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Ballet Vocabulary – BALLET 3 & 4 1 Ballet Vocabulary – BALLET 3 & 4 1 -A- ADAGE (ADAGIO) [a-DAHZH] – Adage is a French word derived from the Italian ad agio, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ meaning at ease or leisure. A series of exercises following the centre practice consisting of a succession of slow and graceful movement which may be simple or of the most complex character, performed with fluidity and apparent ease. ALLÉGRO [a-lay-GROH] – Brisk, lively. A term applied to all bright and brisk movements. ​ ​ ​ All steps of elevation (jumps) come under this classification. The most important qualities to aim at in allégro are lightness, smoothness and ballon. ALLONGÉ, ALLONGÉE [a-lawn-ZHAY] – Extended, outstretched. Usually in reference to an ​ ​ ​ arm or a leg. ARABESQUE [a-ra-BESK] – One of the basic poses in ballet. It is a position supported on ​ ​ ​ one leg, with the other leg extended behind and at right angles to it, with the shoulders always held square to the line of direction, and the arms held in various harmonious positions creating the longest possible line from the fingertips to the toes. ARRIÈRE, EN [ah na-RYEHR] – Backward. A term used to indicate that a given step is ​ ​ ​ executed moving backward, away from the audience. ASSEMBLÉ [a-sahn-BLAY] – Assembled or joined together. A step in which the working foot ​ ​ ​ slides well along the ground before being swept into the air. As the foot goes into the air the dancer pushes off the floor with the supporting leg, extending the toes. Both legs come to the ground simultaneously in the fifth position. ATTITUDE [a-tee-TEWD] – A particular pose in dancing. It is a position on one leg with the ​ ​ ​ other lifted in back, the knee bent at an angle of 90 degrees and well turned out so that the knee is higher than the foot. AVANT, EN [ah na-VAHN] – Forward. A term used to indicate that a given step is executed ​ ​ ​ moving forward, toward the audience. -B- BALANCÉ [ba-lahn-SAY] – Rocking step. This step is very much like a pas de valse and is an ​ ​ ​ alternation of balance, shifting the weight from one foot to another. Balancé may be done crossing the foot either front or back. BALLON [ba-LAWN] – Bounce. Ballon is the light, elastic quality in jumping in which the ​ ​ ​ dancer bounds up from the floor, pauses a moment in the air and descends lightly and softly, only to rebound in the air like the smooth bouncing of a ball. BAS, EN [ahn bah] – Low. As in a low position of the arms. ​ ​ ​ Ballet Vocabulary – BALLET 3 & 4 2 ​ BATTEMENT [bat-MAHN] – Beating. A beating action of the extended or bent leg, as in ​ ​ ​ grands battements and petits battements. The petits battements are battements tendus, dégagés, frappés, and tendus doubles. BATTEMENT, GRAND [grahn bat-MAHN] – Large battement. An exercise in which the ​ ​ ​ working leg is raised from the hip into the air and brought down again, both knees straight. BATTEMENT, PETIT [puh-TEE bat-MAHN] – Small battement. A term for any small beating ​ ​ ​ action of the foot or leg. The term petit battement is probably most commonly used to describe an exercise at the bar in which the working foot is held sur le cou-de-pied and the lower part of the leg moves out and in, changing the foot from sur le cou-de-pied devant to sur le cou-de-pied derrière and vice versa. BATTEMENT PIQUÉ, PETIT [puh-TEE bat-MAHN pee-KAY] – Little pricked battement. ​ ​ ​ Same as battement tendu jeté pointé. ​ ​ -C- CAMBRÉ [kahn-BRAY] – Arched. The body is bent from the waist, backward or sideways, ​ ​ ​ the head following the movement of the body. CHAÎNÉS, TOUR [toor sheh-NAY] – Chains, links. This is an abbreviation of the term “tours ​ ​ ​ chaînès déboulés” (a chain of turns, rolling like a ball): a series of turns done on the points or demi-pointes , making a half-turn on each foot with the feet close together, and traveling in a straight line or a circle. The turns should be done evenly and with great speed, aided by small movements of the arms and the spotting of the head. CHANGEMENT DE PIEDS [shahnzh-MAHN duh pyay] – Change of feet. The term is usually ​ ​ ​ abbreviated to changement. Changements are springing steps in the fifth position, the dancer changing feet in the air and alighting in the fifth position with the opposite foot in the front. CHASSÉ [sha-SAY] – Chased. A step in which one foot literally chases the other foot out of ​ ​ ​ its position. Chassés can be done in all directions. CLOCHE, EN [ahn klawsh] – Like a bell. Refers to battements tendus jetés or grands ​ ​ ​ battements executed continuously devant and derrière through the first position. CONDITIONAL POSITION – A term of the