Ballet Quiz Grade 1 - Basics

Tendu means ________ in french

• Turnout
• To Flex
• To Stretch
• To point

Relevé means ...

• To bend

• To turn out

• To rise

• In the shape of a cross

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

A female, or girl, in ballet is a _______.

• dancer
• ballerina
• danseur
• ballerineur

What does PLIÉ mean?

• to stretch

• to jump

• to bend

• to run around in a circle

What is the ballet step whose name means "to rise" ?

• PENCHÉ (pon-shay)

• CHASSÉ (cha-say)

• RELEVÉ (rel-a-vay)

• SOUS SUS (soo-soo)

In ballet class, we wear our hair in a bun because. . .

• It's just beautiful!

• No reason. Someone just created for nothing.

• It keeps our hair out of our face

  while we're dancing.

• We don't want to have to sweep up

  lots of hair in the studio