Vocab & Definitions
The back of the room or stage is referred to as this direction.
What is "upstage"?
True or false - pointe is exclusively performed by women.
False.
A short tutu that shows the knees and lays flat is called...
What is a "platter tutu"?
There are this many methods or "schools" of ballet technique.
What is 6?
The Nutcracker takes the audience through the imagination of this young girl.
What is "Clara"?
This traveling step is sometimes referred to as "drunken step".
What is pas de bourree?
There are this many different kinds of sissone.
A tutu that hangs long and covers the knees is called...
What is a "romantic tutu"?
These are the primary methods of ballet technique taught in Ms. Nicole's class.
This was the original name of the character listed in the 100 category in the book that inspired the ballet.
Marie or Maria
The definition of sous-sus is...
What is under-over?
One is a brush and one is a developpe.
What is the difference between a jete and saut de chat? Explain.
Name the difference between a jump and a leap.
Jump is same foot to same foot, leap changes weight.
Name which of the seven primary movements of ballet is missing - tendu, saute, glissade, elancer, tourne', releve' and _____.
What is plie?
In the battle scene, the soldiers battle these animals.
What is "rat"?
The definition of sissone is...
What is "scissor-like step"?
This step is named after a horse.
What is "pas de cheval"?
This controversial new Netflix show follows the drama of a newcomer at a Chicago ballet school.
What is "Tiny Pretty Things"?
This 2010 psychological thriller followed a ballet company producing "Swan Lake".
What is "Black Swan"?
Name which is NOT a dance scene in The Nutcracker: Arabian, Indian, Chinese, Spanish.
"Connected movement" is this definition.
What is temps lie?
What is "pas de chat" and "saut de chat"?
Chloe on Dance Moms was accepted into what ballet school on Season Two.
What is "Joffrey Ballet"?
Name 5 famous ballets.
The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Coppelia, La Bayadere, Don Quixote, La Sylphide, etc.
This was the first US city to premier "The Nutcracker".
What is San Fransisco?