Ballet Facts and Vocab 2025

In which country did Ballet originate?

• Italy

• France

• Russia

• USA

Who popularized and set ballet on the course that it is today?

• Catherine de Medici

• King Louis XIV

• Marius Petipa

• Anna Pavlova

Which famous composer wrote Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Igor Stravinsky

• Ludwig Minkus

• Strauss

Which is a list of Marius Petipa’s most famous ballets?

• The nutcracker, la fille mal gardee, William Tell, Gisselle

• Paquita, La Esmeralda, Don Quixote, La Bayadère

• Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Gisselle, Coppélia

• Anchored, the Wayward Son, Etana’s Journey, Patrick’s purpose

Who developed the Vaganova Method of ballet?

• Anna Pavlova

• Agrippina Vaganova

• King Louis XIV

• Olga Pavlova

Which is correct?

• To dance en pointe

• To dance on point

• To dance on pointe

• Toe dance

Select the types of tutus below.

• Romantic

• Fru-fru

• Bell

• Pancake/plater

How can you tell the age of a ballet?

• The pointe shoes

• Tutu type and music

• The backdrop

• The story

Select the famous choreographers below

• Marius Petipa

• George Balanchine

• Martha Graham

• Angels De Mille

• Jerome Robbins

En Avant means…

• Sideways

• Backward

• Forward

• On diagonal