ballet vocabulary. alignment proper body placement; posture with neck over shoulder girdle,...
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Ballet Vocabul
ary
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AlignmentAlignment
Proper body placement;
posture with neck over shoulder girdle, shoulders over hips, hips over knees, knees over feet
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Demi-Plie’Half bend of the knees
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Grand Plie’ Big full bend; heels come off the
floor (except in 2nd position)
Ballet Notes 1
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Tendu
Stretched; Slide toes along the floor until toes reach out to a pointe
Ballet Notes 1
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Degage’ - JeteTendu with the foot off the ground.
Means “To disengage”
Ballet Notes 2
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Grand Battement
Big kick• Example-working leg rises from
the hip into the air and is brought down again with both knees straight.
Ballet Notes 2
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Port de BrasCarriage of the arms
Ballet Notes 3
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Rond de Jambe’ Circling of the leg.
• Example-point foot front, side, and back, then through 1st and reverse.
Ballet Notes 3
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En DehorsTo the outside
En DedansTo the inside
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En L’Air
* in the air
A’Terre
* on the floor
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En Croix
In the shape of a cross
• Example-Four tendues in each direction front/side/back/side
Ballet Notes 2
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Devant
To the front
Ballet Notes 2
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A la secondeTo the side
Ballet Notes 2
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Derriere
To the back
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Passe’ Means “passed”. Toe passes
along supporting leg & stops below or at supporting knee.
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Developpe’ Develop the leg to an extended
position
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Eleve’ To rise onto the ball of the foot/feet without
a plie first.
Releve’ Eleve’ with a plie’
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Sous-sus
“Over / Under”
From 5th, plie’ then rise to releve with no space in legs and heels
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Pas de Bourree’ Step of the flowing. Step back,
side, then front.
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Glissade “To glide”
From 5th position in demi-plie’, degage front leg, slide and transfer weight, degage second leg into 5th position plie’.
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Assamble
To assemble or put together the legs
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Cambre • Bending at the torso
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Soutenu A turn that begins with a deep plie
with the leading leg extended in a tendue position. Turning underneath yourself
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Spotting The movement of the head and
focusing of the eyes in turns to keep from getting dizzy
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Pirouette A Turn
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Chasse’ Means “to chase”. One foot literally
chases the other foot out of its position. Step, together, step.
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Chaine’ Chain like turns
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Grand Jete’A Big leap
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26. Pique
To prick or lightly tap as if dotting an “i”
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Pique Turns
Stepping onto a straight knee and turning on passe
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Changement
A jump to change feet from front to back or vise versa
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Saute’ A jump that begins and ends in a
demi-plie’. Both feet to both feet.
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30. Arabesque
A famous pose in ballet where one leg is extended to the back and the opposite leg is standing straight on the ground.
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Temps Leve“Raised time”
A hop on one leg
Echappe“Escape”
Changing from a closed position to an open position
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Balancoire Degage front and back brushing
through 1st
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Balance’Shifting the weight from one foot to the
other. 1, 2, 3 even tempo (brush, ball change, brush, ball change)
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Reverence A bow or curtsy at the end of class
to show appreciation to the teacher and other dancers
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Attitude A pose on one leg, the other leg
lifted, well turned out and bent at the knee with the lower leg and foot opened away from the body
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Pas de Chat Means “step of the cat”. Jump
sideways, and while in mid-air, bends both legs up bringing the feet up as high as possible, with knees apart. Land in plie’
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Bourree
Rippling movement in sous-sus position. Rapid steps where front knee is slightly bent.
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Plie’A bending of the knees
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Battement
“Beating”• Three kinds of battement:
tendue, jete/degage, & grand battement
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