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Quiz about Ballet Mime
Quiz about Ballet Mime

Ballet Mime Trivia Quiz

Classical ballet uses mime to convey many actions, emotions, and thoughts. Can you decipher them?

A multiple-choice quiz by Caseena. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Caseena
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
388,007
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
388
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Question 1 of 10
1. In classical ballet mime, pointing to the third finger of the left hand indicates what? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. In which ballet do Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy use mime to set up the story? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Circling the hand around the face represents what emotion or trait in ballet? It's very similar to the American Sign Language sign for the same word. Hint


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4. A male ballet dancer crosses his hands in front of his chest while looking at a woman. What emotion is he demonstrating? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Odette uses an extended mime sequence when meeting Siegfried in "Swan Lake". What is one thing she tells him? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Yes, there's a mime for "dance" in the ballet world. In what handy way is it expressed? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. If I'm in a ballet and shake my fists in the air above my head, what thought do I show? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. In which ballet does a witch use mime to say that Effie will marry Gurn instead of James? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. What is the ballet mime for "promise"? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. When you see a ballerina cross her arms in front of her, hands in fists, what frightening idea does she convey? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In classical ballet mime, pointing to the third finger of the left hand indicates what?

Answer: Marriage

 This mime looks just like what it represents, as engagement and wedding rings are worn in the third finger of the left hand in many countries. In "Swan Lake", Siegfried announces his intention to marry who he thinks is Odette by pointing to this finger.
2. In which ballet do Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy use mime to set up the story?

Answer: The Sleeping Beauty

 Carabosse is upset about not being invited to Aurora's christening, so curses her to die when picking her finger on a spindle. The Lilac Fairy, who hasn't given her gift yet, changes the curse to make Aurora sleep for 100 years. After these years, the Lilac Fairy finds a prince to kiss Aurora and awaken her.
3. Circling the hand around the face represents what emotion or trait in ballet? It's very similar to the American Sign Language sign for the same word.

Answer: Beauty

 When Carabosse curses Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty", she mimes that the princess will grow up beautiful and full of grace. Many a male lead uses this mime to show a reason why he loves his sweetheart, such as when Prince Desire (also called Florimund) first has a vision of Aurora in the same ballet.
4. A male ballet dancer crosses his hands in front of his chest while looking at a woman. What emotion is he demonstrating?

Answer: Love

 This is a very common mime. Even when a man and woman have just met, they may use this sign to convey the depth of feeling they have for each other. Love declarations are taken very seriously. In the anime series "Princess Tutu", the title character cannot speak of her love for the prince or she will vanish in a speck of light, so she uses dance to convey her feelings, ending with the love mime.
5. Odette uses an extended mime sequence when meeting Siegfried in "Swan Lake". What is one thing she tells him?

Answer: She is the Queen of the swans.

 She tells him that an evil magician cursed her to become a swan by day. She becomes human again at night. If someone will pledge her eternal love and won't forsake her, she will become permanently human again.
6. Yes, there's a mime for "dance" in the ballet world. In what handy way is it expressed?

Answer: Circling the hands above the head

 This mime might be used at a ball, wedding, or engagement party to incite dancing. In "Princess Tutu", the title character uses this action often. She uses the power of dance to heal people of emotions that shouldn't be theirs and uses the mime to invite others to dance with her.
7. If I'm in a ballet and shake my fists in the air above my head, what thought do I show?

Answer: Anger

 Someone could respond to my anger with the sign for fear, which is hands raised, palms out, with the back of one hand by the side of the face, which is turned away. The mime for kill takes the anger mime a step further: you raise an arm above your head and pull your fist down to your chest.
8. In which ballet does a witch use mime to say that Effie will marry Gurn instead of James?

Answer: La Sylphide

 James is supposed to marry Effie that day. Instead, a witch who reads fortunes says that Effie will marry Gurn, who loves her. James banishes the witch from the house, but the old woman is right: he becomes infatuated with a sylphide and leaves right before marrying Effie.
9. What is the ballet mime for "promise"?

Answer: Holding up two fingers

 A promise to love can be indicated by raising the two fingers of the right hand while holding the other hand over the heart. Like declarations of love, promises are sacrosanct in ballet. Tapping the forehead indicates remembering or forgetting. Putting the palms together and extending the arms shows begging and pleading.
10. When you see a ballerina cross her arms in front of her, hands in fists, what frightening idea does she convey?

Answer: Death

 This is another mime that Carabosse uses in "The Sleeping Beauty" when cursing Aurora. The witch in "La Sylphide" uses the sign to tell the audience that her scarf will cause death.
Source: Author Caseena

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