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A bending of the knee or knees
What is Pile
100
The carriage of the arms
What is Port de bras
100
Large Kick
What is Grand Battement
100
"The sun king"
Who is Louis XlV
100
The first ballet for which a complete score survived, was performed in Paris in 1581
What is Le Ballet comique de la Reine
200
In the air
What is Degage
200
Facing the audience
What is En face
200
Sustained
What is Soutenu
200
Queen of France, helped spur the dance tradition from Italy in France
Who is Catherine de Medici
200
In 1661 Louis XlV established this
What is Acadimie Royale de Danse
300
Stretched
What is Tendu
300
Rocking step
What is Balance
300
Under-over
What is Sousus
300
The most famous 18th-century advocate of the dramatic ballet
Who is Jean Georges Noverre
300
Applied Noverre's ideas to a comic theme
What is ballet La fille mal garde
400
To raise, to lift
What is releve
400
Chasing step
What is Chasse
400
Like a bell
What is Cloche
400
Became the chief choreographer of the Imperial Russian Ballet
Who is Marius Petipa
400
Dancers balanced on their toes only for a moment or two
What is Toe dancing
500
Crossed in front
What is Croise devant
500
Round of the leg
What is Rond de jambe
500
To melt
What is Fondu
500
Performed as a skirt dancer
Who is Lorie Fuller
500
First performed in Paris in 1832, introduced the period of the romantic ballet
What is La Sylphide
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