Inland Northwest Ballet Study...#1 of 10

 Exploring ballet history, methods, French terms, ballet schools, composers, choreographers, dancers, companies, and characters  

• Who is famous for dancing the role of the Firebird?
• Who is the lead male character in “Coppelia”? 
• Name one well known modern dance choreographer from Seattle, who has worked extensively with Baryshnikov.  Hint:  He used to wear his hair in a wild mop!
• Who wrote the original Nutcracker story?
• What is the name of the prince in Sleeping Beauty?
• The “positions de huit” , or epaulement, are also called what in some (particularly Russian) schools? 
• Any step done "en evant" is performed in what manner? 
• How many different kinds of pirouettes are there?  Who knows them all? 
• What are the names of the ghosts in Giselle?  How did they become these spirits? 
• Who is their Queen?
• In bourree, the back leg (usually) leads, and is kept what? 
• Who was the composer of “Swan Lake”? 
• What are the traveling turns called when a man and woman dance a “pas de duex”, in which the man holds his hand over the woman's head, and she uses the support of his hand to balance? 
• A develope leap is also called what?  (there are many answers for this questions) 
• What large instrument plays the music for the Dying Swan? 
• Name a ballet that has three dolls as the main characters.  (hint: two are male dolls, and this role was favorite of Nijinky's)
• What was Pavlova’s first name? What did she do that few people have done?
• Who was the original choreographer of “Les Sylphides”?
• True or false…In ballet, fingers should be curled up like a claw?