Hip Hop History
City credited with starting "hip hop"
What is New York City
Ballet originated in this European country
What is Italy
Style mostly done on the ground, including acrobatic movements, freezes and battles
What is Breaking or Break Dance
Position of the legs in which the heels are connected and the toes are spread apart.
What is First Position
The number of counts do dancers typically count in
What is 8
Decade Hip Hop music and dance began
What is the 1970s
The most common or well-known full length ballet
What is The Nutcracker
Style that "The Robot" would fall under. Movements with quick pops and hits and also fluid waves.
What is Popping
A continuous bend of the knees
What is a Plié
What is the person called that makes up the dance steps? (Not a teacher!)
What is a choreographer
Making up dance moves on the spot in or in the moment
What is improvisation or freestyle
Language of all the ballet terms
What is French
Style of funk dance where dancers move quickly and then freeze or stop and then continue. Fast arm movements and relaxed hips and legs.
What is Locking
A large, horizontal jump starting on one leg and landing on the other. Known as a split in the air
What is a Grand Jeté
Swan Lake is an example of what style of ballet?
What is Classical Ballet
What is the Six Step
The other type of ballet we studied, other than Classical
What is Contemporary
What is Lyrical Hip Hop
Rising from any position to balance on one or both feet on the balls of the feet with the heels lifted.
What is a Relevé
What is it called when dancers work on one type of skill, repeating it moving from one side of the room to the other?
What is Across the Floor
What is a principal dancer
A complete single, double, or triple turn in the air, usually beginning from and ending in the fifth position
What is a Tour or Tour en L'air
Name a famous Dancer or Choreographer that is best know for a style other than ballet or hip hop
Ms. Mattei will approve!