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Ballet Terminology

Test your knowledge of the terminology used in ballet.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a jump in which the dancer springs upward from one foot and lands on the same foot?

  1. Sauté
  2. Jeté
  3. Pas de chat
  4. Pirouette
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer slides one foot forward or backward along the floor?

  1. Glissade
  2. Pas de bourrée
  3. Chassé
  4. Balancé
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer steps forward or backward with one foot and then brings the other foot to meet it?

  1. Pas de basque
  2. Pas de chat
  3. Chassé
  4. Balancé
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer rocks back and forth on one foot while raising and lowering the other foot?

  1. Balancé
  2. Relevé
  3. Pirouette
  4. Fouetté
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer spins around on one foot?

  1. Pirouette
  2. Fouetté
  3. Tour
  4. Jeté
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer whips the leg around in a circular motion?

  1. Fouetté
  2. Tour
  3. Jeté
  4. Sauté
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer leaps into the air and turns in mid-air?

  1. Tour
  2. Jeté
  3. Sauté
  4. Cabriolet
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer leaps into the air and lands on one foot?

  1. Jeté
  2. Sauté
  3. Cabriolet
  4. Balancé
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer leaps into the air and lands on both feet?

  1. Sauté
  2. Cabriolet
  3. Balancé
  4. Relevé
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer kicks the leg up in the air?

  1. Cabriolet
  2. Balancé
  3. Relevé
  4. Glissade
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer raises up onto the toes?

  1. Relevé
  2. Glissade
  3. Pas de bourrée
  4. Balancé
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer steps forward or backward with one foot and then brings the other foot to meet it, while keeping the knees bent?

  1. Pas de bourrée
  2. Balancé
  3. Relevé
  4. Glissade
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer moves the leg in a circular motion around the other leg?

  1. Rond de jambe
  2. Pas de bourrée
  3. Balancé
  4. Relevé
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer moves the leg in a figure-eight pattern?

  1. Figure-eight
  2. Rond de jambe
  3. Pas de bourrée
  4. Balancé
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a step in which the dancer moves the leg in a zigzag pattern?

  1. Zigzag
  2. Figure-eight
  3. Rond de jambe
  4. Pas de bourrée
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