Russian School. It refers to a position sur le ​ cou-de-pied in which the foot is pointed on the ankle either devant or derrière. See sur le ​ cou-de-pied. ​ CONTRETEMPS [kawn-truh-TAHN] – Beating against time. ​ ​ ​ Ballet Vocabulary – BALLET 3 & 4 3 COU-DE-PIED, SUR LE [sewr luh koo-duh-PYAY] – On the neck of the foot. A position in ​ ​ ​ which the working foot is placed on the part of the standing leg between the base of the calf and the beginning of the ankle. There are three cou-de-pied positions: the wrapped or basic position, and the pointed conditional positions devant and derrière. COUPÉ [koo-PAY] – Cut, cutting. A small intermediary step done as a preparation or ​ ​ ​ impetus for some other step. It takes its name from the fact that one foot cuts the other away and takes its place. CROISÉ / CROISÉE [krwah-ZHAY] – Crossed. One of the directions of épaulement. In this ​ ​ ​ position the legs appear to be crossed while the body is placed at an oblique angle to the audience, facing either one of the two front corners of the room. In croisé devant, the leg ​ ​ nearer the audience is pointed in the fourth position front à terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. In croisé derrière, the leg farther from the audience is pointed in the ​ ​ fourth position back à terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. These positions are included in the eleven basic positions of the body. CROIX, EN [ahn krwah] – In the shape of a cross. Indicates that an exercise is to be executed ​ ​ ​ to the fourth position front, to the second position and to the fourth position back, or vice versa. As in battements tendus en croix. -D- DANSEUR [dahn-SUHR] – Male dancer. ​ ​ ​ DANSEUSE [dahn-SUHZ] – Female dancer. ​ ​ ​ DE CÔTÉ [duh koh-TAY] – Sideways. A term used to indicate that a step is to be made to the ​ ​ ​ side, either to the right or to the left. DEDANS, EN [ahn duh-DAHN] – Inward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction, ​ ​ ​ counterclockwise from back to front (when done with the right leg). DÉGAGÉ, BATTEMENT [bat-MAHN day-ga-ZHAY] – Battement disengaged. A term of the ​ ​ ​ Cecchetti method. Same as battement tendu jeté. DEHORS, EN [ahn duh-AWR] – Outward. Indicates that the leg moves in a circular direction, ​ ​ ​ clockwise (when done with the right leg). DEMI [duh-MEE] – Half. As in demi-plié, demi-pointe. ​ ​ ​ DEMI-POINTE, SUR LES [sewr lay duh-mee-PWENT] – On the half-points. Indicates that the ​ ​ ​ dancer is to stand high on the balls of the feet and under-side of the toes. Ballet Vocabulary – BALLET 3 & 4 4 ​ DERRIÈRE [deh-RYEHR] – Behind, back. This may refer to a movement, step or placing of a ​ ​ ​ limb in back of the body. DÉTOURNÉ [day-toor-NAY] – Turned aside. A détourné is a pivot turn on both points or ​ ​ ​ demi-pointes. It is a complete turn toward the back foot and reverses the position of the feet. DEVANT [duh-VAHN] – In front. This may refer to a step, movement or the placing of a limb ​ ​ ​ in front of the body. DÉVELOPPÉ, BATTEMENT [bat-MAHN dayv-law-PAY] – Battement developed. A développé ​ ​ ​ is a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to the retiré position and slowly extended to an open position en l’air and held there with perfect control. DIAGONALE, EN [ahn dya-gaw-NAL] – In a diagonal. Indicates that a step is to be done ​ ​ ​ traveling in a diagonal direction. -E- ÉCARTÉ [ay-kar-TAY] – Separated, thrown wide apart. In this position the dancer faces ​ ​ ​ either one of the two front corners of the room. In écarté devant, the leg nearer to the ​ ​ audience is pointed to the second position à terre or raised to the second position en l’air. In écarté derrière, the leg that is farther from the audience is pointed to the second ​ ​ position à terre or raised to the second position en l’air. These positions are included in the eleven basic positions of the body. ÉCHAPPÉ [ay-sha-PAY] – Escaping or slipping movement. An échappé is a level opening of ​ ​ ​ both feet from a closed to an open position. There are two kinds of échappés: échappé sauté, and échappé sur les pointes. In each case échappés are done to the second or fourth position, both feet traveling an equal distance from the original center of gravity. EFFACÉ, EFFACÉE [eh-fa-SAY] – Shaded. One of the directions of épaulement. The term ​ ​ ​ effacé is used to qualify a pose in which the legs appear open (not crossed). In this position the dancer stands facing either one of the two front corners of the room. In effacé devant, ​ ​ the leg farther from the audience is pointed in the fourth position front à terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air.
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