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WorksheetsBallet Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following means to bend?
a)
Degage
b)
Plie
c)
Arabesque
d)
fifth position
2.
Which of the following means half?
a)
Demi
b)
Grande
c)
Releve
d)
Degage
3.
We must turnout by using our ________.
a)
Knee
b)
Hip
c)
Foot
d)
Shoulders
4.
The word meaning to rise...
a)
degage
b)
releve
c)
plie
d)
port de bra
5.
Circle of the leg
a)
Ronde de jambe
b)
plie
c)
tendu
d)
degage
6.
In what language are most ballet terms in?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
German
d)
Latin
7.
Which of the following means to stretch?
a)
tendu
b)
Grande
c)
Releve
d)
Degage
8.
To disengage
a)
degage
b)
tendu
c)
ronde de jambe
d)
third position
9.
Which definition matches the phrase, " to glide"?
a)
glissade
b)
romberse
c)
pique
d)
chaine
10.
Eschappe means to...
a)
escape
b)
glide
c)
jump
d)
circle the leg
11.
What position is shown?
a)
first
b)
second
c)
third
d)
fourth
12.
What position is shown?
a)
Fifth
b)
First
c)
Second
d)
Third
13.
What position is shown?
a)
Third
b)
Fourth
c)
Second
d)
First
14.
What position is shown?
a)
Third
b)
Fourth
c)
Fifth
d)
First
15.
Derriere means what?
a)
Back
b)
Side
c)
Front
d)
Across the body
16.
Ballet originated in which courts in what century?
a)
Italian Renaissance & 15th
b)
Italian Renaissance & 2nd
c)
French Renaissance & 15th
d)
French Renaissance & 2nd
17.
What king helped to popularize ballet?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
King Henry II
c)
King Louis XIV
d)
King Louis III
18.
In what language are most ballet terms in?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
German
d)
Latin
19.
Which king loved dance
a)
Louis X
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Louis XV
d)
Louis V
20.
In dance class, students are expected to:
a)
pay close attention to the steps being demonstrated.
b)
Talk with friends and hope for the best when the music starts.
c)
try any step you feel like practicing.
21.
In the 1500 to 1600's, ballet was popular in what setting?
a)
The fields and peasant homes for people to earn more money.
b)
The royal courts - it was a means to control people and dancing was how they moved around and entertained.
c)
In the dungeons, prisoners would entertain one another and it grew from there.
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