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