How Well Do You Know Ballet? (1)

Question 1

1/11

Who is often credited with creating the first ballet?

Catherine de' Medici

Answer

Anna Pavlova

Answer

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Answer

Marius Petipa

Question 2

2/11

Which term refers to a 180-degree turn done on one leg in ballet?

Sauté

Piqué

Pirouette

Chassé

Answer

Corps de Ballet

Answer

Character Dancer

Answer

First Position

Answer

Second Position

Answer

Third Position

Answer

Pointe Shoes

Answer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer

Johann Strauss II

Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer

Pas de Deux

Answer

Saut de Chat

Answer

The Royal Ballet School

Answer

American Ballet Theatre School

Answer

Paris Opera Ballet School

Answer

Don Quixote

Answer

La Bayadère

Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 3

3/11

What is the role of the male dancer who partners with the female lead called?

Principal

Soloist

Question 4

4/11

Which ballet position has the legs turned out and heels together?

Fifth Position

Question 5

5/11

What is the term for a ballet dancer's outfit?

Tutu

Costume

Leotard

Question 6

6/11

Which famous ballet features a story about a young girl named Clara?

Swan Lake

The Nutcracker

Giselle

Coppélia

Question 7

7/11

Who composed the famous ballet music 'The Nutcracker'?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 8

8/11

Which ballet term means 'to bend'?

Plié

Développé

Question 9

9/11

What is the name of the famous ballet school in Moscow, Russia?

Bolshoi Ballet Academy

Question 10

10/11

Which ballet term refers to a high jump with one leg extended and the other brought up to meet it?

Grand Jeté

Fouetté

En Pointe

Adagio

Question 11

11/11

Which ballet features a tragic love story between a peasant girl and a nobleman?

Giselle