Question
In an 1820 treatise, Carlo Blasis coined the name for this position by comparing interlaced dancers to the “garlands, crowns, [and] hoops ornamented with flowers” of Islamic architecture. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ballet position in which a dancer stands on one leg while the other is straight and turned out behind them.
ANSWER: arabesque
[10h] Tilting the pelvis forward too much during an arabesque can cause this common ballet injury in which the dancer is more prone to rolling over on their standing foot. Repeatedly digging in with the big toe causes this injury.
ANSWER: collapsing arches [accept collapsed arches or fallen arches; accept flat arches; accept pronation or overpronation; prompt on flat feet or pes planus]
[10m] Description acceptable. The title character of the ballet Giselle performs an arabesque towards Albrecht to save him from the wilis (“vil-ees”), who want to kill him in this manner. A girl dies in this manner as a sacrifice at the end of The Rite of Spring.
ANSWER: dancing to death [accept answers describing someone dancing so long that they die; accept death from exhaustion]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 7 | 7.14 | 43% | 29% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Haverford | Vassar | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |