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Which French word is the official term for a male ballet dancer? Danceur, Dancette, Danceuse, Dancine |
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What does ?efacee? mean (in ballet)? Slid, Jumped, Obscured, Waltzed |
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To what does ?faille? refer (in ballet)? To give way, To catch, To slide, To jump in a pair |
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A term used for a dive in ballet takes its name from which of these creatures? Fish, Bird, Fly, Dog |
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Who wrote ?fondu is on one leg what a plie is on two? (in ballet)? Fokine, Petipa, Saint-Leon, Minkus |
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How many ?fouettes en tournant? is a classical ballet movement? 38, 35, 41, 32 |
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Who wrote the popular novel, Ballet Shoes? Anna Sewell, Noel Streatfield, Charles Dickens, Jacqueline Wilson |
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The 1958 ballet Ondine was intended to showcase which talent? Rudolf Nureyev, Beryl Grey, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn |
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Choreographer Jerome Robbins worked with Leonard Bernstein on which 1957 film? Jailhouse Rock, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution, West Side Story |
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The ballet Don Quixote was based on a major work by which author? Jules Verne, Geoffrey Chaucer, Miguel de Cervantes, Chinua Achebe |
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The ballet Le Roi Candaule was based on which Greek figure's Histories? Thales, Plato, Herodotus, Hippocratus |
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What nationality was Michel Fokine (in ballet)? French, Swiss, Austrian, Russian |
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In Ballet Comique de la Reine Louise, what was Circe able to do? Transform animals into women, Transform men into animals, Transform dirt into gold, Transform water into wine |
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According to M. de Saint-Hubert, which of the following would have more ?entrees? (in ballet)? Open ballet, Fine ballet, Small ballet, Royal ballet |
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Whose work introduced the idea of the proscenium stage arch (in ballet)? Fokine, Richelieu, Petipa, Balanchine |
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Which of the following is true of Louis XIV's dance career? Never danced, Debuted 1651, retired 1670, Debuted 1630, retired 1678, Debuted 1640, retired 1660 |
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What is an ?anti-masque? (in ballet)? A response to another work, A mask worn by actors, A stage design, A mimed prelude |
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Which of these ballet companies is the oldest? London Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Japan National Ballet |
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Which French king founded the Paris Opera Ballet? Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Louis XVII, Louis XV |
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In which ballet did the first female professional ballerina debut? Le triomphe de l'amour, Swan Lake, La Sylphide, La Bayadere |
