History of Ballet

Question 1

What Classical ballet is performed every year at Christmas all around the world?

Accepted Answer

Nutcracker

Question 2

A new choreographic invention in the Classical period was

Accepted Answer

the pas de deux

Question 3

In the beginning, ballet was

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called balletto, performed between the courses of meals

Question 4

Who did Catherine de Medici marry to move ballet to France?

Accepted Answer

King Henri II

Question 5

Actual pointe shoes were invented in the

Accepted Answer

Classical Period

Question 6

Anna Pavlova was

Accepted Answer

the international ambassador of ballet

Question 7

Name the Classical ballets

Accepted Answer

Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake

Question 8

Mikhail Baryshnykov was famous for

Accepted Answer

performing 32 pirouettes

Question 9

The creator of the Ballet Russes was

Accepted Answer

Sergei Diaghilev

Question 10

King Louis XIV did which of the following for the advancement of ballet?

Accepted Answer

Danced in the Ballet de la Nuit, Start the first ballet academy, Create the five foot positions, Introduce female dancers

Question 11

Which of these are real ballet composers matched to the correct ballets?

Accepted Answer

Stravinsky- Firebird, Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker, Swan Lake

Question 12

Marie Taglioni is...

Accepted Answer

the first ballerina to dance on her toes

Question 13

Things you know about George Balanchine

Accepted Answer

created plotless ballets, member of the Ballet Russes, founded the first ballet school in America

Question 14

Which of these ballets is from the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

Giselle

Question 15

Where did ballet originate?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 16

The important thing to remember about the Rite of Spring is

Accepted Answer

It caused a riot at its premiere, It was composed by Igor Stravinsky

Question 17

Romantic ballets are about

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ghosts, fairies, nymphs

Questions 17