IN 1915, THIS PAIR FOUNDED THE FIRST MODERN DANCE SCHOOL, WHOSE NAME WAS A COMBINATION OF THEIR NAMES...

RUTH ST. DENIS & TED SHAWN(DENISHAWN)

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A NONDANCER. IMPRESARIO WHO FOUNDED THE BALLETS RUSSES...	DIAGHILEV
STAR DANCER OF THE BALLETS RUSSES. HIS MOST NOTED PERFORMANCE WAS IN "RITE OF SPRING" WHICH CAUSED A RIOT AT ITS PREMIERE...	NIJINSKY
A STAR OF THE KIROV BALLET UNTIL HIS 1961 DEFECTION, AFTER WHICH HE FREQUENTLY PAIRED WITH MARGOT FONTEYN...	RUDOLF NUREYEV
"APPALACHIAN SPRING" IS HER MOST WELL-KNOWN WORK...	MARTHA GRAHAM
THIS AMERICAN DIRECTED AS WELL AS CHOREOGRAPHED "BELLS ARE RINGING", "WEST SIDE STORY", "GYPSY", AND "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"...	JEROME ROBBINS
A BENDING OF THE KNEES IN BALLET	PLIE'
A JUMP IN WHICH ONE LEG IS THROWN TO THE SIDE...	JETE'
EXTENSION OF ONE LEG STRAIGHT BACK 90 DEGREES WITH SHOULDERS SQUARED...	ARABESQUE
A TURN ON ONE LEG, WITH THE TOE OF THE OTHER LEG ON THE KNEE...	PIROUETTE
A DANCE FOR TWO...	PAS DE DEUX
THE BASIC POSITIONS OF THE FEET IN BALLET...	5 POSITIONS
AFTER A CAREER W/ THE BALLET RUSEE DE MONTE CARLO, AND THE NYC BALLET, SHE FOUNDED THE CHICAGO CITY BALLET...	MARIA TALLCHIEF
HIS WORKS SUCH AS "REVELATIONS" AND "CRY" BLENDED AFRICAN, JAZZ, AND MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUES & WERE PERFORMED AT HIS AMERICAN DANCE THEATER...	ALVIN AILEY
THIS CHOREOGRAPHER BEGAN WITH MARTHA GRAHAM'S TROUPE BUT LEFT TO PRODUCE AVANT-GARDE WORKS SUCH AS "EVENTS" AND "SUMMERSPACE", OFTEN WITH JOHN CAGE...	MERCE CUNNINGHAM
BEFORE HIS DEFECTION IN 1974, BARYSHINIKOV WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RUSSIAN BALLET COMPANY...	KIROV
"APOLLO", "AGON", "SERENADE", & "JEWELS" ARE ALL NEOCLASSICAL MASTERPIECES BY THIS CHOREOGRAPHER...	GEORGE BALANCHINE
DIAGHILEV COMMISSIONED THIS TOP CHOREOGRAPHER WITH THE BALLETS RUSSES TO CREATE "FIREBIRD" AND "PETROUCHKA"...	MICHEL FOKINE
THIS CURRENT LEADER OF THE NYC BALLET BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET...	PETER MARTINS
AFTER DANCING WITH THE NYC BALLET SINCE THE 1950S, ARTHUR MITCHELL FOUNDED THIS BLACK CLASSICAL DANCE COMPANY IN 1968...	DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM
HER WORK HAS INCLUDED CREATING IDIOSYNCRATIC MODERN PIECES LIKE "DEUCE COUPE", CHOREOGRAPHING THE MOVIE "HAIR", AND DIRECTING BROADWAY'S "SINGING IN THE RAIN"...	TWYLA THARP
HER BALLETS ROOTED IN AMERICAN FOLKLORE INCLUDE "RODEO" AND "FALL RIVER LEGEND". HER BROADWAY CHOREOGRAPHING INCLUDED "OKLAHOMA!"...	AGNES DE MILLE
BORN ALICIA MARKS IN LONDON, SHE RUSSIANIZED HER NAME TO THIS TO SEEM MORE EXOTIC...	ALICIA MARKOVA
THIS CHOREOGRAPHER WORKED WITH THE BALLET RUSSES BEFORE FORMING THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF BALLET IN 1934....	GEORGE BALANCHINE
THIS BALLET COMPANY SETTLED INTO ITS NEW HOME IN CHICAGO IN 1996...	JOFFREY BALLET
GERALD ARPINO BECAME THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THIS BALLET COMPANY IN 1988...	JOFFREY BALLET
IN 1915, THIS PAIR FOUNDED THE FIRST MODERN DANCE SCHOOL, WHOSE NAME WAS A COMBINATION OF THEIR NAMES...	RUTH ST. DENIS & TED SHAWN(DENISHAWN)
BALANCHINE'S 1949 PRODUCTION OF "THE FIREBIRD" MADE THIS WOMAN, HIS WIFE AT THE TIME, A STAR...	MARIA TALLCHIEF
