WorksheetsBeginning Ballet I
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 36mins
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Croisé derrière
A la quatrième devant
Epaulé
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Croisé derrière
A la quatrième devant
Epaulé
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Croisé derrière
A la quatrième derrière
Epaulé
What body position is this?
Ecarté
A la quatrième devant
Effacé
A la seconde
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
A la quatrième devant
Croisé derrière
A la quatrième derrière
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Ecarté
Effacé
Epaulé
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Ecarté
Effacé
Epaulé
What body position is this?
Croisé devant
Ecarté
Effacé
Epaulé
Define adagio.
Movement performed to slow tempo.
Objective is to develop ballet line.
Gain control of body on both legs.
Define en l'air.
Literally in air.
No literal translation.
Define arabesque.
Position of the body, supported on one leg (straight or demi-plié) with other leg extended behind at right angles.
Shoulders are square to the direction of line and the arms are held in position.
A position of the body where a dancer is on both legs.
Define attitude.
A position on one leg with the other lifted in back, the knee bent at an angle of ninety degrees and well turned out so that the knee is higher than the foot.
Being sassy and defiant.
A traveling step.
Define balancé.
Rocking step.
Shifting weight from one foot to the other.
May be done crossing the foot either front or back.
Define battement.
No action or movement.
Beating. A beating action of the extended or bent leg.
There are two types grands and petits.
Frappés are an example.
Define cambré.
Arched.
The body is folded forwards.
The head follows the movement of the body.
The body is bent from the waist, backwards or sideways.
Define chaines.
Chains or links.
A body position.
A series of rapid turns on the pointes or demi-pointes done in a straight line or circle.
No literal translation.
Define changements.
Change of the feet.
Springing steps in the third or fifth position.
A traveling movement.
The dancer changes the feet in the air and land in the fifth position with the opposite foot in the front.
Define chassé.
A brush and pull technique of the foot.
Chased.
A stationary movement.
A step in which one foot literally chases the other out of its position.
Define sur le cou-de-pied.
On the neck of the foot.
The foot wraps around the ankle with toes pointed.
The position of one foot placed on the ankle of the other foot so that the heel protrudes in front of the supporting leg and the toes are wrapped to the back.The knee of the raised leg is bent and turned outward toward the second position.
A cutting.
Define coupé.
A small intermediary step done as a preparation or impetus for some other step.
No literal translation.
A cut or cutting.
The foot slices the air.
Define de coté.
Traveling sideways.
Traveling forward or backward.
Define demi.
Full movement.
Half of a movement.
Define derriére.
Working foot is closed at back.
Can refer to movement or step.
Working foot is closed in front.
Behind or back.
Define detourné.
Turned aside.
A backward turn in the direction of the back foot and reverses the position of the feet.
A stationary position.
Define developpé.
Developed.
The hips do not have to be kept level in this movement.
A movement in which the working leg is drawn up and slowly extended to an open position en l'air and held there with perfect control.
Not used to develop balance.
Define en croix.
In the shape of a circle.
In the shape of a cross.
To be executed to the fourth position front, to the second position and to the fourth position back, or vice versa.
Define en dedan.
Inward.
Outwards.
Sideways.
Clockwise motion.
Define en dehor.
Sideways.
Inwards.
Outwards.
Counterclockwise motion.
Define en diagonale.
In a diagonal.
In perpendicular.
Define echappé.
Escaping or slipping movement.
Open from closed to open position.
Only one kind.
Spring and slide actions.
Define elevé.
Raised.
To rise again.
Heels leaving ground with straight legs.
To bend.
Define emboité.
Jumping forward traveling en avant, legs changing in the air.
Step in box.
Define fondu.
Melting or sinking down.
No translation.
There is no bending in the movement.
Cheese.
Define frappé.
To strike/struck.
Rebound movement of the foot with a strong leg.
A type of drink.
The ball of the foot hits the ground in a push from heel-ankle.
Define glissade.
To glide.
A traveling step.
A stationary position.
Define jeté.
Thrown.
No translation.
A jump from one leg to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air.
A stationary position.
Define pas de basque.
A type of French pastry.
A push technique of the foot in the step.
A ballet step involving a transfer of weight from one foot to the other while performing a half-turn.
Define pas de bourrée.
Step under, side and over to close. Linking 3-step.
A body position.
Define pas de chat.
Jump of the dog.
Leap of the bird.
Hop of the rabbit.
Step of the cat.
Define piqué.
Pricked or pricking.
Rebound of the foot against the floor.
Strong, no-bent leg.
Define plié.
To bend/bending.
A squat - going out the back door.
Development of balance, chewy knees, and strong core.
Define port de bras.
Carriage of the legs.
Carriage of the arms.
Carriage of the feet.
Define promenade.
Can be clockwise or counterclockwise.
The heel chugs forward to turn the dancer.
In a walk. To walk.
Define relevé.
To relift. Relifted.
Rise from plié.
To rise.
To go up.
Define rond de jambe.
Round of the leg.
Round of the arm.
Round of the foot.
Define sauté.
No jumping.
Jumping into a different position.
Jumped or jumping. Ends in the same position with toes pointed and legs strong.
Define soubresaut.
Sudden spring. Landing in the same position upward and forward in the fifth position.
Sudden leap.
Sudden step.
Define soussus.
Traveling step.
Becoming one leg or foot.
Under-over.
Define soutenu.
Sustained (in touring).
Body pivots on both feet.
Define tendu.
The foot leaves the floor.
Stretched.
Brushing movement of the foot through toe.
Striking movement.
Define tombé.
Falling down. Body falls forward or backward on working leg.
Rising or jumping up.
Define triplet.
Three steps with two up steps and one down step.
Three babies.
Three combinations.
Define tour jeté.
Large jeté over and turning. This is similar to the grand jeté except that in mid-air the body is flung over to face the direction from which the jump originated and landing in a demi-plié in an arabesque position.
Stationary body position.
Define waltz en tournant.
A waltz en tournant is a waltz performed without any turning movements.
A waltz en tournant is a type of fast-paced waltz with no specific footwork.
A waltz en tournant is a waltz in which the dancers turn as they move around the floor. Three step sequence.
A waltz en tournant is a waltz performed in a stationary position without moving around the floor.
