ADPAA Policies
ADPAA History/Knowledge
Jazz Terminology
Ballet Terminology
Tap Terminology
100

Parents ability to come into individual studios during class/rehearsal

What is no?

100

The original owner and founder of Ankeny Dance

Who is Connie Jo Wilson?

100

The difference between a saut de chat and a grand jete

What is whether the leg develops or brushes straight?

100

The step out of the following that includes a plie:

releve or eleve

What is a releve?

100

The difference between a stomp and a stamp

What is whether your foot/weight remains on the floor or not? (stomp = picks back up, stamp = stays down)

200

The validity of the following statement:

Dancers can wear any shoes they feel comfortable wearing in class, including half soles, socks, etc.

What is no?

200

The amount of fire extinguishers in the building

(also discuss the Pass method)

What is 3?

200

The difference between a chaine and a soutenu

What is whether the turn goes through first position, or crosses through sous sus?

200

The difference between a passe and a retire

What is whether it passes through the position or stays there? (passe = passes, retire = stays)

200

The difference between a flap and a slap

What is the transfer of weight? (Flap = weight / balance transferred, slap = not)

300

The teacher(s) that have to fill out the sub forms

(possible answers include the teacher subbing, the teacher needing the sub, both, neither (office staff) )

What are both teachers?

300

The amount of buildings that Ankeny Dance has been located in

What is 3?

300

Determine the validity of the following statement:

Your heels go the same way on sugars

What is true?

300

The amount of times that entrechat six beat, and if it lands on one foot or two

What is 3, and two feet?

300

The specific part of the tap shoe where wings are done

What is the upper-outside edge?

400

The mission statement of Ankeny Dance

What is teaching life lessons through dance lessons?

400

The year that Sarah bought Ankeny Dance and renamed it "Ankeny Dance & Performing Arts Academy"

What is 2007?

400

Explain the leg positioning and bottom foot/ankle placement of an illusion.

What is back arabesque/penche, and releve(turning)?

400

How *insert dance move here* is spelled

What is rond de jambe?

400

The definition of most "single", "double" and "triple" versions of steps (bonus if you can name quadruple as well)

What is the following:

single = step

double = flap

triple = shuffle step

quadruple = shuffle ball heel

500

The combo level that students can join team, and the classes they must be enrolled in to do so.

What is Shining Stars 3, and combo, extra ballet, and a leaps and turns course(leaps and turns is not required until Rising Stars 2)?

500

The current square footage of Ankeny Dance

(closest answer wins)

What is 12,800 square feet?

500

Explain the difference between the following steps:

Penche, needle, scale, scorpion, 6-o'clock

What is the position of the arms/legs/back? (6-o'clock=hands on the floor, penche=no arms, scale = one arm grabbing the top leg, scorpion=one/both arms grabbing with a bent leg, needle = typically both arms grabbing with a straight leg)

500

The 8 positions of the body

What is there is no way I am typing this all out.

500

Exceptions to the rules listed in the above question (about the single, double, and triple rules)

What are paradiddles, and irishes? (bonus points for any extra answers that also work)
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