THIS BRITISH CHOREOGRAPHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN BALLET THEATER AND CREATED INTENSELY POPULAR PSYCHOLOGICAL BALLETS SUCH AS "PILLAR OF FIRE"...	ANTONY TUDOR
THE 2 WOMEN FEATURED IN THE 2004 AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHERS SERIES	MARTHA GRAHAM & AGNES DE MILLE
THE ROYAL BALLET'S KENNETH MACMILLAN CHOREOGRAPHED A 1966 FILM STARRING NUREYEV & FONTEYN AS THESE LOVERS FROM SHAKESPEARE	ROMEO & JULIET
CHOREOGRAPHER RUDOLF VON LABAN DEVELOPED A WIDELY USED SYSTEM OF THIS...	DANCE NOTATION
NIJINSKY, MASSINE & WIGMAN ALL JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO CHOREOGRAPH THIS 1913 STRAVINSKY WORK	THE RITE OF SPRING
THE "CONTRACTION & RELEASE" METHOD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GREAT FEMALE CHOREOGRAPHER WHO DIED IN 1991	MARTHA GRAHAM
THIS DANISH-BORN MALE DANCER WAS GROOMED AS BALANCHINE'S HEIR AT THE NYC BALLET	PETER MARTINS
WHEN BALANCHINE STAGED "ORPHEUS & EURYDICE" AT THIS U.S. OPERA HOUSE, HE KEPT THE SINGERS IN THE PIT	METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
THIS MODERN DANCER CREATED OVER 170 WORKS; HER CAREER SPANNED THE CENTURY	MARTHA GRAHAM
IN A SINGLE YEAR HE CHOREOGRAPHED "42ND STREET", "FOOTLIGHT PARADE", AND "GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933"	BUSBY BERKELEY
HE CONCEIVED, DIRECTED, & CHOREOGRAPHED THE MUSICAL WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: "TONIGHT, TONIGHT, THE WORLD IS WILD AND BRIGHT..."	JEROME ROBBINS
IN THE ORIGINAL 1942 PRODUCTION OF "RODEO", SHE DANCED THE ROLE OF THE COWGIRL	AGNES DE MILLE
I'M ALLERGIC TO FEATHERS, SO DON'T LET ME SIT CLOSE TO ODETT IN THIS BALLET	SWAN LAKE
I'M HOPING THAT THE SERPENT WILL SHOW UP IN THE BALLET "AFTER EDEN", BUT I'M AFRAID WE'LL JUST SEE THIS DUO	ADAM AND EVE
I MAY NOD OFF DURING THIS TCHAIKOVSKY FAIRY TALE BALLET, EVEN BEFORE THAT SPINDLE TURNS UP	SLEEPING BEAUTY
A GOLDEN BIRD PECKS A KING TO DEATH IN "LE COQ D'OR" BY THIS HYPENATED RUSSIAN COMPOSER	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
THIS RUSSIAN WORD FOR "BIG" IS ALSO THE NAME OF A BIG BALLET COMPANY	BOLSHOI
THE PERSON PLAYING THIS INSTRUMENT IS RIGHT UP ON STAGE IN "DANCES AT A GATHERING", TO MUSIC BY CHOPIN	PIANO
THE ALBUM "FIEDLER'S FAVORITE" THESE INCLUDES THE ONE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS	MARCH
MANUEL DE FALLA'S "EL SOMBRERO DE TRES PICOS" TRANSLATES TO THIS IN ENGLISH	THE THREE-CORNERED HAT
ELTON JOHN WROTE THE MUSIC FOR THE BROADWAY SHOW IN WHICH A WORKING CLASS BRITISH LAD DREAMS OF BEING A BALLET DANCER	BILLY ELLIOT
THE PAS DE CHAT OWES ITS NAME TO THE LIKENESS OF THE MOVEMENT TO THE LEAP OF ONE OF THESE	A CAT
FRENCH FOR "FEAT OF STRENGTH", THIS BALLET TERM NOW REFERS TO A DISPLAY OF TECHNICAL SKILL BY ANY ARTIST	TOUR DE FORCE
THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO SEE THE BALLET, OR THE HEELS-TOGETHER, TOES OUT BASIC ABILITY SEEN IN FIRST POSITION	TURNOUT
THIS 4-LETTER WORD REFERS TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE BODY RESTING OR IN MOTION; A GOOD ONE IS PARTLY NATURAL PHYSIQUE	LINE
A BALLET DANCER ASKED TO DO A MOVEMENT EN CLOCHE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE	BELT
"THE GOLDEN AGE", WITH MUSIC BY SHASTAKOVICH, WAS PREMIERED BY THE KIROV BALLET IN THIS CITY IN 1930	LENINGRAD (ST. PETERSBURG)
