Ballet

Question 1

How many basic feet and arm “positions” are there in ballet?

Answer 1

Five

Question 2

What French ballet term means ‘in front’?

Answer 2

Devant

Question 3

What does Pile Mean?

Answer 3

To Bend

Question 4

What Does Jete Mean?

Answer 4

To Throw

Question 5

What Does Releve Mean?

Answer 5

To Rise

Question 6

What Does Retire Mean?

Answer 6

Withdrawn

Question 7

Which country did ballet originate from as an art form?

Answer 7

Italy

Question 8

What is the name of a partnered dance between a male dancer and a female dancer?

Answer 8

Pas de deux

Question 9

Translate “Grande Jete”/

Answer 9

Big Throw

Question 10

Translate “Grand Battement”?

Answer 10

Large Battement

Question 11

What is an Arabesque?

Answer 11

Where one leg is extended backwards at right angles

Question 12

What does “Demi” mean?

Answer 12

Half

Question 13

What does the “word” mean where the dancer is facing directly towards the audience?

Answer 13

En Face

Question 14

What does the “word” mean when the legs appear crossed from the audience?

Answer 14

Croisee

Question 15

In ballet, what does the term “shaded” mean (Hint - think about facings)?

Answer 15

Efface

Question 16

When thinking about facings, what word means in front?

Answer 16

Devant

Question 17

When thinking about facings, what word means behind?

Answer 17

Derriere

Question 18

What does the “word” mean where the foot is placed in second position and. the arms are outstretched to second position?

Answer 18

À La Seconde

Question 19

What word best describes this definition?

Facing any corner, the leg nearer to the audience becomes the working leg and is extended in second position, pointing on tendú to the side.

Answer 19

Ecarté

Question 20

What word best describes this definition?

Standing at an oblique angle to the audience, the dancer stands in arabesque facing one of the corners (the working leg is the one closest to the audience and is extended to the back in fourth position).

Answer 20

Epaulé

Question 21

What word best describes this definition?

Facing the audience, the working leg is extended to fourth position, pointing on tendú to the back, with the arms in second position (open) and the head facing the audience.

Answer 21

Quatrième Derrière

Question 22

What does “À Terre” mean?

Answer 22

On The Floor

Question 23

What does “Arabesque” mean?

Answer 23

A pose on one leg with the other eg extended behind

Question 24

What does “coupe” mean?

Answer 24

To Cut

Question 25

What does “Developpe” mean?

Answer 25

To Unfold

Question 26

What does “En L’air” mean?

Answer 26

In the Air

Question 27

What term means “To Glide”?

Answer 27

Glissade

Question 28

What does “Grande” mean?

Answer 28

Big

Question 29

What does “Grande Jete” mean?

Answer 29

A Big Leap

Question 30

What does “Grande jeté” mean?

Answer 30

A Big Leap

Question 31

What does “Pas de Bourree” mean

Answer 31

three steps followed one after the other

Question 32

What does Pique mean?

Answer 32

To prick, tap toe OR to peak

Question 33

What term means “to bend”?

Answer 33

Plie

Question 34

What does “Port de bras” mean?

Answer 34

Carriage of the arms

Question 35

What does “Port de Bras” mean?

Answer 35

Carriage of the arms

Question 36

What term means “circle the legs”?

Answer 36

Rond De Jambe

Question 37

What term means “circle the legs”?

Answer 37

Ronde de Jambe

Question 38

What term means “to hop OR to jump”?

Answer 38

Saute

Question 39

What does “Tendu” mean?

Answer 39

To Stretch

Question 40

What does “Pas de Deux” mean?

Answer 40

Duet