Famous Ballets
Famous Ballerinas
Ballet Terminology
Ballet Styles
Bonus
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This Tchaikovsky ballet was considered one of the most controversial when it came out in December 1892 due to the use of children onstage, and the lack of dancing that the principal dancer does

The Nutcracker

300

The very first black principal ballerina in the world

Misty Copeland

300

Petit Battement

Little beats

300

How many styles of Ballet are there?

Six

300

True or False, women have always danced in ballets since it's creation. 

False- women were not allowed to join the ballet until 1681

400

This ballet features the principal dancer as both the main character and an antagonist

Swan Lake

400

This ballerina- most known for her role as Odette in Swan Lake- is one of the most famous ballerinas of all time

Anna Pavlova

400

Brise

Broken

400

Which style of ballet is the hardest?

The Russian School

400

Pointe shoes are made out of what materials (Name 2)

Satin, Paper Mache
500

In this Ballet- the principal dies at the end of act one after learning that her lover is engaged. For the rest of the ballet she is a ghost

Giselle

500
Who is credited as being the first female ballerina?

Madame De Fontaine

500

Frappe

To strike

500

Which Style of Ballet am I learning

The Cecchetti Method
500

A male ballerina is called a...

ballet dancer/ballerino

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The name of this ballet is also the name of a ballet step and a fictional avian

Firebird

600

Dame Margaret Evelyn De Arias better known by this stage name is arguably the best ballerina of all time known for her role as Juliet, Odette, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella

Margot Fonteyn
600

jete

thrown away

600

Name all the styles of Ballet

French School, Cecchetti Method, Russian School, English School, Balanchine Method, Bournonville Method. 


600

This musical doubles as a ballet

An American in Paris

700

This ballet features a cat variation and six fairy variations.

Sleeping Beauty

700

This 12 year old was the very first to play Clara in the Nutcracker

Stanislava Belinskaya
700

Cabriole

Caper

700

The French School of ballet was founded by who 

Pierre Beauchamps

700

This is the art of writing down ballet choreography

Labonotation