Vocabulary
The ballet term that means "to bend".
What is plie?
The translation of the word "ballet"
What is "little dance"?
Position in which your feet are facing forward
What is parallel?
West African dance technique that celebrated a successful day of fishing?
What is KUKU?
The number one rule for turning
What is Spotting?
The ballet term that means "to stretch"
What is tendu?
The length of time & style in which the New York City Ballet have been in existence and dancing.
What is 75 years and Contemporary?
The modern term that refers to the forward curving of the spine, starting from the pelvic zone.
What is a contraction?
The kind of style and movement that Kuku displays and requires?
What is fast rhythms to djembe drum?
What is fast footowork?
What is high energy?
The term in which your body should feel while knees are in a soft plie.
What is grounded?
Ballet term that means “to whirl about”), ballet turn in place on one leg.
What is a pirouette?
The ballet period 1600-1800 in which King Louis XIV brought the style to France.
What is the Baroque Period?
A position in which the legs are normally in parallel (can be turned out as well) and the back is kept flat and parallel to the floor with the torso hinged at the hips.
What is a flat back?
The country Kuku originated in
What is Guinea?
The English translation for the Italian word "balleto" that ballet is derived from.
What is "little dance"?
The ballet term that means "carriage of the arms"
What is port de bras?
The ballet period of 1800s-1920s in which the style was gaining popularity in North & South America with advanced leaps, turns, and fuller productions.
What is the Classical Period?
Movement away from the median plane or longitudinal center of the body.
What is a lateral?
The name of the group of West Africans that originated Kuku.
Who are the Malinke people?
Body position in which a dancer stands on one leg–the supporting leg–with the other leg–the working leg–turned out and extended behind the body, with both legs held straight.
What is an arabesque?
A versatile ballet running step used for preparations in leaps, turns, and other intricate steps.
What is a pas de bourree?
The ballet period that began in the 1960s and what we are currently living in.
What is the Contemporary Period?
The modern dance technique originated by "the Father of Modern Dance"
What is Horton Technique?
In past times, this was a reason to dance in African communities.
What is celebration?
What is rites of passage?
What is war?
Body position where the dancer stands on one leg with the other lifted and bent at the knee.
What is an attitude?