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Dictionary of Ballet & Dance Terms
- Quatre
- four
- Quatrième
- first
- Relevé
- raised - raising of the body on the points or demi-pointes,
point or demi-pointe
- Retiré
- position in which the thigh is raised to the second position
en l'air with the knee bent so that the pointed toe rests
in front of, behind or to the side of the supporting knee.
- Rise
- smooth relevé from a position à terre through
all the levels of the foot (quarter-point, half-point and
three-quarter point) - toes do not move from the spot at
which the rise began.
- Rolling
- Poor distribution of weight on inside or outside of foot
- toes and heels should be flat on the floor and the turn-out
must come from the hip joints.
- Romantic ballet
- A style of ballet produced during the early nineteenth
century in which the accent was on the conveyance of a
mood to a story.
- Rond de jambe
- a circular movement of the leg
- Rond de jambe à terre
- exercise at the bar or in the centre in which one leg
is made to describe a series of circular movements on the
ground
- Rond de jambe en l'air
- exercise at the bar or in the centre in which one leg
is made to describe a series of circular movements in the
air
- Royale
- changement in which the calves are beaten together before
the feet change position
- Russian School
- The Russian School was founded in St. Petersburg in 1738
by the French dancerJean-Baptiste Landé. During
the 1 920s the Russian ballerina and teacher Agrippina
Vaganova developed a planned instructional system which
later became known to the whole world as the Vaganova system.
- Saut de basque
- traveling step in which the dancer turns in the air with
one foot drawn up to the knee of the other leg
- Sauté, sautée
- this term is added to the name of a step when the movement
is performed while jumping
- Seconde, à la
- the foot is to be placed in the second position, or that
a movement is to be made to the second position en l'air
- Sept
- seven
- Sickling
- fault in which the dancer turns his or her foot in from
the ankle, thereby breaking the straight line of the leg
- Sissonne
- jumping step which begins on two feet and lands on one
- Six
- six
- Supporting leg
- used by dancers and teachers for the leg which supports
the body so that the working leg is free to execute a given
movement
- Temps lié sur les pointes
- connected movement en pointe
- Terre, à
- the entire base of the supporting foot or feet touches
the ground
- Tour de force
- feat of technical skill such as a series of brilliant
pirouettes or a combination of outstanding jumps and beats
- Tour en l'air
- turn in the air - usually a male dancer's step although
contemporary choreographers use this tour for ballerinas
as well
- Tournant, en
- Indicates that the body is to turn while executing a
given step
- Trois
- three
- Troisiéme
- third
- Turn-out
- the ability of the dancer to turn his or her feet and
legs out from the hip joints to a 90-degree position
- Tutu
- the short classical ballet skirt made of many layers
of tarlatan or net -romantic tutu is a long skirt reaching
below the calf
- Vaganova, Agrippina
- The greatest Russian teacher of her day (1879-1951).
- Variation
- A solo dance in a classic ballet
- Virtuoso
- The dancers in a ballet who do not appear as soloists
- Working leg
- used by dancers and teachers to denote the leg that is
executing a given movement while the weight of the body
is on the supporting leg
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