WHEN I SAW "LES NOCES", "EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AT" THIS, AS THEY SAY IN "A CHORUS LINE"	BALLET
HE COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR THE BALLET "GHOST TOWN" 4 YEARS BEFORE HE TEAMED UP WITH OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN	RICHARD RODGERS
"FLOTEZART" IS THE FANCIFUL TITLE OF A BALLET DANCED TO HIS FLUTE MUSIC	MOZART
THE BALLET CALLED "VIVA" THIS COMPOSER FEATURES VARIATIONS ON "LA TRAVIATA"	VERDI
A TWYLA THARP BALLET IS DANCED TO HIS SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN A MAJOR, KNOWN AS HIS "DANCE SYMPHONY"	BEETHOVEN
ORIGINALLY TITLED "LE PALAIS DE CRISTAL", "SYMPHONY IN C" IS DANCED TO MUSIC BY THIS "CARMEN" COMPOSER	BIZET
IN "WONDERFUL DANCING GIRLS" 2 BALLET DANCERS CANCE ON THIS, YEARS BEFORE FRED ASTAIRE IN "ROYAL WEDDING"	THE CEILING
THIS SPANISH SURREALIST DESIGNED COSTUMES FOR LEONIDE MASSINE'S 1941 BALLET "LABYRINTH"	DALI
THE 1988 BALLET " A FOOL FOR YOU", FEATURED HIS SONGS, INCLUDING THE TITLE TUNE AND "I'VE GOT A WOMAN"	RAY CHARLES
THIS RUSSIAN BALLERINA CHOREOGRAPHED ONLY ONE BALLET, "AUTUMN LEAVES" IN 1918	ANNA PAVLOVA
IN 1957 THIS SISTER OF MARIA TALLCHIEF JOINED THE PARIS OPERA BALLET AS AN ETOILE, THE FIRST AMERICAN SO HONORED	MARJORIE TALLCHIEF
IN MANY VERSIONS OF THIS CLASSIC HOLIDAY BALLET, CLARA RIDES OFF TO THE KINGDOM OF SWEETS IN A MAGICAL SLEIGH	THE NUTCRACKER
"LA CROQUEUSE DE DIAMANTS" IS ABOUT A WOMAN WHO EATS THESE LUXURIOUS TITLE ITEMS	DIAMONDS
A HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE SETTINGS FOR "BLUE SUEDE SHOES", A BALLET DANCED TO THIS SINGER'S HITS	ELVIS PRESLEY
"TONIGHT, TONIGHT" LET'S SEE THE BALLET BASED ON THIS 1957 MUSICAL ABOUT TEEN GANGS	WEST SIDE STORY
TEENS ARE TOUCHED BY THE BALLET ABOUT THIS BIBLICAL KID WHO RUNS OFF BUT RETURNS HOME	THE PRODIGAL SON
THIS BALLET STAR AND CARRIE'S LOVE INTEREST ON "SEX AND THE CITY" TURNED 61 IN FEB.	BARYSHNIKOV
"THE FOUR TEMPERMENTS" IS SUBTITLED, "A DANCE BALLET WITHOUT" THIS, SO WE'LL NEVER SAY THAT IT "THICKENS"	A PLOT
"STARS AND STRIPES" IS A PATRIOTIC BALLET DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THIS NYC MAYOR, SON OF A BANDMASTER	FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
SCENE I OF BALANCHINE'S BALLET "ORPHEUS" OPENS AT THE GRAVE OF THIS WOMAN	EURYDICE
IN BALANCHINE'S VERSION, THIS TITLE CREATURE HAD "SHIMMERING FEATHERS" TAPERING OFF IN "ORANGE-SPECKLED FLAME"	THE FIREBIRD
ORIGINALLY BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHED HIS "WALPURGISNACHT BALLET" FOR A 1975 PRODUCTION OF THIS GOUNOD OPERA	FAUST
WHEN BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHED THIS BALLET IN 1965, HE PLAYED THE TITLE ROLE AND SUZANNE FARRELL WAS HIS DULCINEA	DON QUIXOTE
THE NAME OF THIS CLASSICAL BALLET POSE IS DERIVED FROM THE NAME OF A PENINSULA	ARABESQUE
IF THE ARMS ARE EN COURONNE, THEY'RE HELD IN A CURVE HERE	ABOVE THE HEAD
THIS ORDIANAL BALLET POSITION TRADITIONALLY HAS BOTH ARMS EXTENDED OUTWARD	2ND POSTION
THE NAME OF THIS BALLET MOVE IS FROM THE OLD FRENCH FOR "SPINNING TOP"	PIROUETTE
THIS BALLET MOVEMENT WITH A 4-LETTER NAME IS A JUMP FORWARD, BACKWARD, OR TO THE SIDE	JETE'
MICHAEL FOKINE CREATED THIS AVIAN BALLET IN 1905 FOR BALLERINA ANNA PAVLOVA	THE DYING SWAN
