Early Ballet
Romantic/Classical
Miscellaneous
Russian Imperial
Neo-Classicism and Ballet in the Americas
100
Where ballet had its beginnings.
What is Italian courts?
100
This person wore the first pointe shoe.
What is Marie Taglioni?
100
This is the point in the great triangular trade that involved transporting human cargo across the Atlantic ocean.
What is Middle Passage?
100
This conflict halted development of ballet in Russia.
What is Russian Revolution?
100
This person was pivotal in the integration of ballet.
What is Arthur Mitchell?
200
This person was known as the Sun King.
What is King Louis XIV?
200
The center of ballet shifted to this country during the classical era.
What is Russia?
200
Fathers of Jazz Dance
What is Jack Cole and Bob Fosse?
200
This work was highly controversial due to its difference from classical ballet.
What is Rite of Spring?
200
This person was noted for his deconstruction of ballet in America.
What is George Balanchine?
300
This person codified the five positions of the feet.
What is Pierre Beauchamp?
300
The group of dancers in a performance that act as a backdrop.
What is corps de ballet?
300
Acronym for five centers of ballet.
What is FREDI?
300
The Ballet Russe was based in this city.
What is Paris?
300
These Americans helped found New York City Ballet.
What is Lincoln Kirstein and Jerome Robbins?
400
Ballet de Cour was performed during these two centuries.
What is 16th and 17th
400
This famous ballet from the classical era is performed during Christmas every year.
What is The Nutcracker?
400
Dance of the people where you find them.
What is Vernacular Dance?
400
Choreographer for Rite of Spring
What is Vaslav Najinsky?
400
This word describes the breaking down of something into its bare elements.
What is deconstruction?
500
This place was a hunting lodge turned into a lavish estate.
What is Palace of Versailles?
500
This work was considered the last work of Romantic Ballet.
What is Coppélia ?
500
This dance duet has five different parts starting with adage.
What is Grand Pas de Deux?
500
Impresario who founded ballet russe.
What is Sergei Diaghilev?
500
This work is considered the signature work of New York City Ballet.
What is Serenade?
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