Ballet History Quiz

Descrição

Test your ballet history knowledge
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

Questão
Who was known as the sun king?
Responda
  • Jean Baptise Lully
  • Louis XIV
  • Catherine de Medici
  • George Balanchine

Questão 2

Questão
Turn out of the feet and legs in ballet was influenced by the wearing of swashbuckling boots.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
What dance created controversy for the Ballet Russe?
Responda
  • Coppelia
  • Swan Lake
  • Rite of Spring
  • Afternoon of a Faun

Questão 4

Questão
Who composed the Swan Lake ballet?
Responda
  • Claude Debussy
  • Johann Strauss
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Igor Stravinsky

Questão 5

Questão
The white ballet or ballet blanc was performed during the baroque period?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Throughout ballet history ballet dancers have always worn flat ballet slippers.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
What sport influenced the ballet foot positions
Responda
  • Rugby
  • Tennis
  • Fencing
  • Cricket

Questão 8

Questão
Sergei Diagliev was one of the founders of the New York City ballet company.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
During which ballet period did the ballets began to tell the lives of ordinary people rather than mythical heroes?
Responda
  • 16th Century
  • 17th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 19th Century

Questão 10

Questão
What was Catherine de Medici's influence on ballet?
Responda
  • First woman to dance on point
  • Brought ballet to France from Italy
  • Established the first Ballet school
  • Was known as the Sun King

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