HE COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR THE 1938 BALLET "BILLY THE KID"	AARON COPLAND
THIS GREAT CUBIST DESIGNED SETS & COSTUMES FOR THE 1919 BALLET "THE THREE-CORNERED HAT"	PICASSO
"PRINCE RAMA AND THE DEMONS" WAS INSPIRED BY THE "RAMAYANA", AN EPIC POEM COMPOSED IN THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE	SANSKRIT
IN 1959 GALINA ULANOVA IN "ROMEO & JULIET" WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS BALLET COMPANY'S FIRST U.S. TOUR	BOLSHOI
MARGOT FONTEYN FIRST DANCED ONSTAGE WITH HIM IN 1962 AT COVENT GARDEN IN A PERFORMANCE OF "GISELLE"	NUREYEV
IN 1911 THIS GREAT DANCER LEAPT INTO IMMORTALITY WITH HIS MAGNIFICENT EXIT LEAP IN "LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE"	NIJINSKI
IN ONE PRODUCTION OF THE BALLET "CINDERELLA", ROBERT HELPMANN AND FREDERICK ASHTON DANCED THE PARTS OF THESE 2 MEANIES	UGLY STEPSISTERS
TCHAIKOVSKY SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPOSED EARLY SKETCHES FOR THE "PATHETIQUE" SYMPHONY AND THIS LIVELY BALLET SUITE	THE NUTCRACKER
I HAVE TO SEE THE NYC BALLET'S PRODUCTION OF THIS; THE CHRISTMAS TREE GROWS ABOUT 40' HIGH AND WEIGHS A TON!	THE NUTCRACKER
ACT II OF "SPARTACUS" IS SET ON THIS ANCIENT HIGHWAY	APPIAN WAY (VIA APPIA)
I LOVE THE MUSIC OF THIS POLISH-FRENCH COMPOSER, SO WE MUST SEE "IN THE NIGHT", WHICH FEATURES HIS NOCTURNES	CHOPIN
SHE CHOREOGRAPHED "RODEO"	AGNES DE MILLE
IN 2008 THIS MOSCOW BALLET COMPANY ANNOUNCED THAT YURI BURLAKAU HAD BEEN APPROVED ITS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR	BOLSHOI
FOR A BALLET OR A BROADWAY SHOW, THIS PERSON CREATES AND ARRANGES THE DANCES	CHOREOGRAPHER
THIS COMPOSER OF THE BALLET "RODEO" SCORED AN OSCAR FOR THIS SCORE FROM "THE HEIRESS"	AARON COPLAND
IN THE 1948 BALLET "FALL RIVER LEGEND", THIS CHARACTER IS HANGED ALTHOUGH IN REAL LIFE, SHE WAS ACQUITTED	LIZZIE BORDEN
THIS STRAVINSKY CHARACTER FIRST PLAYED BY TAMARA KARSAVINA HAS THE FACE & ARMS OF A GIRL AND A BODY OF FEATHERS	THE FIREBIRD
THE FIRST BALLET "BALLET COMIQUE DE LA REINE" WAS COMMISSIONED BY THIS FRENCH QUEEN FOR HER SISTER'S WEDDING IN 1581	CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE 1890 PREMIERE OF THIS BALLET INCLUDED ENRICO CECCHETI AS THE BLUEBIRD AND CARLOTTA BRIANZA AS AURORA	SLEEPING BEAUTY
THIS RELATIVE OF A FAMED FILM DIRECTOR BEGAN CHOREOGRAPHING FOR THE BALLET THEATRE BEFORE IT WAS "AMERICAN"	AGNES DE MILLE
BALLET MUSIC WAS THOUGHT AN INFERIOR GENRE WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO WRITE THE MUSIC FOR "SWAN LAKE"	TCHAIKOVSKY
SINCE THE 19TH-C., THE MARINSKY THEATRE HAS BEEN HOME TO BALLET COMPANY KNOWN BY THIS NAME IN THE U.S.	KIROV
SOME FEATHERBRAIN IN MOSCOW WAS THE FIRST TO STAGE THIS BALLET, IN 1877	SWAN LAKE
"CIRCUS POLKA" WAS ORIGINALLY CHOREOGRAPHED FOR THESE HUGE CIRCUS ANIMALS; IT'S NOW DANCED BY HUMANS	ELEPHANTS
IN TITLES OF BALLETS, THIS NUMBER PRECEDES "SEASONS", "BAGATELLES", AND "NORWEIGIAN MOONDS"	FOUR
JOHN CRANKO CHOREOGRAPHED A BALLET CALLED "HARLEQUIN IN" THIS MONTH	APRIL
MODELS, GENDARMES, AND A TOUR DE FRANCE CYCLIST APPEAR IN THIS GERSHWIN WORK	AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
IN A STRAVINSKY BALLET, THIS TITLE CREATURE GIVES PRINCE IVAN A MAGIC FEATHER	THE FIREBIRD
