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Ballet Vocabulary

Authored by SHELBY LEWIS

Arts

9th - 12th Grade

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Ballet Vocabulary
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

A leading female dancer of a ballet company

assemblé

to assemble: feet or legs are brought together in

the air and the dancer lands on both feet

ballet

Italian ballare, to dance.

ballerina

supported on one leg, with the other

leg extended horizontally backward.

attitude

one leg is lifted behind with the knee bent at right

angles and turned out

arabesque

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

escape

chainé

Chain

changement

to change

fouetté

to glide

eschappe

to whip: a pirouette performed with a circular whipping movement of the raised leg

to the side.

glissades

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

to pass: pointed foot of the

“working” leg passes the knee of the supporting leg

grand battement

sideways step in which one foot crosses behind or in front

of the other.

pas de bouree

to beat: a kick

passé

to throw: This is a jump in which the weight of the body

is thrown from one foot to the other.

pas de chat

a jump in which each foot in turn is raised to the opposite

knee.

jeté

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

to rise

pirouette

to bend at the knees

port de bras

the movement or carriage of the arms.

piqué

to prick

relevé

A complete turn of the body on one foot.

plié

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

to stretch

temps leve

Jumped or jumping.

retiré

a small hop on one foot, with the other foot raised off the floor.

tendu

foot finds passe position on the supporting leg.

sauté

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year was ballet started?

1300

1400

1500

1600

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Marius Pepita

Russian born dancer went on to choreograph a string of musicals and co-founded the NYC Ballet

Cecchetti

Italian born master founder of the Italian Method of Ballet technique.

Geaogr Balanchine

Principal choreographer of the Imperial Ballet who created over 50 ballets

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