Ballet Terminology
It means to bend.
What is plie?
Theses are especially made shoes worn by ballerinas to allow them to dance on the tips of their toes.
What are pointe shoes?
This story tells about a girl who befriends a toy that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
What is the Nutcracker?
All ballet terms are in this language.
What is French?
These are the three tempos of movement.
What is slow, moderate and fast.
It means to disengage.
What is degage?
It is a stationary rail at waist level on which ballet dancers rest a hand for support during certain exercises.
What is a barre?
This ballet story is about a prince named Siegfried who falls in love with the Swan princess, Odette. She is a swan by day, but a young woman at night.
What is Swan Lake?
This is a female ballet dancer.
What is a ballerina?
This is the activity of two or more dancers dancing at the same time or rate.
What is synchronized or synchronization?
It means to rise or raised.
What is releve?
It is a type of ballet shoe that creates more flexibility in the foot, making it easier to point the foot.
What is a split-sole ballet shoe?
This story tells of a girl who is bullied by her wicked step-mother and step-sisters but is helped by her fairy godmother.
What is Cinderella?
This is a male ballet dancer.
What is danseur?
This is a slow and controlled movement.
What is adage?
It means round or circle of the leg.
What is rond de jambe?
What is a tutu?
This story tells a tale about a beautiful princess called Aurora. At Aurora's very first birthday party, she gets cursed by a wicked fairy. Soon, Aurora falls into a deep asleep and the only way Aurora can be woken is with a true loves kiss.
What is Sleeping Beauty?
Ballet originated in this country.
What is Italy?
This is fast and elevated movement.
What is allegro?
It means throwing or thrown.
What is jete?
It is a type of performance surface, which is built for dance.
What is a marley floor?
This story is about a girl who sits on her balcony all day reading and never speaking to anyone. A boy named Franz falls deeply in love with her and wants to marry her, even though he is already engaged to another woman, only to find out the girl in the balcony is a life-size doll.
What is Coppelia?
This is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
What is a Principal Dancer?
This is the time signature of a waltz.
What is 3/4 or 3 beats per measure?