Ballet 1 Final Exam questions n
answers already passed
Plié - correct answer ✔✔ to bend
Demi-plié - correct answer ✔✔ half bend of the knees
Grand-plié - correct answer ✔✔ full bend of the knees
Tendu - correct answer ✔✔ stretched
Dégagé - correct answer ✔✔ disengaged
Rond de jambe - correct answer ✔✔ round of the leg; circular movement of the leg
Frappé - correct answer ✔✔ to strike
Développé - correct answer ✔✔ developing movement
Grand battement - correct answer ✔✔ large kick
Relevé - correct answer ✔✔ raised to the toes with a plié
Spotting - correct answer ✔✔ movement of the head and focusing of the eyes in turns in order
to keep balance
, Glissade - correct answer ✔✔ to glide
Waltz - correct answer ✔✔ dance in 3/4 time
Grand jeté - correct answer ✔✔ legs are thrown to 90 degrees with a corresponding jump
Coupé - correct answer ✔✔ cut; cutting
Passé - correct answer ✔✔ passed
George Balanchine - correct answer ✔✔ founder, director, and principle choreographer of the
New York City Ballet
History of ballet - correct answer ✔✔ ballet originated in Italian Renaissance courts in the 15th
century; originally performed for royals; vocabulary based on French language; ballet is the
foundation for all other types of dance
Types of ballet - correct answer ✔✔ Classical
French
Italian
Renaissance
Russian
Lyrical
Contemporary
Sauté - correct answer ✔✔ to jump
answers already passed
Plié - correct answer ✔✔ to bend
Demi-plié - correct answer ✔✔ half bend of the knees
Grand-plié - correct answer ✔✔ full bend of the knees
Tendu - correct answer ✔✔ stretched
Dégagé - correct answer ✔✔ disengaged
Rond de jambe - correct answer ✔✔ round of the leg; circular movement of the leg
Frappé - correct answer ✔✔ to strike
Développé - correct answer ✔✔ developing movement
Grand battement - correct answer ✔✔ large kick
Relevé - correct answer ✔✔ raised to the toes with a plié
Spotting - correct answer ✔✔ movement of the head and focusing of the eyes in turns in order
to keep balance
, Glissade - correct answer ✔✔ to glide
Waltz - correct answer ✔✔ dance in 3/4 time
Grand jeté - correct answer ✔✔ legs are thrown to 90 degrees with a corresponding jump
Coupé - correct answer ✔✔ cut; cutting
Passé - correct answer ✔✔ passed
George Balanchine - correct answer ✔✔ founder, director, and principle choreographer of the
New York City Ballet
History of ballet - correct answer ✔✔ ballet originated in Italian Renaissance courts in the 15th
century; originally performed for royals; vocabulary based on French language; ballet is the
foundation for all other types of dance
Types of ballet - correct answer ✔✔ Classical
French
Italian
Renaissance
Russian
Lyrical
Contemporary
Sauté - correct answer ✔✔ to jump
