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Which ballet started a riot when it premiered in Paris in 1913? The Nutcracker, Giselle, Swan Lake, The Rite of Spring |
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In the 2010 film Black Swan, based on Swan Lake, who played the Swan Queen? Keira Knightley, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel |
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Who directed the film Black Swan (in ballet)? Martin Scorsese, Darren Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Stephen Frears |
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What is the approximate translation of ?demi-plie? (in ballet)? Half-bend, Half-foot, Half-move, Half-dance |
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What is the approximate translation of ?grand battement? (in ballet)? Big theatre, Big dance, Big feet, Big beat |
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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and who else wrote the libretto for Giselle (in ballet)? Igor Stravinsky, Theophile Gautier, Paul Dukas, Victor Hugo |
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Giselle took its inspiration from a prose passage by whom (in ballet)? Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Jules Verne |
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Who was the first to dance the role of Giselle (in ballet)? Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, Carlotta Grisi |
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In the ballet, who is Giselle? A cook, A mother, A librarian, A peasant girl |
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In Giselle, what does she originally die of (in ballet)? Falling, A broken heart, Poisoning, Drowning |
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In which year was Giselle first performed (in ballet)? 1844, 1843, 1841, 1842 |
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Frederic Franklin's 1988 restaging of Giselle set the play in which US state in the 1840s (in ballet)? Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Georgia |
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Theophile Gautier was inspired to write Giselle after reading a poem by whom (in ballet)? Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson |
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Giselle features the character Duke Albrecht of... (in ballet)? Silesia, Moldova, Bohemia, Moravia |
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What is the name of Giselle's mother (in ballet)? Myrtha, Berthe, Odette, Moyne |
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In Giselle, what is Hilarion (in ballet)? A dancer, A gamekeeper, A teacher, A cook |
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In Giselle, Bathilde is the daughter of the Duke of... (in ballet)? Moravia, Bohemia, Rhineland, Courland |
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In which decade was the Mariinsky Ballet founded? 1750s, 1770s, 1760s, 1740s |
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Who became the first ballerina to tour the world? Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, Rudolf Nureyev, Carlotta Grisi, Anna Pavlova |
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From what did Anna Pavlova die? Heart attack, Pleurisy, AIDS, Cancer |