BalletLingo: Ballet Dictionary

BalletLingo is a pocket dictionary of ballet for students, teachers, parents and anyone who loves the art form. Look up what a term means, hear how it's said, and test yourself until it sticks.

OVER 200 TERMS ACROSS 9 CATEGORIES
Movements, positions and technique, alongside the dancers, choreographers, composers, ballets, companies and schools behind them. Every entry has a clear definition, a fuller explanation and its own artwork.

HEAR IT SAID
Tap the pronunciation to hear each term spoken aloud, in French, Russian or whichever language it comes from. Glissade, sissonne, fouetté: no more guessing.

QUIZ YOURSELF
Pick a category and a round of 5, 10 or 20 questions. Match terms to their meanings, name the term from a picture, and watch your "terms learned" grow. Terms you find harder come up more often, and you can review the ones you missed at the end of each round.

FIND ANYTHING FAST
Browse by category with the A–Z index, or search by name or meaning.

DESIGNED FOR iPhone, iPad AND Mac
Rebuilt for iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26, with full-width artwork and Liquid Glass, in light and dark mode.

WORKS OFFLINE, NO ADS, NO TRACKING
Everything is on your device, so it works in the studio with no signal. No ads, no tracking and no account needed.

BalletLingo explains the language of ballet. It doesn't replace a teacher for learning technique, but it'll help you follow every class.