Ballet Basics
What two kinds of shoes do ballet dancers wear?
Pointe shoes and flat shoes
Who is the queen that made the first ballet?
Catherine de Medici
What is the Most Famous Ballet?
Nutcracker
What's a way that ballet dancers communicate with the audience to tell the story?
Serenade the Ballet is from what country?
United States/American Ballet
How many parts are there to a pas de duex?
5 Parts
Entrée - a big entrance for the main couple
An adagio duet (pas de deux)
Flat Variation (Traditionally Male)
Pointe variation (Traditionally female)
A coda - a quick final dance with flashy steps from the main couple
Who started School of American Ballet (SAB) and New York City Ballet (NYCB)?
George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein