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Ballet History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What genre is the foundation of dance?

(a)  

2.

What is the name of this Ballet Era

(a)  

3.

Where did ballet begin?

(a)  

4.

An Italian woman married the King of France and brought her love of ballet from Italian to France. Who was she?

(a)  

5.

Which King Louis popularized ballet in France?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Louis XII

c)

Louis XV

d)

Louis XIV

6.

What language is ballet written in?

(a)  

7.

Which of these ballet companies is the oldest?

a)

Bolshoi Ballet (Russia)

b)

Royal Danish Ballet (Denmark)

c)

The Royal Ballet (England)

d)

Paris Opera Ballet (France)

8.

Who is credited with defining the 5 positions of the feet?

a)

Marius Petipa

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

Jean-Baptiste Lully

d)

Pierre Beauchamp

9.

What was the name and year of the first professional ballet company founded by King Louis XIV?

a)

The Paris Opera Ballet, 1669

b)

The Royal Academy of Dance, 1661

c)

New York City Ballet, 1883

d)

Miami Youth Ballet, 2002

10.

Dance en pointe was invented during which era?

a)

The Italian Renassaince era

b)

The classical era

c)

The romantic era

11.

What is the reason that Ballet dancers were so rigid and stiff with their movements in the early centuries?

a)

Classical ballet demands that

b)

Their teacher instructed them to be stiff

c)

Their costumes were corsets that prevented them from bending

d)

They wanted to show off their beautiful costumes

12.

What means "to stretch"?

(a)  

13.
A dancer's turn out is....
a)
Their knees
b)
Their arm placement
c)
Their head placement
d)
The rotation of their hips
14.

What type of plie is this?

(a)  

15.
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
16.

En dehors means

a)

In the shape of a cross

b)

In a circle

c)

outward

d)

To kick

17.
Releve means 
a)
To bend
b)
To turn out
c)
To rise
d)
In the shape of a cross
18.

En dedans means?

a)

Narrative

b)

Classic

c)

outward

d)

inward

19.

Plie means

a)

Stretch

b)

Point

c)

Disengage

d)

Bending of the knee

20.

Are these ballet shoes or pointe shoes?

a)

Pointe Shoes

b)

Ballet Shoes