IN A 1938 BALLET, A SYMBOLIC CHARACTER KNOWN AS ALIAS IS KILLED AGAIN & AGAIN BY THIS TITLE OUTLAW	BILLY THE KID
THE NYC BALLET'S FIRST VISIT TO THIS CITY'S FAMOUS FESTIVAL INSPIRED THE BALLET "SCOTCH SYMPHONY"	EDINBURGH
THE 1972 BALLET "PRINTEMPS" PREMIERED IN THE WINTER, BUT ITS NAME IS FRENCH FOR THIS SEASON	SPRING
BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHED THE LEADING ROLE IN "ALLEGRO BRILLANTE" FOR THIS PART-OSAGE INDIAN EX-WIFE	MARIA TALLCHIEF
ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS' TALE ABOUT "THE LADY OF" THESE FLOWERS BLOOMED AS THE BALLET "MARGUERITE AND ARMAND"	THE CAMELLIAS
CHARLES AND CAMILLA ARE CHARACTERS IN A BALLET NAMED FOR THIS PRINCESS THAT PREMIERED IN MANCHESTER IN 2005	DIANA
AS A LAW STUDENT IN ST. PETERSBURG, THIS MAN BECAME INTERESTED IN THE ARTS, AND IN 1909, HE FOUNDED THE BALLETS RUSSES	DIAGHILEV
IN 1985, TO HONOR THE WISHES OF HER LATE MOTHER, THIS PRINCESS RE-ESTABLISHED LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO	CAROLINE
THE FIRST BALLET, "BALLET COMIQUE DE LA REINE", WAS PRESENTED AT THE COURT OF THIS MEDICI QUEEN OF FRANCE IN 1581	CATHERINE
THIS PRINCE WHO HAS 2 DAUGHTERS, BECAME PATRON OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET IN 2001	ANDREW
THIS CURRENT QUEEN IS A BIG FAN OF BALLET, AND THE NETHERLANDS DANCE THEATRE OFTEN ACCOMPANIES HER ON STATE VISITS	QUEEN BEATRIX
AS A FAMOUS ONE OF THESE ARTISTES, MARIE CAMARGO IS REMEMBERED FOR SHORTENING HER SKIRT TO CALF LENGTH	BALLET DANCER
IN A FAMOUS BALLET, HER DANCE IS PRECEDED BY "THE WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS"	SUGARPLUM FAIRY
1949 SAW THE FIRST BALLET VERSION OF THIS OPERATIC BIZET WORK THAT FEATURES DON JOSE AND A TOREADOR	CARMEN
THE EVIL PRIEST FROLLO WANTS ESMERALDA BUT SHE IS SAVED BY HIM	QUASIMODO
PRINCESS AURORA IS THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS BALLET	SLEEPING BEAUTY
THIS GREEK GAL FALLS FOR HER STEPSON HIPPOLYTUS IN A BALLET BASED ON RACINE'S TRAGEDY	PHAEDRA
THIS KENNETH MACMILLAN BALLET INTRIGUES WITH THE CURIOUS STORY OF THE LAST OF THE 4 DAUGHTERS OF CZAR NICHOLAS II	ANASTASIA
CADETS ATTEND A DANCE AT A GIRLS' SCHOOL IN "GRADUATION BALL", A BALLET SET IN THIS CAPITAL OF AUSTRIA	VIENNA
THE 2000 BALLET "TODO BUENOS AIRES" FEATURES DIFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS SENSUAL BALLROOM DANCE	TANGO
A PAS DE CHEVAL IS A BALLET STEP THAT IMITATES THIS ANIMAL	HORSE
HE DESIGNED THE SETS AND COSTUMES FOR "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE", A BALLET BASED ON HIS OWN BOOK	MAURICE SENDAK
THE CAROLINA BALLET DEBUTED A 2006 WORK BASED ON THIS STORMY SHAKESPEAREAN SHIPWRECK SAGA	THE TEMPEST
IN 1989 HE AGAIN DANCED WITH THE KIROV BALLET, THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS DEFECTION 28 YEARS EARLIER	NUREYEV
THE LIPPIZZANERS PERFORM EQUESTRIAN BALLET TO CLASSICAL MUSIC LIKE THAT OF THIS 19TH-C. VIENNESE MASTER	JOHANN STRAUSS
IN 1966 SHE & NURYEV DANCED IN A MOVIE VERSION THE BALLET "ROMEO & JULIET"	MARGOT FONTEYN
IN "LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE", DOLLS COME TO LIFE AND PERFORM THIS HIGH-KICKING, SKIRT-SWOOSHING DANCE	CAN-CAN
EVERY "PYSHO" KNOWS THAT MATTHEW BOURNE'S BALLET "DEADLY SERIOUS" IS AN HOMAGE TO THIS FILM DIRECTOR	ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THE ROANOKE BALLET'S DANCERS RACED AROUND WITH LOGOS ON THEIR UNITARDS IN A BALLET NAMED FOR THIS AUTO ASSOC.	NASCAR
THE MUSIC OF FILM COMPOSER ALEX NORTH DRIVES THE BALLET BASED ON THIS PLAY ABOUT STANLEY KOWALSKI	A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
DIZZY GILLESPIE'S MUSIC IS ALSO FEATURED IN IT, BUT THE BALLET "FOR BIRD...WITH LOVE" IS A TRIBUTE TO HIM	CHARLIE PARKER
THIS BALLET ALSO FEATURES A PUMPKIN COACH	CINDERELLA
IN THE CLASSIC BALLET BASED ON THIS FAIRY TALE, CARABOSSE IS THE EVIL FAIRY WHO CONJURES UP THAT SPINDLE CURSE	SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE TEMPS DE POISSON, A JUMP WITH ARCHED BACK AND CROSSED FEET, LITERALLY MEANS "TIME OF" THIS ANIMAL	FISH
JUST LIKE THE OPERA, THE 1949 BALLET VERSION OF "CARMEN" TAKES PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY	SPAIN
A FLURRY OF BALLERINAS PERFORMS THE "WALTZ OF THE SNOWFLAKES" IN THIS BELOVED BALLET	THE NUTCRACKER
BY AGE 16, NIJINSKY WAS ALREADY KNOWN AS THE "EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD" AS ONE OF THESE PERFORMERS	BALLET DANCER
THE LAST ACT OF THIS BALLET IS SOMETIMES PRESENTED INDEPENDENTLY IN ONE ACT AS "AURORA'S WEDDING"	SLEEPING BEAUTY
THIS NIJINSKY-CHOREOGRAPHED BALLET HAS 2 SCENES: "ADORATION OF THE EARTH" AND "THE SACRIFICED"	THE RITE OF SPRING
THIS ALLITERATIVE JEROME ROBBINS BALLET FOCUSES ON 3 SAILORS ON SHORE LEAVE IN NEW YORK	FANCY FREE
PAT GARRETT IS ONE OF THE ROLES IN THIS AMERICAN BALLET	BILLY THE KID
S.C.'S COLUMBIA CITY BALLET SUBTITLED ITS ADAPTATION OF THIS 19TH-C. HORROR CLASSIC, "BALLET WITH A BITE"	DRACULA
IN MICHAEL PINK'S BALLET VERSION OF THIS FRENCH NOVEL, ESMERALDA REALLY SWINGS; SHE'S HANGED ONSTAGE	THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
"DOUBLE EXPOSURE" WAS BASED ON THIS OSCAR WILDE NOVEL	THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
DMITRY & HIS DAD BOTH LUST AFTER SEXY GRUSHENKA IN THE BALLET BASED ON THIS DOSTOEVSKY NOVEL	THE BROTHERS KARAMOZOV
VALERIE BETTIS' BALLET "AS I LAY DYING" BROUGHT TO LIFE A NOVEL BY THIS SOUTHERNER	WILLIAM FAULKNER
BEETHOVEN'S "CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS" IS MUSIC TO ACCOMPANY THIS TYPE OF PERFORMANCE	BALLET
"REMEMBRANCES" AND "POSTCARDS" ARE WORKS BY THIS CHOREOGRAPHER WHO FOUNDED HIS OWN BALLET COMPANY	JOFFREY
A HOFFMANN TALE TITLE LOST THE WORDS "AND THE MOUSE KING" WHEN IT BECAME THIS TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET	THE NUTCRACKER
IN BALLET, ONE OF THESE, FROM THE FRENCH FOR "THROW", CAN BE A "GRAND" OR "PETIT" LEAP FROM ONE FOOT TO THE OTHER	JETE'
THE FIRST NEA GRANT WAS AWARDED TO SAVE THIS MANHATTAN BALLET COMPANY	AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
YURI VLADIMIROV DANCED THE ROLE OF THIS NOTORIOUS 16TH-C. TSAR IN THE 1975 PREMIERE OF THE BALLET ABOUT HIM	IVAN THE TERRIBLE
IN 1801, TSAR PAUL I BROUGHT CHARLES DIDELOT, THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED FLESH-COLORED TIGHTS, TO THIS CITY AS BALLET MASTER	ST. PETERSBURG
A GAZELLE IS A GRACEFUL ANIMAL; THIS 1841 BALLET HAS BEEN CALLED "THE HAMLET OF THE DANCE"	GISELLE
MEN IN TUTUS PORTRAY BALLERINAS LIKE TATIANA YOUBETYABOOTSKAYA IN LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE THIS RIVIERA RESORT	MONTE CARLO
