Ballet Terms 2

Question 0

Ballet

Answer 0

A theatrical work or entertainment in which a choreographer has expressed his ideas in group and solo dancing to a musical accompaniment

Question 1

Ballerina

Answer 1

female dancer in a ballet company

Question 2

Ballet master, ballet mistress

Answer 2

The person in a ballet company whose duty is to give the daily company class and to rehearse the ballets in the company repertoire.

Question 3

Balletomane

Answer 3

ballet fan or enthusiast

Question 4

Barre

Answer 4

horizontal wooden bar fastened to the walls of the ballet classroom

Question 5

Battement

Answer 5

Beating

Question 6

Battement dégagé

Answer 6

Disengaged battement done at twice the speed and the working foot rises about four inches from the floor

Question 7

Battement en cloche, grand

Answer 7

continuous grands battements executed from the fourth position front or back en l’air to the fourth position back or front en l’air, passing through the first position

Question 8

Battement fondu développé

Answer 8

Battement, sinking down, developed

Question 9

Battement frappé

Answer 9

Struck battement