demi pointe - sur la
Bras
10. Step of the cat. Jump where legs come up to double passa.
Coupa jeta
Dessus
Pas de chat
Plia
11. A ballet fan or enthusiast. The word was invented in Russia in the early nineteenth century.
Tour en lair
Balletomane
Pas de valse
Coda
12. Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.
Cecchetti Method
Diagonale
Seconde - a
Fouetta
13. 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.
Sickling
Polonaise
Tendu
Crois - croisa
14. Running.
Couru
a
Piroette
Sur le cou-de-pied
15. Raised
Balanca
Cavalier
Releva
Cloche - en
16. This means 'moving' the leg.
Sur le cou-de-pied
Sauta - sautae
Battement (Grand)
Pas de trios
17. To stretch out - make longer
Sauta - sautae
Avant
a
Allonga
18. Small - little
Dessous
Avant
Petit
En face
19. Grand dance for two. Has a definite 5 parts.
Avant
Sept
Balletomane
Grande pas de deux
20. Connected movements on the points
Temps lia sur les pointes
Pas de bourra couru
Couru
Dehors - en
21. To escape. From 5th to second. Feet slide and don't leave floor.
Bras bas
a
Sissone fermae
En face
22. Borken/breaking
Brisa
Avant
Chassa
Coupa jeta
23. Behind you - movements done behind you.
Ballon
Derriare
Saut de basque
Balletomane
24. Ground to ground. Feet never leave the floor.
Fouetta - en tournant
Terre a
Brisa
Grand - grande
25. Bent or bending. Bending of the knee or knees
Saut de basque
Plia
Tour jeta
Barre
26. Section that brings you to the end of a dance - its big and important.
Grand - grande
Coupa jeta
Dessus
Coda
27. 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
Plia
Fish Dive
Derriare
Battement (Grand)
28. To the front. Any step in front of your body.
Demi pointe - sur la
Devant
Tendu
Assembla
29. 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.
Ballotta
Polonaise
Divertissement
Battu
30. 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.
Allegro
Fouetta - en tournant
Dessus
Sissone fermae
31. 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.
Ballon
Pointe shoes
Pointes - sur le
Daveloppa
32. To get bigger/ big fast movements
Pas de quatre
Pas de valse
Brisa vola
Allegro
33. Dance for two.
Tour en lair
Sissone
Pas de deux
Royale
34. Carriage of the arm. The changing of arm positions.
Pas de quatre
Port de bras
Avant
Promenade
35. Sating ballet slippers dancers use when dancing in sur le point.
Dedans - en
Pas
Pointe shoes
En arriare
36. Male dance partner to the ballerina
a
Cavalier
Pointes - sur le
Polonaise
37. Foot rises about four inches from the floor with a well-pointed toe - then slides back into the the first or fifth position.
Pas de quatre
Temps lia sur les pointes
Dagaga
Pas de trios
38. A jump from both feet onto one foot
Dedans - en
Barre
Sur le cou-de-pied
Sissone
39. 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.
Pas de bourra couru
Diagonale
Coupa jeta
Couru
40. Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
Battu
Adagio
Fondu - fondue
Balletomane
41. Like a bell. Refers to grand battements to the front and back sliding through first position.
Rond de jambe
Brisa
Cloche - en
Promenade
42. Chains - links. A series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
Royale
Cha
Poisson
Fondu - fondue
43. Step
Avant
Pas
Barre
Poisson
44. Turning. Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a given step.
Frappa
Ca
Tournant - en
Tour en lair
45. Line. The outline of a dancer as she executes certain steps.
Ligne
Assembla
Coupa jeta
Changement
46. Turning fouetta.
Fouetta - en tournant
Assembla
Piroette
Dehors - en
47. The working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground.
Brisa vola
Cavalier
Tendu
Devant
48. Slow - sustained movement
Petit jeta
Rond de jambe
Adagio
Releva
49. Small - half bend of the knees.
Sissone
Demi plia
Saut de basque
Brisa
50. To turn in the air. A complete sing - double - or triple turn in the air; usually landing in 5th position.
Poisson
Tour en lair
Saut de basque
Tournant - en