Ballet Vocabulary

Question 1

Define Attitude

Answer 1

attitude: a position where the body is supported on one leg while the other is raised with the knee bent, generally one arm is in the 4th position en haut (o) and the other arm is in demi 2nd or extended in the 4th position back

Question 2

Au Milieu (o-milly-er)

Answer 2

in the centre

Question 3

Autour de la salle

Answer 3

around the room

Question 4

Balloon

Answer 4

buoyant quality

Question 5

Ballonné

Answer 5

a light jump on one leg (ball like)

Question 6

Battlement

Answer 6

beating

Question 7

Batterie

Answer 7

beaten

Question 8

Brisé

Answer 8

broken

Question 9

Cabriole

Answer 9

to caper

Question 10

chaîné

Answer 10

link or string together

Question 11

Cou de pied

Answer 11

neck of the foot

Question 12

Couru

Answer 12

run

Question 13

De côté

Answer 13

to the side

Question 14

Demi

Answer 14

Half

Question 15

Demi-Contretemps

Answer 15

half against time

Question 16

Demi 2nd

Answer 16

half second

Question 17

Demi-plié

Answer 17

half bending action

Question 18

Dessus

Answer 18

over

Question 19

Detourné

Answer 19

turn away

Question 20

Embôité

Answer 20

Fit together

Question 21

En diagonale

Answer 21

on a diagonal

Question 22

Entrechat Quatre

Answer 22

interweaving 4 times

Question 23

Entrechat Royale

Answer 23

interweaving Royally

Question 24

Entre Trios

Answer 24

Interweaving 3 times

Question 25

Fouetté

Answer 25

whip

Question 26

Grand preperation

Answer 26

Large preperation

Question 27

La barre

Answer 27

the bar

Question 28

Opposition

Answer 28

contrast

Question 29

Pas de bourreé

Answer 29

cramped step

Question 30

petits tours

Answer 30

little turns

Question 31

pirouette

Answer 31

to whirl

Question 32

révérence

Answer 32

gracious bow or curtsey

Question 33

Royale

Answer 33

regal, kingly

Question 34

Soussus

Answer 34

under - over

Question 35

Tombé

Answer 35

fall

Question 36

Tourner

Answer 36

to turn