Ballet Vocabulary 

 

 

 


Define the following terms


Adagio

Allegro

Arabesque

A terre

Attitude

Barre

Battement

Chaines

Changement

Chasse’

Degage

Demi plie’

Derrierre

Devant

Developpe

En dedans

En dehors

En lair

Fondu

Frappe

Glissade

Grande jete

Grande plie’

Jete

Pas de bourre

Pas de deux

Petit battement

Passe’

Pique

Pique en tournant

Pirouette

Releve’

Reverence

Ronds de jambe

Saute’

Saute’ de basque

Spotting

Tambe

Tendu

Turnout


 

 

5 Positions – Draw a diagram for each position

1st Position

2nd Position

3rd Position

4th Position

5th Position

 

8 Elements of Movement - Define

Balance

Breathing

Centering

Gesture

Gravity

Moving In Space

Posture

Rhythm

 

 

 

 

 

Use the following graphic organizer to categorize the ballet terms.  Place terms in appropriate categories.  Terms are categorized as 1) names of skills, 2) preparation to perform skills, 3) what happens during skills, 4) finishing skills.  Some terms are in more than one category.

 

 

General Technique31

Turns8

Leaps7

Names of Skills

 

 

 

Preparation

 

 

 

During Skill

 

 

 

Finishing Skill