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