Ballets have moves and poses {choreography}.
Ballets have plots or ideas {libretto, ballet}.
Ballet classes have round bars {barré} 3.5 feet above floor.
Above-the-knee ballet skirts {tutu}| have ruffles.
Stay on floor and perform no leaps {à terre} {à par terre}.
Take short leap, straighten both legs, and land in fifth position {assemblé}.
Ascend, hold position in air, and land {ballon}.
Move one leg only {battement}.
Beat one foot against the other or beat both feet together {batterie}. Action can use large high steps {grande batterie} or small low steps {petite batterie}.
Leap from fifth position, beat one leg against the other, and return to fifth position {brisé}.
Beat legs together, keeping both legs at 90-degree or 45-degree angle to floor {cabriolé}.
Step from fifth position, make small jump, change foot from front to back, and land in fifth position {changement de pieds}.
Jump low, land on one foot, land on second foot, and slide first foot forward {chasée}.
Stand on one leg and raise other foot straight up and then out to fully extend leg high in air {developpé}.
Move feet rapidly, from closed to open position, during jumps {echappé}.
leap height {elevation, dance}.
Move backward {en arriere}.
Move forward {en avant}.
Move inward {en dedans}.
Move outward {en dehors}.
Jump straight up from plié and cross straight legs several times {entrechat}.
Extend and shift free leg to spin around {fouette}.
Glide from fifth position to open position to fifth position {glissade}.
Move one leg up during leap {jeté}, which can include a pose {grande jeté}.
Step with formal, whole-body movement {pas, dance}.
Turn {pirouette, ballet}| en pointe, for women, or demi-pointe, for men.
Bend knees with feet turned outward and knees open {plié, ballet}|, which can be small {demi-plié} or deep {grand plié}.
Move or position arms {port de bras}.
Raise body using toes {relevé, ballet}.
Bow deeply {revérence}.
Rotate one leg {rond de jambe en l'air} {rond de jambe}, with pointed toe or with toe above floor.
Jump and step {sauté, ballet}.
Dance on toe bottoms {sur la demi-pointe}.
Dance on toe tips {sur les pointes}.
Start in demi-plié fifth position, do one to three complete turns in air, and return to fifth position {tour en l'air}.
Ballet has five positions {ballet position} {ballet pose}.
general
Legs turn from hip 90 degrees, so feet are parallel to torso. Feet, feet balls, or toes can be on floor.
positions
First position places heels together and feet in straight line.
Second position places heels one foot apart and feet in straight line.
Third position has both legs turned out, with one foot in front and with heel touching other foot.
Fourth position has both legs turned out, with one foot in front, feet one foot apart. In fourth position, front-leg toe can extend on line passing through back heel and front toe {fourth position croisé}. Alternatively, front-leg toe can extend with back foot half-foot more in toe direction {fourth position effacé}.
Fifth position has both legs turned out, with one foot in front, with heel touching toe.
Dancers can stand on one leg with other leg raised and extended behind {arabesque}|. Arabesques {arabesque penché} can hold body parallel to floor.
Dancers can stand on one leg with other thigh perpendicular to standing leg {attitude, pose}.
Feet can be parallel to torso {turned out leg}.
Dancers can open knees to front, with leg turned out from hip {turnout}.
Slow, controlled, graceful dance {adagio, dance} by ballerina and partner has no elevation.
Fast dances {allegro, dance} can have elevation.
Ballets can use white gossamer gowns {ballet blanc}.
Ballets {ballet d'action} can have drama and story.
In the 17th century, nobles invented court dances {ballet de cour}.
In the 17th century, court dances evolved more steps and patterns and became ballroom dances {balleti}.
A 17th-century court dance {bassé} was a minuet ancestor.
Dances can be national or folk dances {carâctere}.
In ballets {choredrame}, emotion can be more important than plot.
Ballet {classic ballet} can use ballet tradition and principles.
Dances can have many dancers {corps de ballet}.
Dances {danse d'école} can display classic ballet techniques.
Dances {divertissement}| can be excerpts from longer works.
Dances {pas d'action} can combine dancing, mime, and plot.
Two-person dances {pas de deux, ballet}| can have five parts: entrée, adagio, ballerina solo, danseur solo, and coda.
Ballets {romantic ballet} can be about romantic themes. Romantic ballet introduced toe dancing, ballet blanc, and expression to ballet, from 1820 to 1870.
solo dance {variation, dance} {pas seul}.
Outline of Knowledge Database Home Page
Description of Outline of Knowledge Database
Date Modified: 2022.0225