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Ballet Vocab & History
Quiz by Amanda Caldwell
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
​A bend of the knees while the torso is upright. Can be performed in all 5 ballet positions.
Stretch
Releve
Plie
Tendue
​Means to rise. The dancer springs onto the toes from plie.
Tendue
Straight Leg
Balance
Releve
A bend of the knees while the torso is upright. Can be performed in all 5 ballet positions.
Means to rise. The dancer springs onto the toes from plie.
Stretched action of the leg while standing. The toe keeps contact with the floor.
Means to pass through. The toe draws up the leg and keeps contact the whole time.
A large kick, performed to the front, side or back.
Means to disengage. Sharp brushes of the pointed foot.
Who was the founder of the School of American Ballet?
How far back can the origins of ballet be traced back?
Who was called the Sun King because of his role in a ballet?
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