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In what year was The Nutcracker first performed in America? 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 |
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What was George Balanchine's first full-length ballet, named after a Shakespeare play? A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus |
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Who composed Coppelia (in ballet)? Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Britten |
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Who choreographed ?Symphony in C? for the Paris Ballet Company? Nijinsky, Balanchine, Fokine, Petipa |
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In which film does Mikhail Baryshnikov do eleven pirouettes to win a bet against a fellow dancer? White Nights, Save the Last Dance, Centre Stage, The Red Shoes |
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What does the term ?tendu? mean (in ballet)? Walk, Quickly, Stretch, Waltz |
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What does the term ?frappe? mean (in ballet)? Walk, Twist, Strike, Run |
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?Rond de jambe? refers to which body part (in ballet)? Neck, Back, Arm, Leg |
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Who directed the acclaimed 2000 film, Billy Elliot? Spike Lee, Danny Boyle, Stephen Frears, Stephen Daldry |
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What does the term ?de cote? indicate (in ballet)? Backwards, Forwards, Sideways, Upwards |
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What does the term ?croise? mean (in ballet)? Increasing, Crossed, Decreasing, Moving |
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Who composed Jack in the Box (in ballet)? Igor Stravinsky, Leo Delibes, Erik Satie, Piotr Tchaikovsky |
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Which of the following was a ballerina in Romeo and Juliet? Lyudmila Semenyaka, Natalia Dudinskaya, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn |
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Which Russian impresario commissioned Stravinsky's famous ballet scores? Rudolf Nureyev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Prokofiev, Piotr Tchaikovsky |
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Which ballet dancer was known for his movements in ballets such as The Afternoon of a Faun? Nijinsky, Nureyev, Ivanov, Diaghilev |
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Who arranged the music for the ballet La Boutique Fantastique (The Fantastic Toyshop)? Federico Sarti, Luigi Torchi, Ottorino Respighi, Giuseppe Martucci |
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Which Khachaturian ballet features the known ?Sabre Dance?? The Firebird, Spartak, The Nutcracker, Gayane |
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Which ballet did Fokine choreograph to numerous Chopin compositions? La Sylphide, Swan Lake, La Bayadere, The Firebird |
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In Giselle, what is the name of the Queen of the Wilis (in ballet)? Juliette, Hydra, Myrta, Giselle |
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Which ballet is subtitled ?The Girl with Enamel Eyes?? The Firebird, Giselle, Coppelia, Romeo and Juliet |
