Dance Jeopardy

Ballet Vocabulary

100

What does Tendu mean? 

Please demonstrate tendu. 

What is to stretch?

200

What are the three places for retire?

Please demonstrate all three positions.

What is front, side & back.

300

What does chasse mean?

Please demonstrate.

What is to chase. 

400

What does echappe mean?

Please demonstrate.

What is to escape.

500

What is the difference between a hop, jump & leap?

Please demonstrate.

Hop is 1 foot.

Jump is 2 feet.

Leap is one foot to the other. 

Stretches

100

Please demonstrate a butterfly stretch. 

feet together, knees apart. 

200

Please demonstrate a pike stretch? 

Legs straight together & pointed 

300

Please demonstrate all three stretches in your straddle stretch. 

Up & over. Nose to knee. Center both arms reaching

400

Please demonstrate your Right split & hold for 10 seconds

Right leg forward.

500

Please demonstrate Left split & hold for 10 seconds 

Left leg forward

Acro

100

Please demonstrate a bridge from lying down

Start on back & press up

200

Please demonstrate a bridge from standing. 

Follow thumbs up and back.

300

Please demonstrate cartwheels on the Right

Right hand down first

400

Please demonstrate cartwheels to the left 

left hand down first

500

Please demonstrate walking in a backbend across the mat. 

Bridge and walk across. 

Stretching & Conditioning

100

Please demonstrate 16 jumping jacks

out & in. 

200

Please demonstrate detierre side 

Hold heel and extend side with straight legs

300

Please demonstrate 10 push ups

Bend & stretch

400

Please demonstrate 12 sit ups

Sit all the way up and all the way down

500

Please demonstrate 8 burpees with no push up. 

Jump, down, plank, jump in. 

Miscellaneous

100

Please demonstrate a battement front across the floor.

Battement front, step, battement front, step

200

Please demonstrate pique turns across the floor

Stepping on toe, leg in retire behind the knee

300

Please demonstrate a pirouette & ask a mentor to demonstrate a double pirouette.

Leg in retire in front of the knee, full releve, close 5th back. 

400

Please demonstrate grandjete across the floor & have a mentor demonstrate switch leaps. 

straight leg leaps all the way across. 

500

please demonstrate 3 walks and sauce arabesque right and left followed by 4 pique turns. Please have a mentor demonstrate 8 forte turns. 

both combinations completed correctly.