Ballet History
Marie Taglioni upgraded her ballet shoes to create…
Pointe Shoes
En Dehor
Outward
Common street shoe style named for dance footwear
Ballet Flats
Step of the cat
Pas de chat
Fast Music
Allegro
Father of American Ballet
George Balanchine
Frappe
Film with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, featuring a story ballet
Black Swan
To jump
(HINT: Think small)
Saute
Musical Composer of the ballets Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and the Nutcracker?
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ballet by Agnes de Mille about a western cowgirl
Rodeo
Cross-shaped
En Croix
Popular cross style between hip hop and ballet
Chains of turns
Chainnes
What is the town where the Maple Leaf Parade, at which you perform, takes place?
Baldwin City
A stage angled at 30* is known as a...
Raked Stage
Foot wrapped on or around the ankle
Coupe, or sur le coup de pied
Famous TV show about young competition dancers and their families
Dance Moms
A whipped turn on one leg
Foutte
Name a type of tutu
Romantic, platter, powder puff, bell, pancake or classical
Oldest Ballet company in the world, established in 1669 by Louis XIV
Paris Opera Ballet
Name the difference between passe and retire
Passe is auxiliary up and down the leg. Retire is stationary.
Early 2000's film series with Channing Tatum about a private arts high school
Step Up
What is the time signature of the waltz step?
Famous painter and sculptor who depicted many ballet scenes
Edgar Degas