THIS ZIEGFIELD STAR DONNED A TUTU FOR ZANY BALLET SPOOFS, WHICH INSPIRED "THE SWAN" NUMBER IN THE FILM "FUNNY GIRL"	FANNY BRICE
AFTER HIS BALLET TROUPE'S TORONTO PERFORMANCE IN 1974, HE DIDN'T GET ON THE KGB BUS	BARYSHNIKOV
SINCE 1905 IT'S BEEN DYING...STILL FLUTTERING...DEAD!	THE DYING SWAN
THIS OUTLAW PIROUETTES TO COPLAND'S MUSIC BEFORE HE SHOOTS PEOPLE	BILLY THE KID
SHE GETS A NUTCRACKER FOR CHRISTMAS	CLARA
GOAT-LEGGED NIJINSKY CREATURE ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON	A FAUN
ALSO REFERRING TO HIS SHIP, HE IS THE TITLE PIRATE IN A BALLET INSPIRED BY BYRON	THE CORSAIR
YOU MAY TAKE A "GANDER" AT THE JEROME ROBBINS BALLET NAMED FOR THIS NURSERY RHYMSTER	MOTHER GOOSE
SANCHO PANZA GETS CHASED AFTER STEALING A BIRD IN A BALLET BASED ON THIS NOVEL	DON QUIXOTE
THE NYC BALLET'S 1986 VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC BALLET HAD THE BIRDS DRESSED IN BLACK	SWAN LAKE
THERE'S A DUCK IN THE BALLET BASED ON THIS COMPOSER'S "PETER AND THE WOLF"	PROKOFIEV
JEMIMA PUDDLE DUCK SHAKES HER TAIL FEATHERS IN THE DELIGHTFUL BALLET CALLED "THE TALES OF" THIS WOMAN	BEATRIX POTTER
KING GUSTAV III OF THIS COUNTRY FOUNDED A BALLET COMPANY IN 1173; IT'S STILL GOING STRONG TODAY	SWEDEN
IN THE EARLY 1890S, BEFORE HE WAS THE CZAR, HE WAS IN A SPIN OVER BALLERINA MATHILDE KSCHESSINSKA	NICHOLAS II
IN 1661 THIS KING FOUNDED THE ACADEMIE ROYALE DE DANSE	LOUIS XIV
A NEW PRODUCTION OF "THUMBELINA" THAT PREMIERED IN TIVOLI IN 2005, FEATURED SETS AND COSTUMES DESIGNED BY THIS WOMAN, THE QUEEN OF DENMARK	QUEEN MARGRETHE
THIS COMPOSER OF FILM AND BALLET SCORES WAS OVERSHADOWED WHEN HE DIED THE SAME DAY AS STALIN, MARCH 5, 1953	PROKOFIEV
IN 1982 HE CHOREOGRAPHED HIS FINAL BALLET, A NEW VERSION OF STRAVINSKY'S "VARIATIONS FOR ORCHESTRA"	BALANCHINE
THE BALLET "LES PATINEURS" FOCUSES ON THIS ATLETIC PASTIME, WITH THE DANCERS GLIDING BY IN WINTRY SETTING	ICE SKATING
IN PART II OF THE BALLET "JEWELS", THE DANCERS DRESS LIKE THESE RED GEMS	RUBIES
IT'S THE FAMOUS DANCE FROM THE BALLET "GAYANE" BY ARAM KHACHATURIAN	SABRE DANCE
THIS BALLET SKIRT IS SOMETIMES MADE OF A COTTON FABRIC CALLED TARLATAN	TUTU
IN ONE VERSION OF THIS FAIRY TALE BALLET, THE PRINCE SUMMONS COBBLERS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, BUT TO NO AVAIL	CINDERELLA
ACT II OF THIS CLASSIC BALLET TAKES PLACE IN THE KINGDOM OF SWEETS	THE NUTCRACKER
THE ROLES OF ODETTE AND ODILE ARE OFTEN PERFORMED BY THE SAME BALLERINA IN THIS BALLET	SWAN LAKE
AGNES DE MILLE'S SUCCESS WITH THIS 1942 COPLAND BALLET LED TO HER ASSIGNMENT AS THE CHOREOGRAPHER FOR "OKLAHOMA!"	RODEO
WITH MUSIC BY STRAVINSKY, THIS BALLET TELLS OF A CLOWN PUPPET WHO GETS HIS HEART BROKEN, DIES AND BECOMES A GHOST	PETRUSHKA
MODERN DANCE BEGAN AS A REBELLION AGAINST THE ARTIFICE AND FORMALITY OF THIS CLASSIC FORM OF DANCE	BALLET
IN THE 1940S AND 1950S GALINA ULANOVA WAS THE CHIEF BALLERINA FOR THIS COMPANY FORMED ALMOST 200 YEARS EARLIER	BOLSHOI
APPROPRIATE 1-WORD TITLE OF THE BALANCHINE BALLET IN 3 PARTS: "EMERALDS", "RUBIES", AND "DIAMONDS"	JEWELS
THIS CHOREOGRAPHER'S FIRST BALLET "FANCY FREE", COMBINED BALLET AND JAZZ DANCING	JEROME ROBBINS
IN 1912 THIS RUSSIAN NOT ONLY CHOREOGRAPHED "THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN", HE DANCED THE PART OF THE FAUN AS WELL	NIJINSKY
