Ballet Terminology
What step means to bend at the knees?
Plie
What is the name of a Christmas ballet?
What are the three main parts of a ballet class?
Barre, center, corner
What translates to "big kick?"
Grande battement
Where in your body should you feel your port de bras (arm movement)?
Your back/shoulder blades
Which ballet features the dance of the four sygnets?
Swan Lake
Ballet dancers should wear there hair in what style?
A bun
What is the ballet word for jump?
Saute
True
Which popular ballet takes place in Spain?
Don Quixote OR Carmen
How should a dancer stand at the barre?
Up straight, one hand on the barre, not leaning
What is the name of a "big leap" in which the front leg brushes up straight?
Grande jete?
True and false? When landing a jump, you must roll through your feet - landing toe, ball heel - to ensure a graceful and quiet landing.
True
In which ballet would you find the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The Nutcracker
How do dancers end class to thank their teacher and classmates?
Clapping
What does "pas de chat" translate to?
What does it mean to sickle?
To bend the ankle when pointing the foot = BAD
Which Disney princess movie is also a famous ballet?
Sleeping Beauty
True or false: in choreography, it is standard that when dancers cross over each other, stage left always crosses in front of stage right?