The lead ballerina performs a series of these actions nicknamed for “fish movement” in Act 2 of Giselle. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these actions in ballet that include the sauté and jeté. Dancers aim for small heights in a quick series of these general movements called petit allegro.
ANSWER: jumps [or leaps; accept hops]
[10m] Most jumps in ballet begin and end with this movement, in which the knees are bent outward and then straightened. The dancer’s heels remain on the floor in the “demi” form of this movement.
ANSWER: plié [accept grand plié or demi-plié or en plié]
[10h] Maya Plisetskaya names a jump in this ballet in which Kitri almost kicks her head with her back foot. This ballet was the first collaboration between Marius Petipa and Ludwig Minkus.
ANSWER: Don Quixote
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