Ballet terms - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Bending the knees	plié	78%
the stiff skirt worn in a ballet	tutu	72%
asseble the legs	Assemblé	64%
where basic warm-ups are	barre	59%
raising the heel off the floor	relevé	54%
Lifting the leg and arms reaching in opposite directions	Arabesque	51%
A 'chain' of turns	Chaîné	47%
a short, quick turn where the raised foot is whipped around the body	fouetté	45%
a step where one foot chases the other	chassé	44%
a gliding step, changing feet (in fifth position)	glissade	44%
A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air	jeté	44%
the fabric the skirt is made of	tulle	39%
the arms	bras	38%
dance of the arms	port de bras	38%
the body	corps	25%
where the foot is turned in at the ankle, breaking the line of the leg	sickle	25%
the next level in a ballerina's training	Dancing on pointe	24%
a turn where one leg is raised, usually to knee	piqué	24%
Rocking step (foward or backward)	balancé	17%
A male dancer	Danseur	17%
the first ballerina to raise the skirts above the ankles	Marie Camargo	7%
the first ballerina to dance in a tunic	Marie Sallé	7%
Male dance partner	cavalier	4%
The first ballet school	French school	2%
First ballerina to dance 'en pointe'	Marie Tagaloni	1%

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