French Ballet Terminology Flashcards

Working leg is extended to the back

To jump from one foot to both feet, assembling the legs in the air

<p>Bent position of the leg, usually in the air</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Term applied to grand battement when executed in continuous swinging motion front and back</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of traveling turns</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To chase; one foot chases the other one out of the way</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To cut</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body at a 45 degree angle to the audience; legs are in 5th or 4th and are crossed to the audience</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To disengage; an extension of the straight leg with the foot slightly off the floor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Half bending of the knees; heels stay on the floor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To develop; extending one leg into the air, going through knee flexion first</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body at a 45 degree angle to the audience; legs open through 2nd</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To jump from both feet in a closed position to both feet in an open position, usually turned out</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body at a 45 degree angle; legs are in 5th or 4th and are open to the audience</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To bend the supporting leg with the other leg in a non-weight bearing position</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A whipping movement; there is a great variety of fouettés</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Full swinging action of the extended leg as high as possible without distorting the supporting leg or the torso</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Big leap</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Full bending of the knees; heels release from the floor, except in 2nd and 4th</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Three steps, usually back, side, front; often a transition step</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Step of the cat; a jump from one foot to the other, bending the knees as each leg leaves the floor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Step of the horse</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To pass the toe of the working foot up along the inside of the calf to the knee of the supporting leg</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To hinge over from the hip socket while standing on one leg; working leg can be in a variety of positions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To pick or prick; to step directly onto the ball of the foot</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stationary turn on one leg</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carriage of the arms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To change the facing of the body by slightly lifting the heel of the supporting leg and pivoting on the ball of the foot</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To rise to the balls of the feet; can be done on one foot also</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A variation where the working leg executes a rond de jambe en l'air en dedans as the body does a half turn toward the supporting leg</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Knee of the working leg is bent with the toe touching the knee of the supporting leg</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Circular movement of the leg from the hip socket</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Outward</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inward</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>On the floor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the air</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In attitude; supporting knee can be straight or bent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aerial turn leaping from one foot to the other and landing with second leg bent with foot in front of shin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jumping or jumped</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A jump from two feet to one, usually closing feet at the end</p> Signup and view all the answers