Grade 9
Candidates should have knowledge of Ryman’s Dictionary of Classical Ballet Terms: Cecchetti.
All material contained in the previous Grades with the addition of the following:
Basic Steps:
Brisé dessous – Broken; under
Cabriole derrière – Caper, backward
Coupé fouetté raccourci – Cut; whipped; shortened
Entrechat cinq – Interweaving five times
Grand jeté à la seconde – Big leap to the second
Grande pas de basque – En arriere
Jeté battu à la seconde – Thrown action, beaten, to the second
Sissonnes battu – Dessus, dessous
Sissonnes battu – En avant, en arrière
Temps de cuisse – Dessus, dessous
Vocabulary
Ballotté – Tossed step
Basque – From the Basque region of France
Chaconne – A dance performed to an early classical music solo form, characterized by a theme that is repeated over and over again, under or behind the rest of the music.
Coupé – Fouetté raccourcci cut; whipped; shortened
Courante – A current or stream; a 16th century dance characterized by a running or gliding step cuisse thigh
Entrechat cinq – Interweaving five times
De côté – Side
Penchée – Tilted
Poisson – A fish
Promenade – A walk
Renverser – To turn upside down
Tombé – Fallen
Adage
Slow lift of the leg
Degage en Tournant en L’air
Arabesque penchee
Promenade en dedans in arabesque and attitude
efface
Promenade en dehors in 2nd position
Jete movement of adage in any basic position of the
body
Pointe
Releves from one foot extending the other from
coup de pied to open positions
Soutenu turns en dehors and en dedans
Petits tours
Coupe fouette racourci
Pose tours
Petits pas de basques en tournant
Poses développé
