Ballet MidTerm

Question 1

Plié

Answer 1

(French: “bent”), knee bend in ballet.

Question 2

Chassé

Answer 2

Step-together-step pattern

Question 3

Tombé

Answer 3

a fall or fallen

Question 4

Pas de bourrée

Answer 4

consists of three small steps and is typically performed on the points of the toes.

Question 5

Fondu

Answer 5

Sinking Down

Question 6

Sauté

Answer 6

Jumping

Question 7

Balancé

Answer 7

Rocking step

Question 8

Piroutte

Answer 8

Whirl or Spin, A complete turn of the body on one foot

Question 9

Battement Tendu

Answer 9

Battement Stretched, the commencing portion and ending portion of a grand battement.

Question 10

Passé

Answer 10

Passé is a ballet term meaning “passed”

Question 11

Pas de chat

Answer 11

Cat’s step

Question 12

Sous-Sus

Answer 12

Sous-sus is a classical ballet term that translates to “over-under”

Question 13

Jeté

Answer 13

Throwing step. A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been thrown. There is a wide variety of pas jetés (usually called merely jetés) and they may be performed in all directions.

Question 14

En dedans

Answer 14

Inward. In steps and exercises the term en dedans indicates that the leg, in a position à terre or en l’air, moves in a circular direction, counterclockwise from back to front. As, for example, in rond de jambe à terre en dedans. In pirouettes the term indicates that a pirouette is made inward toward the supporting leg.

Question 15

Rond de jambe

Answer 15

a circular movement of the leg in ballet either par terre or en l’air

Question 16

En dehors

Answer 16

Outward. In steps and exercises the term en dehors indicates that the leg, in a position à terre or en l’air, moves in a circular direction, clockwise. As, for example, in rond de jambe à terre en dehors. In pirouettes the term indicates that a pirouette is made outward toward the working leg.

Question 17

Temps levé

Answer 17

is a type of jump from one foot, landing on the same foot while the other leg is raised in a position in the air.

Question 18

Temps lié

Answer 18

a series of connected movements that transfer weight from one foot to the other.

Question 19

Derrière

Answer 19

Behind, back. This term may refer to a movement, step or placing of a limb in back of the body. In reference to a particular step (for example, glissade derriére), the addition of derrière implies that the working foot is closed at the back.

devant

Question 20

Développé à la quatrième derrière

Answer 20

is when the dancer faces the audience with the working leg extended to the fourth position.

Question 21

Développé à la quatrième devant

Answer 21

They are done with the supporting foot flat on the ground , on the body

Question 22

À la seconde

Answer 22

to second

Question 23

Développé à la seconde

Answer 23

a ballet technique in extending the leg to the side.

Question 24

Croisé, croisée

Answer 24

Crossed. One of the directions of épaulement. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the audience. The disengaged leg may be crossed in the front or in the back.