quiz 1463 – ballet (QA)

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1	In what year was The Nutcracker first performed in America? 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
2	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
3	Who composed Coppelia (in ballet)? Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Britten
4	Who choreographed ?Symphony in C? for the Paris Ballet Company? Nijinsky, Balanchine, Fokine, Petipa
5	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
6	What does the term ?tendu? mean (in ballet)? Walk, Quickly, Stretch, Waltz
7	What does the term ?frappe? mean (in ballet)? Walk, Twist, Strike, Run
8	?Rond de jambe? refers to which body part (in ballet)? Neck, Back, Arm, Leg
9	Who directed the acclaimed 2000 film, Billy Elliot? Spike Lee, Danny Boyle, Stephen Frears, Stephen Daldry
10	What does the term ?de cote? indicate (in ballet)? Backwards, Forwards, Sideways, Upwards
11	What does the term ?croise? mean (in ballet)? Increasing, Crossed, Decreasing, Moving
12	Who composed Jack in the Box (in ballet)? Igor Stravinsky, Leo Delibes, Erik Satie, Piotr Tchaikovsky
13	Which of the following was a ballerina in Romeo and Juliet? Lyudmila Semenyaka, Natalia Dudinskaya, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn
14	Which Russian impresario commissioned Stravinsky's famous ballet scores? Rudolf Nureyev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Prokofiev, Piotr Tchaikovsky
15	Which ballet dancer was known for his movements in ballets such as The Afternoon of a Faun? Nijinsky, Nureyev, Ivanov, Diaghilev
16	Who arranged the music for the ballet La Boutique Fantastique (The Fantastic Toyshop)? Federico Sarti, Luigi Torchi, Ottorino Respighi, Giuseppe Martucci
17	Which Khachaturian ballet features the known ?Sabre Dance?? The Firebird, Spartak, The Nutcracker, Gayane
18	Which ballet did Fokine choreograph to numerous Chopin compositions? La Sylphide, Swan Lake, La Bayadere, The Firebird
19	In Giselle, what is the name of the Queen of the Wilis (in ballet)? Juliette, Hydra, Myrta, Giselle
20	Which ballet is subtitled ?The Girl with Enamel Eyes?? The Firebird, Giselle, Coppelia, Romeo and Juliet