Classical Ballet Terms

Dancers can greatly improve their ballet knowledge by checking out these great set of videos showing and explaining terms, steps and classical ballet technique.

Some of these videos are a bit dated, but one of the beauties of ballet technique is that positions and steps never change!

Ballet Beautiful: Ballet Glossary

Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfAcckkbjUBolbQHEjfEwH4-zaDv6Sljs

The Royal Ballet: Ballet Glossary

Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E40E6E2DAB561B5

Classical Ballet Dictionary by The MET Guild

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFK4Df1hx8

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kpRuQpC7Q

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG0sRvaP1ek

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d2YcTq8YJw

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RX5aZIQokM