Ballet Unit Study Guide Outline
Know the actual definition of the following terms:
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Reverence
Turn out
Demi-Plie
Releve
Battement Tendu
Battement Degage
Rond de Jambe
Pas de Chat
Arabesque
First Position of the Arms
Aplomb (the aplomb line)
Know how to perform the five positions of the feet and the four positions of the arms that we
learned in class
Know the principles of alignment that we discussed in class and how it pertains to certain ballet
movements
Know the century that ballet began as a court dance and what century it became a theatrical
art form
Know the name of the dancer that was considered responsible for signifying ballet from a court
amusement to an art and who also established the esteemed Paris Opera Ballet