Ballet Vocab & History
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A bend of the knees while the torso is upright. Can be performed in all 5 ballet positions.
29Stretch
Releve
Plie
Tendue
- Q1
A bend of the knees while the torso is upright. Can be performed in all 5 ballet positions.
Stretch
Releve
Plie
Tendue
30s - Q2
Means to rise. The dancer springs onto the toes from plie.
Tendue
Straight Leg
Balance
Releve
30s - Q3
Stretched action of the leg while standing. The toe keeps contact with the floor.
Releve
Point
Tendue
Stretch
30s - Q4
Means to pass through. The toe draws up the leg and keeps contact the whole time.
Passe
Point
Degage
Plie
30s - Q5
A large kick, performed to the front, side or back.
Degage
Passe
Tendue
Battement
30s - Q6
Means to disengage. Sharp brushes of the pointed foot.
Degage
Flick
Battement
Brush
30s - Q7
Who was the founder of the School of American Ballet?
Sergei Diaghilev
George Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
30s - Q8
How far back can the origins of ballet be traced back?
Renaissance period
1900
1926
Pre-Romantic period
30s - Q9
Who was called the Sun King because of his role in a ballet?
Vaslav Nijinsky
King Louis XIV
Marius Petipa
Sergei Diaghilev
30s - Q10
What foot position is this?
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
30s - Q11
Which foot position is this?
4th
5th
1st
3rd
30s - Q12
Which foot position is this?
5th
3rd
4th
2nd
30s - Q13
Which foot position is this?
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
30s - Q14
Which foot position is this?
5th
4th
1st
2nd
30s
