DANCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Italy - Answers- In the 1440s, where did ballet start?
was to impress neighboring countries - Answers- The reason ballet started
Catherine Medicis - Answers- Who married King Henry II in 1553
Catherine Medicis - Answers- - member of ruling family
- moves to france
- marries king of france (king henry II)
- she brings ballet to france
Balthasar - Answers- brought to play (create) music for Catherine Medicis
- ballet
- ancient greek mythology
- historians argue that this is the birth of ballet while others think Italy was the birth of
ballet - Answers- 1581: Ballet Comique de la Reine
- defines Paris as the ballet capital
- starts RAD - Answers- 1600s: King Louie 14th
Royal Academy of Dance. This becomes Paris opera ballet and offers 1st dance
operation - Answers- RAD
Novrre - Answers- is a french choreographer. he eliminates the heavy costumes and
dresses to express feeling and invents a new form of ballet called ballet d'action
form of ballet that conveys a story through movement - Answers- ballet d'action
known as romantic period. it was an era after the beginning of ballet - Answers-
Romantic Ballet starts
romantic period - Answers- - women become focus of ballet
- ment assist the women
- ballets are no longer about Greek mythology
- the common man replaces gods as the hero
point shoe - Answers- made women appear superior and higher
1. marie tagiloni
2. carlotta grisi
3. fanny elssler - Answers- 3 ballerinas of the romantic period
, king louie liked the was his shoe buckles looked. they were expensive and he liked to
show them off. - Answers- turnout
Beachamps - Answers- ballet master was inspired by king louie's stance and laid down
5 basic positions of ballet
all principle roles were given to men - Answers- Early 1600s: a man's role
the first female dancer preforms professionally - Answers- Late 1600s: Triomphe de
L'amour
ballet declines in Paris, but excels in Russia - Answers- during the mid 1800s ballet
declines and excels. where?
George Balanchine - Answers- - Russian
- brought ballet to US
- CO founder in NYC ballet
Mikhail Mordkin - Answers- founded American ballet theater
1. agnes demille
2. ruth paige
3. jerome robins - Answers- 3 american ballet choreographers
1. sarah farrell
2. aurthur mitchell - Answers- 2 american ballet dancers
neoclassical ballet is new ballet - Answers- mid 1900s: George Balanchine invents
neoclassical ballet
neoclassical ballet - Answers- uses traditional ballet but quicker and more difficult,
spacing is complex.
1. apollo
2. symphony in sea
3. jewls - Answers- ballets of neoclassical
contemporary ballet - Answers- step further than neoclassical and was influenced by
modern dance. its deep and difficult with point work, greater range of movement,
doesn't adhere strict lines, turned in legs and floor work
in the upper room - Answers- contemporary ballets
twyia thark - Answers- modern dancer who used to be ballet dancer alonzo king lines
ballet:
started company
Italy - Answers- In the 1440s, where did ballet start?
was to impress neighboring countries - Answers- The reason ballet started
Catherine Medicis - Answers- Who married King Henry II in 1553
Catherine Medicis - Answers- - member of ruling family
- moves to france
- marries king of france (king henry II)
- she brings ballet to france
Balthasar - Answers- brought to play (create) music for Catherine Medicis
- ballet
- ancient greek mythology
- historians argue that this is the birth of ballet while others think Italy was the birth of
ballet - Answers- 1581: Ballet Comique de la Reine
- defines Paris as the ballet capital
- starts RAD - Answers- 1600s: King Louie 14th
Royal Academy of Dance. This becomes Paris opera ballet and offers 1st dance
operation - Answers- RAD
Novrre - Answers- is a french choreographer. he eliminates the heavy costumes and
dresses to express feeling and invents a new form of ballet called ballet d'action
form of ballet that conveys a story through movement - Answers- ballet d'action
known as romantic period. it was an era after the beginning of ballet - Answers-
Romantic Ballet starts
romantic period - Answers- - women become focus of ballet
- ment assist the women
- ballets are no longer about Greek mythology
- the common man replaces gods as the hero
point shoe - Answers- made women appear superior and higher
1. marie tagiloni
2. carlotta grisi
3. fanny elssler - Answers- 3 ballerinas of the romantic period
, king louie liked the was his shoe buckles looked. they were expensive and he liked to
show them off. - Answers- turnout
Beachamps - Answers- ballet master was inspired by king louie's stance and laid down
5 basic positions of ballet
all principle roles were given to men - Answers- Early 1600s: a man's role
the first female dancer preforms professionally - Answers- Late 1600s: Triomphe de
L'amour
ballet declines in Paris, but excels in Russia - Answers- during the mid 1800s ballet
declines and excels. where?
George Balanchine - Answers- - Russian
- brought ballet to US
- CO founder in NYC ballet
Mikhail Mordkin - Answers- founded American ballet theater
1. agnes demille
2. ruth paige
3. jerome robins - Answers- 3 american ballet choreographers
1. sarah farrell
2. aurthur mitchell - Answers- 2 american ballet dancers
neoclassical ballet is new ballet - Answers- mid 1900s: George Balanchine invents
neoclassical ballet
neoclassical ballet - Answers- uses traditional ballet but quicker and more difficult,
spacing is complex.
1. apollo
2. symphony in sea
3. jewls - Answers- ballets of neoclassical
contemporary ballet - Answers- step further than neoclassical and was influenced by
modern dance. its deep and difficult with point work, greater range of movement,
doesn't adhere strict lines, turned in legs and floor work
in the upper room - Answers- contemporary ballets
twyia thark - Answers- modern dancer who used to be ballet dancer alonzo king lines
ballet:
started company
