Ballet is an art form that dates to the... - Answer✅fifteenth century
One of the earliest records of balletic movements comes from... - Answer✅a book of dance
instruction
The Renaissance period happened when? - Answer✅1400-1700
Catherine de' Medici - Answer✅a woman from Italy came to France and brought with her several
Italian dancing masters, introducing a new type of entertainment later to be known as the court ballet.
The court ballets were performed by ___________ and for members of ___________ . -
Answer✅nobility
The "ballets in the sixteenth century" were very different than today's ballets. - Answer✅Short
Answer
Who was the "Sun King" and what was his role in the history of ballet? - Answer✅King Louis the XIV
What was the "Sun King's" role in history of ballet? - Answer✅Short Answer
, When did dancers began to use a turned out position in order to move more efficiently? -
Answer✅The end of the sixteenth century
In the __________________________ a set vocabulary of movements was developed which included
positions for feet, arms, and head, as well as locomotor (moving) and non-locomotor (in-place)
movements. Thus, a rigorous technique was developed that required a dancer to train daily for many
hours in order to become truly proficient. - Answer✅sixteenth century
In the eighteenth century, the ballet aesthetic began to change from less on the technique and more
priority on what? - Answer✅The meaning or message that the movements depicted. Having the
audience feel something.
Jean Georges Noverre (1727-1810) developed ballet d' action. This concept brought the importance
of having ___________________________________ to forefront of ballet choreography. - Answer✅a
plot and using emotion in dance
Noverre also is known for writing "Letters on Dancing Ballet." What was the purpose of what he
wrote? - Answer✅defended ballet as a high art form - one that he felt had the power to
communicate even more effectively than words.
ballet period was characterized by a passionate striving to discover meaning in human events, an
effort that was uniquely reflected in the all the romantic arts, but most perfectly in its ballet. -
Answer✅The Romantic (nineteenth century)
The _____________ artists of music, literature, painting, sculpting, and dance had a similar style. The
art was characterized by a number of different elements, such as love of nature, emotion, power,
violence and tranquility. The Romantic ballets, although they contained those same elements, were
characterized by mythical creatures, characters and places, and females were featured, two acts (one
of light and one of dark). - Answer✅Romantic
Name one Romantic period ballet: __________________________ - Answer✅
Classical ballet can be traced back to what country? - Answer✅Russia when Marius Petipa was ballet
master in St Petersburg
Name one famous classical ballet: _____________________ - Answer✅
________________________ and the use of literal gestures are often seen in classical ballets. -
Answer✅Pantomime
20. In classical ballet, the female dancers wear ____________ shoes. - Answer✅pointe
Principal dancers - Answer✅Leading roles in the ballet. Dance the grand pas de deux which consists
of an entrance together, an adagio slow duet, an adagio slow solo variation each, return together for
a final coda to complete the final pas de deux.
Soloists - Answer✅Serves almost as part of the elaborate scenery, sometimes standing perfectly still
in a pose for minutes at a time while other dancers dance. Costumed to look alike. Movements on
stage are linear and their floor patterns are balanced and symmetrical in the stage space.
Corps de ballet - Answer✅Serves almost as part of the elaborate scenery, sometimes standing
perfectly still in a pose for minutes at a time while other dancers dance. Costumed to look alike.
Movements on stage are linear and their floor patterns are balanced and symmetrical in the stage
space.
Contemporary ballet evolved in what country during the early 1900s? - Answer✅Russia
One of the earliest records of balletic movements comes from... - Answer✅a book of dance
instruction
The Renaissance period happened when? - Answer✅1400-1700
Catherine de' Medici - Answer✅a woman from Italy came to France and brought with her several
Italian dancing masters, introducing a new type of entertainment later to be known as the court ballet.
The court ballets were performed by ___________ and for members of ___________ . -
Answer✅nobility
The "ballets in the sixteenth century" were very different than today's ballets. - Answer✅Short
Answer
Who was the "Sun King" and what was his role in the history of ballet? - Answer✅King Louis the XIV
What was the "Sun King's" role in history of ballet? - Answer✅Short Answer
, When did dancers began to use a turned out position in order to move more efficiently? -
Answer✅The end of the sixteenth century
In the __________________________ a set vocabulary of movements was developed which included
positions for feet, arms, and head, as well as locomotor (moving) and non-locomotor (in-place)
movements. Thus, a rigorous technique was developed that required a dancer to train daily for many
hours in order to become truly proficient. - Answer✅sixteenth century
In the eighteenth century, the ballet aesthetic began to change from less on the technique and more
priority on what? - Answer✅The meaning or message that the movements depicted. Having the
audience feel something.
Jean Georges Noverre (1727-1810) developed ballet d' action. This concept brought the importance
of having ___________________________________ to forefront of ballet choreography. - Answer✅a
plot and using emotion in dance
Noverre also is known for writing "Letters on Dancing Ballet." What was the purpose of what he
wrote? - Answer✅defended ballet as a high art form - one that he felt had the power to
communicate even more effectively than words.
ballet period was characterized by a passionate striving to discover meaning in human events, an
effort that was uniquely reflected in the all the romantic arts, but most perfectly in its ballet. -
Answer✅The Romantic (nineteenth century)
The _____________ artists of music, literature, painting, sculpting, and dance had a similar style. The
art was characterized by a number of different elements, such as love of nature, emotion, power,
violence and tranquility. The Romantic ballets, although they contained those same elements, were
characterized by mythical creatures, characters and places, and females were featured, two acts (one
of light and one of dark). - Answer✅Romantic
Name one Romantic period ballet: __________________________ - Answer✅
Classical ballet can be traced back to what country? - Answer✅Russia when Marius Petipa was ballet
master in St Petersburg
Name one famous classical ballet: _____________________ - Answer✅
________________________ and the use of literal gestures are often seen in classical ballets. -
Answer✅Pantomime
20. In classical ballet, the female dancers wear ____________ shoes. - Answer✅pointe
Principal dancers - Answer✅Leading roles in the ballet. Dance the grand pas de deux which consists
of an entrance together, an adagio slow duet, an adagio slow solo variation each, return together for
a final coda to complete the final pas de deux.
Soloists - Answer✅Serves almost as part of the elaborate scenery, sometimes standing perfectly still
in a pose for minutes at a time while other dancers dance. Costumed to look alike. Movements on
stage are linear and their floor patterns are balanced and symmetrical in the stage space.
Corps de ballet - Answer✅Serves almost as part of the elaborate scenery, sometimes standing
perfectly still in a pose for minutes at a time while other dancers dance. Costumed to look alike.
Movements on stage are linear and their floor patterns are balanced and symmetrical in the stage
space.
Contemporary ballet evolved in what country during the early 1900s? - Answer✅Russia
