Ballet Quiz 1

Plié mean

• to rise

• to squat

• to leap

• to bend

Tendu means

• to stretch

• to lower

• to rise

• to circle

Degagé means

• to lengthen

• to strike

• to disengage

• to bend

port de bras means

• carriage of the body

• carriage of the arms

• carriage of the torso

• carriage of the head

Passé means

• to pass

• to cross

• to stretch

• to lower

Which of the following means half?

• Demi
• Grande
• Releve
• Degage

We must turnout by using our ________.

• Knee
• Hip
• Foot
• Shoulders

Circle of the leg

• Ronde de jambe
• plie
• tendu
• degage

In what language are most ballet terms in?

• Spanish
• French
• German
• Latin

What position is shown?

• first
• second
• third
• fourth