Ballet I: Ballet Vocabulary Exercise #1

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Across
  1. 2. little,small
  2. 4. bar held for warm-up
  3. 6. arched
  4. 7. passed
  5. 8. escaping or slipping movement
  6. 9. large port de bras
  7. 15. cut/cutting
  8. 17. forward
  9. 19. walk slow dignified walk where the pointed foot reaches first then the heel is lowered
  10. 24. bent,bending
  11. 26. large battement
  12. 29. chained,links
  13. 30. round of the leg
  14. 33. pique on the ground
  15. 34. brisk,lively
  16. 35. chased
  17. 36. high
  18. 37. opposite the audience, facing the audience
  19. 39. on the ground
  20. 40. low
  21. 41. pricked, stepping directly on the pointe or demi-pointe of the working foot in any deserted position
  22. 42. under-over
Down
  1. 1. end of the class, curtsy or bow
  2. 3. sudden spring or bound
  3. 5. royal
  4. 9. large
  5. 10. at ease or leisure/slow
  6. 11. disengage
  7. 12. raised
  8. 13. half
  9. 14. rond de jambe on the ground
  10. 16. inward
  11. 18. rocking step
  12. 20. jump
  13. 21. to the second or side
  14. 22. withdrawn
  15. 23. little steps
  16. 25. bourse step
  17. 27. falling
  18. 28. step of the cat
  19. 31. half bend of the knees
  20. 32. stretched
  21. 33. carriage of the arms
  22. 38. struck