Ballet
Across
- 4. From Italian ballare, to dance
- 6. de ballet Dancers who appear only in large groups. The corps de ballet is the backbone of every ballet company
- 8. From the French passser, to pass. A movement in which the pointed foot of the “ working” leg passes the knee of the supporting leg.
- 9. A skirt used in classical ballet made of many layers of tulle or netting
- 10. Someone who makes dances
- 11. de deuz A dance for two people
Down
- 1. to bend
- 2. A series of turns on pointe (on tips of toes) or demi-pointe executed in a line or in a circle, in which the feet remain close to the floor and the weight is transferred rapidly from one foot to the other as the body revolves
- 3. A complete turn of the body on one foot
- 5. applies to a rigorous basic vocabulary of steps and movements capable of infinite variations and a system of instruction that makes such a variation possible for individual dancers
- 7. A leading female dance of ballet company