British contralto Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi, who played scandalous Mozart and Rossini breeches roles, kept a stage name from her first marriage into this conceited Italian-French family. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this dynasty of the early ballet dancers Auguste, Armand, and Angiolo, dubbed “Gods of the Dance.” Anna Heinel married into this family after returning to Paris to escape a bitter rivalry with her future husband Gaétan.
ANSWER: Vestris family [accept Gaétan Vestris; accept Madame Vestris]
[10e] Ballet theoretician Carlo Blasis credits the Vestris family with inventing the pirouette, a turn which nowadays is performed with this technique, in which the toes are supported by a small box inside the shoe tip.
ANSWER: en pointe (“on point”)
[10m] Auguste Vestris taught Antoine Bournonville, whose program for ballet warm-up included pliés, tendus, and these motions in which the dancer brushes one leg up off the floor to extend an arched foot out while standing on the other leg.
ANSWER: dégagés [or dégagé]
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