What besides a pirouette, are spins called in ballet?

I LOVE, to watch dancers do spins and I'm amazed by how, they can keep from falling over, or getting dizzy. Could you please, give me the term for each and, it's definition, including a pirouette? Also, what is a burrey or berrey? Is it the one where the female dancer spins on one foot followed by the other followed by the other on point?

I know, I'm asking a bunch of questions here but, how am I gonna know, if I don't take the chance to ask, right? Right! Thanks!!

What besides a pirouette, are spins called in ballet?mr messed up

ok. so to answer your question about the burree first it is not a turn it is a series of quick,little steps on releve or poine. the different types of turns and their definitions are:

1) Chanies: a series of rapid turns on the points or demi-pointes done in a straight line or in a circle

2)Fouette: Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement. The movement may be a short whipped movement of the raised foot as it passes rapidly in front of or behind the supporting foot or the sharp whipping around of the body from one direction to another

3)Pirouette: Whirl or spin. A complete turn of the body on one foot, on point or demi-pointe

4)Pique turns: Pricked, pricking. Executed by stepping directly on the point or demi-pointe of the working foot in any desired direction or position with the other foot raised in passe

5)Tour: turn in the air with legs held tightly together

there are many more turns like tour jetes and more

websites and books and even movies can help you eith our other ballet questions. i can always help you as well.

What besides a pirouette, are spins called in ballet?getting late opera theater

Definition=a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.

Synonyms -circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig

Not sure about burrey, however here is a list of ballet terms....

http://home.comcast.net/~cdaisyk/terms.h...

One is: Pas de bourr茅e
tons of turns in ballet:

chaine

pique

fouette

tour en l'air

http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/...

this link will give the definitions and also a visual display
turns in all-ey-say-con(seconde turns) and fu-aute turns also can't think of any and I just had ballet class yesterday.ummm i think that's it so far there might be more but i don't know that's the turns that we did in ballet class yesterday!Also you cant try yaking a ballet class that would help.!
Many, many,many difrent kinds of turns. Ballet is so in depth there is a diffrent name for every little movement you do diffrently in your turns.

A burrey(i also dont know the spelling) Is when you stand on point with your feet in fifth and pick up your feet very fast taking very tiny steps.
A chanez. Their is a lot of diferent words and names to describe, Go to www. balletdictionnarry.ca
lets see...theres pirouettes, fouettes, pique turns, Cha?n茅s...and a couple more that i cant think of right now.

heres a link to a ballet dictionary...it has a description of the step and a video of ABT dancers doing each of the steps

http://www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publ...

no...bourr茅es aren't spins. they're like tiny steps that you take when you're on pointe...they dont have it in the link that i gave you so...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnqcp22Og...

she does them starting from about 1:10

they can also travel more, but they can be done in place like that too
I believe I know what you are talking about. You may be referring to a pique turn, which means to prick, or pick of the foot quickly. It is very similar to a pirouette, except that it travels. If you are doing a pique to the right, for example, you would transfer your weight onto your right leg, pick up the left into retire (where one leg is up with the foot resting near the knee of the opposite leg), and turn towards your right shoulder.

A bourre is where you stand in fifth position souse (one foot in front of the other very close together and up on your toes) and you move by quickly making little steps in one direction, without your feet leaving this position.

A chanei turn is similar to the pique except that both feet are working and neither goes to retire.

A pirouette involves transfering your weight to the supporting leg and using the momentum of your working leg traveling to retire and your arm movements to create a turn on one leg.

A foutte is multiple pirouttes propelled by the working leg which travels from retire to an extension (straightening of the leg) and back to retire to complete another turn.

The reason that dancers do multiple turns without getting dizzy is because they "spot". (Something the early Russian ballerinas were very protective of this secret getting out) Spotting is concentrating the eyes on one point (a poster, a light, etc.) that they keep their eyes on when turing and then quickly whip their head to the same spot.

The reason they do not fall over is becuase they tighten specific abdominal muscles, "push over" with their knee and ankle joints, and "pull up" by legthening their upper body and keeping the weight frm being solely on their foot. (This is also why dancers may perform or rehearse en pointe for several hours with minimal discomfort.)

These are only a few of the turns used, and there are many variations on these too.

I hope I helped you better understand the world of ballet. If you are interested, try a class just for fun!
another way to call a spin in dance is chene (chiene like dog in frence but just add an eh at the end)
dancers dont spin.. they turn.
shanae turnss, pentil turns