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To find more vocabulary you can try to visit the following websites:
http://www.the-ballet.com/turns.php
And on the following please highlight, right click, then click "go to address"
http://www.ucyb.org/ballet_vocabulary.htm
http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
pirouette: when the dancer turns with the supporting leg straight, turned out, and on rise or pointe, and the working leg has the foot pointed and placed by the knee on the supporting leg, with the working leg turned out so that the working knee points to the side. These pirouettes can be done turning towards the working leg, (en dehors), or away from the working leg, (en dedans). Definition found on: http://www.the-ballet.com/turns.php
fouetté turn: A fouetté turn is a normal en dehors pirouette but the working leg is carried to the side before the dancer starts to turn. Fouetté turns can be done continuously, that is what the dancer in the Quicktime movie on this page is doing - fouetté turns in a continuous fashion. Definition found on: |
petit allegro: small jumps; Definition found on: http://www.the-ballet.com/turns.php
sauté: (jumps off of two feet, onto two feet. Sauté means "to jump" in French), changements, which are jumps from two feet to two feet in fifth or third position, changing which foot is in front: Definition found on: http://www.the-ballet.com/turns.php
sisonnes : jumps from two feet to one foot: Definition found on: http://www.the-ballet.com/turns.php
jetés: jumps from one foot to the other; Definition found on: |
