1. Famous people in Ballet

2. Do you know them?

3. (female) choreographer
the vocabulary
ballet-dancer
ballet-master
ballet-mistress
solo performer
ballerina
(female) choreographer

4. Мarie Taglioni is the first woman who danced en pointe.
example
Мarie Taglioni is the first woman who danced en pointe.

5. the first leading lady of the role Odetta
exercise
Karpakova Polina
the first leading lady of the role Odetta
Alonso Alicia
a president of a ballet festival “Grandpas”
Kshesinskaya Matilda
the permanent partner Margot Fonteyn
Nuriev Rudolf
was named “Mona Liza of Russian Ballet”
Taranda Gediminas
a founder of Cuba Nation Ballet
Ulanova Galina
the favorite ballerina of emperor Nicholas II.

6. “scrambled sentences”
very - Lepeshinskaya - role - in - Olga - in the - performed - Three fat men - became - the main - popular which.

7. 2. to - Vladivostok - train - Nuriev - his - was - on a Trans-Siberian - Irkutsk - mother - while - near  - was - travelling - born.

8. 3. Tsar - adornment - Kshesinskaya - told - "be the glory" - to - Alexander -
and - “of our ballet”.

9. 4. Sulamith - in Japan - laid - Messerer - is - and - who - a Russian ballerina - the - for the classical ballet - foundations - choreographer.

10. 5. “Sex and the City” - Mikhail - in season of - starred - Baryshnikov -
- the last.

11. 6. at the Bolshoi Theatre - had - Maya - when years of age - first - Plisetskaya - performed - just - she - turned.

12. homework
Write a letter to your favorite ballet- dancer or ballerina. Ask him \ her three questions about his \ her life. Tell him \ her how important he \she is in today’s world.
“Art is long, life is short” – explain the meaning of this sentence on the example of your favorite ballet- dancer or ballerina.