Ballet Terminology
What does plié mean?
Bend
What’s a jazz walk?
A stylized walk with bent knees and strong hip movement
What’s the area behind the curtain called?
Backstage
What is Miss Fout's favorite dance style?
Jazz
What does frappe mean?
What does chasse mean?
To chase
What do we call the practice before a show done in full makeup and costumes?
Dress Rehearsal
How many years has Miss Fout been dancing?
23 years
In classical Ballet there are strictly only how many positions?
5
What is the term for a big leap where one leg brushes forward?
Grand jeté
When a dancer is closest to the audience, what area of the stage is that?
Downstage
Entrechats
A specific turning leap in which the front leg brushes out straight while the back leg is held in an attitude position (bent at the knee)
Calypso
What does the stage manager say when we need to pause the dance to fix a lighting or sound cue?
"Hold!"
What is Miss Fout's fiancé's name?
Cameron
What artist composed the two ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovsky
A quick step pattern: kick one foot, step back on the ball of that foot, then step forward on the other
Kick Ball Change
What do dancers use to keep their place on stage and not slide?
Rosin
What is Miss Fout's favorite dance she has choreographed at ACA?
LA LA LAND