Think You Know Ballet?

Know the difference between a Pirouette and a Pas de Chat? Marius Petipa from Anna Pavlova? Answer these ten questions to find out if you’ve got the smarts to be a prima ballerina, or are just a pretty poseur.

1. What language are most ballet terms in?
a. Spanish
b. French
c. Italian
d. Russian

2. In which ballet position do your feet NOT touch each other?
a. First
b. Third
c. Fourth
d. Fifth

3. What is the name of the main female character in "Coppelia"?.
a. Clara
b. Odile
c. Swanilda
d. Tatiana

4. How many new ballets did legendary choreographer Marius Petipa produce between 1862 and his death in 1910?
a. 4
b. 24
c. 40
d. 54

5. What does the basic French term "plié" mean?
a. to bend
b. to kneel
c. to please
d. to jump

6. Which ballet’s main characters include Hilarion, Loys and Count Albrecht?
a. Giselle
b. La Bayadere
c. Swan Lake
d. The Nutcracker

7. Who composed the music for the ballet "La Bayadere"?
a. Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin
b. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
c. Ludwig Minkus
d. Sergei Vasilievich

8. What makes pointe shoes hard?.
a. Glue
b. Wood
c. Plastic
d. Fabric

9. Which Tchaikovsky ballet came first?
a. The Nutcracker
b. Swan Lake
c. Sleeping Beauty

10. The tutu first appeared in which ballet?
a. Giselle
b. Swan Lake
c. La Sylphide
d. Sleeping Beauty

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