quiz 1654 – ballet (QA)

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1	Coda is a passage which brings a music movement to a conclusion. What does "coda" mean? Spring, Over, Waltz, Tail
2	How does "sur le cou-de-pied" translate (in ballet)? On the neck of the foot, On the back of the foot, On the head of the foot, On the tip of the foot
3	A ballet movement with extreme speed and athleticism is named after whom? Stravinsky, Balanchine, Fokine, Petipa
4	Ballet Romand is a company located in which European country? Austria, Belgium, France, Switzerland
5	Who composed the ballet Spartacus? Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Aram Khachaturian, Igor Stravinsky, Marius Petipa
6	In which modern-day capital was Aram Khachaturian born? Tirana, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Paris
7	In what year did the ballet Spartacus premiere? 1956, 1955, 1960, 1958
8	Complete the name of a suite element from Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and... Bacchante, Phrygia, Crassus, Harmodius
9	Complete the name of this influential French ballet figure: Jean-Baptiste... Lully, Tully, Mully, Cully
10	What is the name of the title character in Le bourgeois gentilhomme (in ballet)? Dorante, Lully, Cleonte, Jourdain
11	Who choreographed the Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake? Lev Ivanov, Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa, Igor Stravinsky
12	Act 1 of The Nutcracker opens on which important date? Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Ash Wednesday
13	Complete the name of this 2001 film based on The Nutcracker: '... in the Nutcracker'? Barbie, Jesus, Scooby-Doo, Aladdin
14	Complete the French title of the firebird: 'L'oiseau de...' (in ballet)? Beu, Meu, Leu, Feu
15	Who choreographed the ballet Jeux? Vaslav Nijinsky, Michel Fokine, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa
16	In what year was Jeux released (in ballet)? 1917, 1915, 1913, 1919
17	What does Jeux mean in English (in ballet)? Games, Folks, Dances, Ballets
18	Who composed the music for Jeux (in ballet)? Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky, Marius Petipa, Claude Debussy
19	Gamar Almaszadesh was the first ballerina from the Muslim world and the first from which country? Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan
20	Who composed Appalachian Spring (in ballet)? Aaron Copland, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Leo Delibes