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Western Dove Ballet Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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.
A dancer's turn out is....
a)
Their knees
b)
Their arm placement
c)
Their head placement
d)

The outward rotation of their hips

3.
What popular role did King Louis XIV famously perform?
a)
Sun King
b)
Moon King
c)
Nutcracker
d)
Romeo
4.
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
5.
Tendu means ________ in french
a)
Turnout
b)
To Flex
c)

To Stretch the foot along the floor until only the toe is touching

d)

To point and drag your heel

6.
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
7.
Releve means 
a)
To bend
b)
To turn out
c)
To rise
d)
In the shape of a cross
8.

Degage' means to

a)

Stretch

b)

DIsengage

c)

Point

d)

Lift

9.

Plie means

a)

Stretch

b)

Point

c)

Disengage

d)

to bend the knees

10.

What is rond de jamb?

a)

Chased

b)

Circle of the leg

c)

Bending of the knee

11.

What does chassé mean?

a)

moving backward

b)

to slide across the floor

c)

one foot chases the other

12.

Grande Plie' is

a)

half bend of the knees

b)

Thrown

c)

Deep bend of the knees

13.

Katherine Dunham is known as:

a)

A great Black woman choreographer

b)

The creator of the Dunham technique

c)

An anthropologist who brought the Black aesthetic to the concert stage

d)

All of the above

14.

a Pas de Deux is

a)

When you dance a solo

b)

When a movement follows another

c)

When two dancers dance together in ballet

d)

When the legs are stretched behind

15.

____________ is the language of ballet

a)

English

b)

Italian

c)

French

d)

German