Ballet Dance

With which group is ballet more popular?

• Boys

• Girls

Read the following passages. Ballet began as a social dance. That means that it started as a way for people to spend time with one another and connect, not perform for an audience. Some of the first ballet dancers were upper-class French people who lived in the 1500s and who danced ballets to entertain themselves and their friends. Salsa is a type of dance that began in New York City in the 1970s. Salsa began as a social dance. Salsa comes from some Cuban dances like the cha-cha and also uses movements from Afro-Caribbean dances. Salsa is danced to Salsa music. According to the texts above, Ballet and Salsa dances are similar because

• they are both danced only by upper class French people.

• they both began as social dances.

• they are both styles of dance that began in the 1500s.

Valentina _____________ ballet after school.

• dancing

• dances

• dance

• danzes

My daughter ______________ ballet, since she was 3 years old.

• dances

• danced

• dancing

• dance

Which of the following is a characteristic of ballet dance?

• A) Heavy and loud movements

• B) Graceful and fluid movements

• C) Stiff and rigid movements

• D) Random and unstructured movements

In which country did ballet originate?

• A) Italy

• B) France

• C) Russia

• D) England

What is the term for a male ballet dancer?

• A) Ballerina

• B) Balletist

• C) Danseur

• D) Balletman

Which of the following is NOT a position in ballet?

• A) First position

• B) Second position

• C) Third position

• D) Fourth position

What is the primary language used for ballet terminology?

• A) English

• B) French

• C) Italian

• D) Spanish

Which famous composer wrote music for the ballet 'Swan Lake'?

• A) Ludwig van Beethoven

• B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• C) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• D) Johann Sebastian Bach