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Quiz about Professor Cheergals Italian Ballet 101

Professor Cheergal's Italian Ballet 101 Quiz

Welcome, aspiring students, to Prof. Cheergal's Italian Ballet 101. You will be expected to recognize form and steps of classic Italian ballet to pass this class. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by cheergal993. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
cheergal993

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
192,517

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Test time! What is the bending of the knees in ballet called? Hint

tendu

plie

battement

frappe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Now for your second question...I start in fifth position with my right foot in front, bring my right foot up to where my toes are barely touching my left knee and my right knee is bent, and bring my right foot down and close it in the back, putting my left foot in front in fifth position. What did I just do? Hint

releve

passe

ritere

develope

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Question 3 of 10

3. My right foot is in a tendu, and my arms are in high third position. I am facing toward a corner (i.e.downstage left or right). What position am I in? Hint

none of these

quase ron'o

quase d'avant

inverted first arabesque

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Question 4 of 10

4. Vocabulary test! Define the ballet term "battement." Hint

to sweep

to leap

to brush

to beat

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Question 5 of 10

5. I am in a recital, and I am upstage right. Where am I on the stage? Hint

in the front

none of the above

in the middle

in the back

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Question 6 of 10

6. I am taking very small steps with my feet at a fairly brisk pace. What am I doing? Hint

a bouree

an arabesque

a saute

a degage

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Question 7 of 10

7. You've made it this far...I do a jump/turn. One leg comes up, and the other leg crosses it in the air. I land in fifth position. What did I do? Hint

a tour d'avant

a saute

a changement

a echappe

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Question 8 of 10

8. I did a glissade. What on Earth does that mean? Hint

an adagio step in which I turn, using three steps

an allegro step in which I lift and shift the position of my feet

an allegro step in which I do a half-jump and shift my weight

an adagio step in which I turn with one foot in ritere

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these words is synonymous with sutenu? Hint

allegro

antipasto

arabesque

adagio

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Question 10 of 10

10. Last question...your instructor tells you to do a pirouette. Which of these describes your movement? Hint

turning and traveling

leaping but not traveling

leaping and traveling

turning but not traveling

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Test time! What is the bending of the knees in ballet called?

Answer: plie

This movement is sometimes used in warm-ups at the barre.

Answer: passe

Many dancers confuse a passe and a ritere. In a ritere, my right foot would have gone back in the front after executing the move. But in a pique, a word meaning "pass", my foot passes from the back to the front.

3. My right foot is in a tendu, and my arms are in high third position. I am facing toward a corner (i.e.downstage left or right). What position am I in?

Answer: quase d'avant

Quase d'avants are sometmes a position a dancer uses in intermediate ballet.

4. Vocabulary test! Define the ballet term "battement."

Answer: to beat

A battement is a step in which you move your foot quickly using a beating motion.

5. I am in a recital, and I am upstage right. Where am I on the stage?

Answer: in the back

In the arts, upstage refers to the back of the stage and downstage refers to the front. This is due to the fact that stages used to be built slanted downward.

6. I am taking very small steps with my feet at a fairly brisk pace. What am I doing?

Answer: a bouree

This step in usually used in adagio dances, but can be used in allegro.

7. You've made it this far...I do a jump/turn. One leg comes up, and the other leg crosses it in the air. I land in fifth position. What did I do?

Answer: a tour d'avant

These are not very difficult, used at a climax in the music.

8. I did a glissade. What on Earth does that mean?

Answer: an allegro step in which I do a half-jump and shift my weight

Glissades are allegro, or "brisk and lively." Adagio is the opposite of allegro, or "slow and sustained." If I only shifted my feet, as in the other allegro answer, I would have done a changement.

9. Which of these words is synonymous with sutenu?

Answer: adagio

Again, adagio means "slow and sustained." Antipasto is used in cooking.

10. Last question...your instructor tells you to do a pirouette. Which of these describes your movement?

Answer: turning but not traveling

A pirouette is a popular turn used in ballet and tap.

Source: Author cheergal993

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