Ballet Basics
Important People
Ballets
100

What two kinds of shoes do ballet dancers wear?

Pointe shoes and flat shoes

100

Who created over 400 ballets? 

A) Serge Diaghilev

B) George Balanchine

A) George Balanchine

100

What is the Most Famous Ballet?

Nutcracker

200

What's a way that ballet dancers communicate with the audience to tell the story?

Through gestures and mime.
300

How many parts are there to a pas de duex? 

5 Parts

  1. Entrée - a big entrance for the main couple

  2. An adagio duet (pas de deux)

  3. Flat Variation (Traditionally Male)

  4. Pointe variation (Traditionally female)

  5. A coda - a quick final dance with flashy steps from the main couple

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