Grade 2 Cecchetti Ballet Exam
assemble dessus
assembling step over
assemble soutenue
assembling step sustained
assemble dessous
assembling step under
assembles de suite dessus et dessous
assembling steps in succession over and under
balance en ecarte
balencing or rocking step to the frnt and to the back
pas de bourree desssous
bourree step under
port de bras
carriage of the arms
enchainments
chain of steps
chngements et echappes sautes changes
changing and escaping movements jumped and changed
chasse
chasing step
chasse en avant, coupe dessous, chasse en avant, temps leve en troisieme arabsque
chasing step to the front, cutting step under, chasing step to the front, raised movement in third arabesque
ronds de jambe a terre en dehors et en dedants
circles of the leg on the ground outward and inward
additional positions of the body
croisee devant (crossed in front) croisee derriere (crossed in back)
coupes dessous et dessus
cutting steps under and over
coupes dessouos et dessus et pas de bourree dessous
cutting steps under and over and a bourree step under
developpes et temps lie
developing movements and connected movement
five positions of the head
erect; raised; lowered; turned; inclined
echappe releve change, releve en cinquieme, releve devant
escaping movement raised and changed, rise in fifth position, rise in front
echappes releves sur les demi-pointes
escaping movements raised onto the half points
exercises a la barre
exercises at the barre
exercices au milieu
exercises in the middle of the room
premiere, seconde, et troisieme arabesque a terre
first, second, and third arabsque on the ground
cinq positions du corps
five positions of the body
glissades derriere
gliding in back
glissades devant
gliding step in front
glissades devant et derriere
gliding steps in front and in back
additional movements in dancing
glisser (to glide) tourner (to turn)
grand battements
large beatings
grand reverence
large, reverent step (large formal bow)
positions of the arms
premiere (1st) seconde (2nd) demi-seconde (half second) cinquieme en bas (fifth low) cinquieme en avant (fifth front) cinquieme en haut (fifth high)
positions of the feet
premiere (1st) seconde (2nd) troisieme (3rd) quatrieme (4th) cinquieme (5th)
preperation pour tours
preparation for turns
preparation pour tours en lair for boys
preparation for turns in the air
allegro
quick movements
developpe a la quatrieme devant, a la seconde, a la quatrieme derriere, degage a la seconde, demi-detourne
slow controlled movement- developing movement to the fourth in front, to the seconde, to the fourth in back, disengaged movement to the second, half turn toward the the back foot
adage
slow, controlled movements
petits battements sur le cou-de-pid
small beatings on the ankle
bourree
step from an old french dance
battements tendus en croix et battements degages a la seconde
stretched beatings in the shape of a cross and disengaged beatings to second
battements frappes
struck beatings
trois pas de bourree dessous et un pose en avant
three bourree steps under and one posing step to the front
trois glissads sans change et un bttement tendu
three gliding steps without changing and one stretched beating
trois soussus et une echappe releve change
three under-over steps and one esccaping movements raised and changed
jete, temps leve; coupe dessous, coupe dessus, pas de chat, changement de pied
throwing step, raised movement, cutting step under, cutting step over, cat step, changing of the feet
additional positions of the arms
trosieme (third) quatrieme en avant (fourth to the front) quatrieme en haut (fourth high)
tours for girls and boys
turns for girs and boys
tours en cinquieme n diagonale
turns in fifth position on a diagonal line
deux assembles dessus de suite, une assemble soutenue
two assembling steps over in succession, one asembling step sustained
deux demi- plies, et un grand plie en (seconde, premiere, cinquieme devant, et cinquieme derriere)
two half bending movements and one large bending moments and one large bending movement in second, first, fifth front, and fifth in back
soussus
under-over step