Steps
This ballet step means “melt” in another language
What is fondu?
This ballet begins with a Christmas party
What is The Nutcracker?
This dancer was given the credit of first dancer to dance en pointe.
What is Marie Taglioni?
This the city and country Royal Academy of Dance is in
What is London, England?
This dance has four swans holding hands.
What is “Dance of the Little Swans?”
This ballet step involves turning while balancing on one leg.
What is the pirouette?
This ballet is about puppets
What is Petrushka?
Where did Misty Copeland first start ballet?
What is her local Boys&Girls Club?
Misty Copeland attended this famous ballet school
What is San Francisco Ballet School?
This man wrote the music for the ballet “The Nutcracker”
Who is Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
This is another name for a leap
What is the Grand Jetè?
This is the prince’s name who Giselle is in love with.
What is Prince Edward?
This is Misty Copelands middle name
Danielle
King Louis XIV founded this school
What is Paris Opera Ballet School?
Most ballet terms come from this language
What is French?
This ballet foot position (first, second, third, etc.) is least likely to be performed in a ballet class
What is third position?
This character trick Siegfried into thinking she’s Odette
What is Odile?
What decade was Marie Taglioni born?
What is the 1800’s (1804)?
This is the first ballet school in America
What is The Hazard School?
Ballet originated in this country
What is Italy?
The difference between en dehors and en dedans
What is En dehors moves goes front to back whereas en dedan goes back to front?
This is the number of years Aurora is asleep in the Sleeping Beauty Ballet
What is 100 years?
Russian ballerina said to have created the role “the Dying Swan”
What is Anna Pavlova?
This person founded Boston Ballet
Who is E. Virginia Williams?
This King Louis made ballet popular in France
What is King Louis XIV?