Vocabulary
To bend
What is Plie
In Fourth Position the weight should be
What is "distributed between both legs evenly"
The official terminology and vocabulary of ballet was gradually codified in what language?
Which arm is up on the cabriole
Left
7 letter word starts with B _ _ _ _ _ _
Balancé
Flexing your foot and striking the floor
What is Frappe
When doing a tendu the articulation should begin where?
What is the ankle through the toes
What was the name of our ballet variation from Afternoon at the Ballet
Le Talisman
On what count do we all sauté de chat
Escaping
"A Walk" or when a dancer turns around on one leg with the standing leg's heel on the floor, while the other leg is in a position such as an arabesque or attitude derriere.
What is Promenade
How can you correct the knees coming forward in plié
*Many answers*
1. Laying on back (floor barre) to feel the opening of knees
2. Bringing the toes inward to work with in personal turnout
3. Directing the knee over to the 3-4th toe
Where did Ballet begin?
What is Italian Renaissance courts during the 1400’s.
During the 1500's Ballet made its way to France
How does the piece end
Own choreography; slowing down until lights fade
In front. This term may refer to a step, movement or the placing of a limb in front of the body.
Devant
What is the difference between Relevé and Elevé
What is Relevé starts and end in plié
Elevé starts and end with straight legs
When doing ron de jambe en l'air the flipping of the hip should occur
What is " when the leg can no longer open continue in 2nd"
typically past one's natural second positon
Name one famous Ballerina
*Not Misty Copeland*
*varied answers*
The emotion/ feel of the piece
Free / light / energetic / smily
A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position.
"Squeeze Change"
Royale
When a dancer is doing or in a ______ they are usually bent forward over one leg with the other in arabesque well above 90 degrees.
What is Penché
Stars with the leg in arabesque lifting
ends with the upper body lifting back to original staring place
Neoclassical Ballet is a blend of
a style between classical and contemporary ballet
The amount of formation changes
6 or more
It is a jump from both feet onto one foot
Sissone