Ballet Terms
Types of Dance
Types of Dance Shoes
Famous Dancers
Ballet Shows
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grand plie
What is a full bend of the knee, while the feet stay on the floor until the legs are horizontal with the knees?
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Ballet
This originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful, fluid movements and the use of pointe shoes.
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Pointe Shoes
Worn by women in ballet shoes. Made of pink satin with laces and a wooden block at the tip of the toe
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Misty Copeland
Who was the first African American Principle Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre?
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The Nutcracker
What is a famous ballet that many people see around Christmas time?
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pas de cheval
What is "the step of the horse"
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jazz
What is a lively dance style that relies heavily on originality and improvisation. This style often uses bold, dramatic body movements, including body isolations and contractions
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Tap shoes
What is a shoe that has metal attached to the ball of the shoe and the heel attachment
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Maddie Ziegler
Who is the Dance Moms star that now tours with and stars in lots of SIA's music videos?
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Swan Lake
This famous ballet inspired movies like the Black Swan, and is known for it's dance of the cignets.
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echappe
What is To escape - moving from 5th to 2nd position by sliding the feet to the ball of the foot - or as a jump.
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tap dancing
What is an exciting form of dance in which dancers wear special shoes equipped with metal taps and use their feet like drums to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats.
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Gore boot
What is a shoe typically used for jazz dancing, that is made of leather and stretches around the arch of the foot.
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Travis Wall
Who was a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance, that continued to judge and choreograph lots on lyrical routines for the show, as well as has his own dance company, Shaping Sound?
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The Nutcracker
What ballet is the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from?
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fouette
What is To stand on one leg and to change the hip and body direction while keeping the leg in the same place.
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hip-hop
This style of dance emerged from the streets of New York in the 1970s in the city's African-American and Puerto Rican communities at the same time that rap and DJing also emerged
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Ballroom
What type of dance would you wear a shoe that looks like a strappy high heel for?
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Stephen "Twitch" Boss
This So You Think You Can Dance star is known for his hip hop skills and also stars in Magic Mike XXL
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Don Quixote
Based off a Spanish novel, this ballet is known for it's grand pas de deux in the third act
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bourrée
What is a move that is performed on your half-toe, whereby the first leg pulls the other leg in tightly - in very small and quick steps.
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belly dancing
What is a solo performance that focuses on the torso and hips. Dancers combine a series of fluid movements to emphasize rhythm, isolated flourishes like a hip twists for percussive punctuation, and shimmies, spins, and torso vibrations to add variety and detail.
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Foot Undeez
This "shoe" is like a mesh sock that only covers the ball of your foot and has padding there to help turning?
500
Micheal Jackson
Who was a legend of music and dance, making the moonwalk famous?
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Romeo and Juliet
This Shakespearean romance is captured in this ballet with only dancing.
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