Period 1 History of Ballet Musical Theatre

What king helped to popularize ballet?

• King Henry VIII
• King Henry II
• King Louis XIV
• King Louis III

Tendu means ________ in french

• Turnout
• To Flex
• To Stretch
• To point

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

What is this position?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

Plie means

• Stretch

• Point

• Disengage

• Bending of the knee

An Italian woman married the King of France and brought her love of ballet from Italian to France. Who was she?

Terms like “ballet” and “ball” stem from the Italian word "ballare," which means

• to jump

• to dress up

• to sing

• to dance

Ballet originated in which courts in what century?

• Italian Renaissance & 15th
• Italian Renaissance & 2nd 
• French Renaissance & 15th
• French Renaissance & 2nd

Circle of the leg

• Ronde de jambe
• plie
• tendu
• degage

In the 1500 to 1600's, ballet was popular in what setting?

• The fields and peasant homes for people to earn more money.  
• The royal courts - it was a means to control people and dancing was how they moved around and entertained. 
• In the dungeons, prisoners would entertain one another and it grew from there.