Ballet MidTerm Flashcards
Plié
(French: “bent”), knee bend in ballet.
Chassé
Step-together-step pattern
Tombé
a fall or fallen
Pas de bourrée
consists of three small steps and is typically performed on the points of the toes.
Fondu
Sinking Down
Sauté
Jumping
Balancé
Rocking step
Piroutte
Whirl or Spin, A complete turn of the body on one foot
Battement Tendu
Battement Stretched, the commencing portion and ending portion of a grand battement.
Passé
Passé is a ballet term meaning “passed”
Pas de chat
Cat’s step
Sous-Sus
Sous-sus is a classical ballet term that translates to “over-under”
Jeté
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.
En dedans
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.
Rond de jambe
a circular movement of the leg in ballet either par terre or en l’air
En dehors
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.
Temps levé
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.
Temps lié
a series of connected movements that transfer weight from one foot to the other.
Derrière
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
Développé à la quatrième derrière
is when the dancer faces the audience with the working leg extended to the fourth position.
Développé à la quatrième devant
They are done with the supporting foot flat on the ground , on the body
À la seconde
to second
Développé à la seconde
a ballet technique in extending the leg to the side.
Croisé, croisée
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.
