Ballet Vocab
This ballet word means ”to bend”
What is plié?
This is the name of the popular ballet performed every holliday season
What is The Nutcracker?
All ballet terms are in this language
What is French?
This material is used to make tutus
What is tulle?
In the shape of a cross (front, side, back, side)
What is En Croix
This ballet includes 5 good fairies who bring a young princes gifts
What is Sleeping Beauty?
Ballet originated in this country
What is Italy?
Name 3 brands of pointe shoes
What are Freed, Grisko, Bloch, Capezio, Suffolk, Russian, Gaynor?
Name the step that translates to ”step of the horse”
What is pas de cheval?
This famous ballet is based off the book by Miguel de Cervantes
What is Don Quixote?
Before ballet stood on its own, it was most commonly seen in these types of performances
What is the opera?
Name 3 different ballet techniques
What are French School, Vagonova, Cecchetti, Bournonville, Royal Academy, Balanchine?
Ballet term that means ”cut” or ”cutting”
What is coupe?
Name 2 of the 3 ballets that Tchaikovsky composed
What are Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker
Who is known for the signature role “Dying Swan”?
Who is Anna Pavlova?
What is the time signature of a waltz?
What is 3/4 or 3 beats per measure?
Carriage of arms
What is port de bras?
32 fouettés performed
What is Swan Lake?
Who created the 5 basic ballet positions?
Who is Pierre Beauchamp?
Ballet was first staged in this decade of the 1500s
(Answers within 1 decade will be honored)
What are the 1580s?