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Ballet

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What king helped to popularize ballet?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
King Henry II
c)
King Louis XIV
d)
King Louis III
2.
What popular role did King Louis XIV famously perform?
a)
Sun King
b)
Moon King
c)
Nutcracker
d)
Romeo
3.
Ballet originated in which courts in what century?
a)
Italian Renaissance & 15th
b)
Italian Renaissance & 2nd 
c)
French Renaissance & 15th
d)
French Renaissance & 2nd
4.
The 19th Century was known as what period?
a)
Renaissance
b)
Romantic
c)
Classical
d)
Neo-Classical
5.
Which of the following was not created by Marius Petipa? 
a)
The Nutcracker
b)
Swan Lake
c)
Cinderella
d)
Sleeping Beauty
6.
A dancer's turn out is....
a)
Their knees
b)
Their arm placement
c)
Their head placement
d)
The rotation of their hips
7.
Port de Bras is...
a)
The carriage of the arms
b)
The positions of the feet
c)
The rotation from the hip 
d)
To stretch the foot
8.
Tendu means ________ in french
a)
Turnout
b)
To Flex
c)
To Stretch
d)
To point
9.
En Croix means
a)
In the shape of a cross
b)
In a circle
c)
The carriage of the arms
d)
Turnout of the hip
10.
Releve means 
a)
To bend
b)
To turn out
c)
To rise
d)
In the shape of a cross
11.

Jean Georges Noverre introduced what kind of ballet?

a)

Narrative

b)

Classic

c)

Romantic

d)

Plotless

12.

George Balanchine introduced what type of ballet?

a)

Narrative

b)

Romantic

c)

Classic

d)

Plotless

13.

Degage means to

a)

Stretch

b)

DIsengage

c)

Point

d)

Lift

14.

Plie means

a)

Stretch

b)

Point

c)

Disengage

d)

Bending of the knee

15.

A saute is a

a)

Bending of the Knee

b)

Jump

c)

Point

d)

Turn