Question
Enrico Cecchetti (“check-KET-tee”) mapped basic ballet principles onto six days of the week, with Saturday as the appearance of ballon while performing this action. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this action done in a pas de chat (“pah duh SHAH”) or assemblé. Dancers will often begin or end in a demi-plié (“dem-EE-plee-AY”) while doing this action.
ANSWER: jumping [accept leaping or hopping; accept sauté; prompt on being in the air]
[10e] Monday is about strengthening the aplomb, or center of gravity, through repeated exercise on this handrail used for warmups. It is phonetically identical to a long piece of wood or metal.
ANSWER: barre (“bar”)
[10m] Dancers for this ballet company like Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky strictly adhered to Cecchetti’s weekly schedule. Sergei Diaghilev founded this company, whose members were largely recruited from the Saint Petersburg ballet.
ANSWER: Ballets Russes (“roose”) [or Les Ballet Russes de Serge Diaghileff; accept the Russian Ballet or Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet]
<Ganon Evans, Fine Arts - Ballet/Dance> ~28498~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
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Summary
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