
Ballet Vocabulary
Authored by SHELBY LEWIS
Arts
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Italian ballare, to dance.
ballet
A leading female dancer of a ballet company
attitude
one leg is lifted behind with the knee bent at right
angles and turned out
assemblé
supported on one leg, with the other
leg extended horizontally backward.
arabesque
to assemble: feet or legs are brought together in
the air and the dancer lands on both feet
ballerina
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
to change
eschappe
to glide
glissades
Chain
fouetté
escape
chainé
to whip: a pirouette performed with a circular whipping movement of the raised leg
to the side.
changement
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
sideways step in which one foot crosses behind or in front
of the other.
passé
to pass: pointed foot of the
“working” leg passes the knee of the supporting leg
grand battement
a jump in which each foot in turn is raised to the opposite
knee.
pas de chat
to throw: This is a jump in which the weight of the body
is thrown from one foot to the other.
jeté
to beat: a kick
pas de bouree
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
to prick
port de bras
to bend at the knees
piqué
the movement or carriage of the arms.
relevé
A complete turn of the body on one foot.
plié
to rise
pirouette
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
foot finds passe position on the supporting leg.
sauté
to stretch
retiré
Jumped or jumping.
tendu
a small hop on one foot, with the other foot raised off the floor.
temps leve
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What year was ballet started?
1300
1400
1500
1600
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Cecchetti
Italian born master founder of the Italian Method of Ballet technique.
Geaogr Balanchine
Russian born dancer went on to choreograph a string of musicals and co-founded the NYC Ballet
Marius Pepita
Principal choreographer of the Imperial Ballet who created over 50 ballets
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