Ballet

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. 

What king helped to popularize ballet?

• King Henry VIII

• King Henry II

• King Louis XIV

• King Louis III

Which of the following means to bend?

• Degage

• Plie

• Arabesque

• fifth position

The word meaning to rise...

• degage

• releve

• plie

• port de bra

In what language are most ballet terms in?

• Spanish

• French

• German

• Latin

Which of the following means to stretch?

• tendu

• Grande

• Releve

• Degage

Which definition matches the phrase, " to glide"?

• glissade

• romberse

• pique

• chaine

In which century did ballet first become a formalized dance form?

• 15th century

• 16th century

• 17th century

• 18th century

Which of the following ballet terms means 'to jump'?

• Pirouette

• Plie

• Jete

• Arabesque

What is the primary language of ballet terminology?

• Italian

• French

• Spanish

• Russian