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WorksheetsBallet Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following means to bend?
a)
Degage
b)
Plie
c)
Arabesque
d)
fifth position
2.
The word meaning to rise...
a)
degage
b)
releve
c)
plie
d)
port de bra
3.
In what language are most ballet terms in?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
German
d)
Latin
4.
What position is shown?
a)
Fifth
b)
First
c)
Second
d)
Third
5.
What position is shown?
a)
Third
b)
Fourth
c)
Second
d)
First
6.
What position is shown?
a)
Third
b)
Fourth
c)
Fifth
d)
First
7.
Ballet originated in which courts in what century?
a)
Italian Renaissance & 15th
b)
Italian Renaissance & 2nd
c)
French Renaissance & 15th
d)
French Renaissance & 2nd
8.
What king helped to popularize ballet?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
King Henry II
c)
King Louis XIV
d)
King Louis III
9.
Which of the following means to bend?
a)
Degage
b)
Plie
c)
Arabesque
d)
fifth position
10.
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
11.
George Balanchine founded ____________.
a)
American Ballet Theatre
b)
New York City Ballet
c)
Miami City Ballet
d)
Dance Theatre of Harlem
12.
What genre is the foundation of dance?
(a)
13.
What Basic Ballet feet position is portrayed in the picture?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
e)
Fifth
14.
?
a)
1st position
b)
2nd position
c)
3rd position
d)
4th position
e)
5th position
15.
The 19th Century was known as what period?
a)
Renaissance
b)
Romantic
c)
Classical
d)
Neo-Classical
16.
Tendu means "to stretch"
Which of these is a ballet "tendu"?
a)
b)
c)
d)
17.
Describe how to execute a chasse?
(a)
18.
Which of the following means half?
a)
Demi
b)
Grande
c)
Releve
d)
Degage
19.
We must turnout by using our ________.
a)
Knee
b)
Hip
c)
Foot
d)
Shoulders
20.
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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