LITERALLY FRENCH FOR "BEATING", THIS MOVEMENT OF THE LEG MAY BE GRAND, PETIT, OR FRAPPE	A BATTEMENT
"FILLING STATION" FEATURES DANCING TRUCK DRIVERS AND THIS 1930S DANCE WHOSE NAME IS NYC'S NICKNAME	THE BIG APPLE
CONCUBINES & A EUNUCH ARE FEATURED IN THE EXOTIC BALLET NAMED FOR THIS "ARABIAN NIGHTS" TALE-SPINNER	SCHEHERAZADE
TIPSY REVELERS FROLIC WITH LADIES OF EASY VIRTUE IN THE HOGARTH-INSPIRED BALLET ABOUT THIS MAN'S "PROGRESS"	THE RAKE
IN AN 1870 DELIBES BALLET, SWANILDA, THE HEROINE, GETS ALL DOLLED UP TO IMPERSONATE THIS TITLE DOLL	COPPELIA
1977'S "CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT" WAS THE FIRST BALLET CHOREOGRAPHED BY THIS GREAT DANE, BALLET MASTER IN CHIEF OF THE NYC BALLET	PETER MARTINS
BALANCHINE WAS A FRIEND OF THIS COMPOSER WHOSE FASCINATIN' RHYTHMS INSPIRED THE BALLET "WHO CARES?"	GERSHWIN
BALANCHINE WROTE THAT HE PLAYED AN ELF IN THIS SHAKESPEARE PLAY LONG BEFORE CREATING A 1962 BALLET BASED ON IT	A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
"CONCERTO BAROCCO" IS DANCED TO THIS MAN'S MUSIC, THOUGH BALANCHINE SAID THE MUSIC "CAN STAND ALONE"	J.S. BACH
WHEN THE BALLET "PRODIGAL SON" WAS REVIVED IN 1950, THIS WOMAN WHO WAS THEN BALANCHINE'S WIFE, PLAYED THE SIREN	MARIA TALLCHIEF
"THE WITCHES", THE 1ST OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER OF "MADAMA BUTTERFLY", MAY BE BASED ON THE BALLET "GISELLE"	PUCCINI
IGOR YOUSKEVITCH WAS NOTED FOR PLAYING STANLEY IN THE BALLET VERSION OF THIS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' PLAY	A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
WHEN ROBERT HELPMANN'S "HAMLET" BALLET PREMIERED IN 1942, MARGOT FONTEYN DANCED THIS INGENUE ROLE	OPHELIA
IN 1991 BALLERINA DARCI KISTLER MARRIED THIS U.S. BALLET COMPANY'S DIRECTOR, PETER MARTINS	NYC BALLET
THE BALLET "APOLLO" FEATURES POLYHYMNIA, TERPSICHORE, AND CALLIOPE, 3 OF THESE 9 SISTER-GODDESSES	MUSES
IN A TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET, PRINCE SIEGRIED GOES HUNTING FOR THESE ANIMALS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH 1 OF THEM	SWAN
THE 2 LEADING BALLET COMPANIES IN RUSSIA	BOLSHOI AND KIROV
SHE HAS BEEN CALLED THE GREATEST BRITISH BALLERINA OF ALL TIME	MARGOT FONTEYN
MENTAL ILLNESS ENDED HIS CAREER AFTER HE CHOREOGRAPHED HIS LAST BALLET, "TILL EULENSPIEGEL"	NIJINSKY
BALANCHINE'S BALLET "LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME" IS BASED ON A 17TH-C. PLAY BY THIS FRENCHMAN	MOLIERE
"ROND DE JAMBE" MEANS A ROTARY MOVEMENT OF THIS BODY PART, ON THE FLOOR OR IN THE AIR	THE LEG
HELENA AND HERMIA ARE CHARACTERS IN "THE DREAM", A BALLET BASED ON THIS SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY	A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
THIS "REGAL" BALLET COMPANY WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SADLER'S WELLS BALLET	ROYAL BALLET
PAVLOVA, NIJINSKY, AND BALANCHINE ALL TRAINED WITH THE ST. PETERSBURG (LENINGRAD) BALLET COMPANY NOW CALLED THIS	KIROV
THE GROUP OF DANCERS IN A BALLET TROUPE WHO PERFORM AS AN ENSEMBLE	THE CORPS DE BALLET
TCHAIKOVSKY WROTE THE MUSIC TO THESE 3 BALLETS...	"THE SLEEPING BEAUTY", "THE NUTCRACKER", AND "SWAN LAKE"
THE FAMOUS "SABRE DANCE" IS FROM THIS SOVIET-ARMENIAN COMPOSER'S BALLET "GAYANE"	KHACHATURIAN
RUSSIAN, CHINESE, ARABIAN, AND SPANISH DANCES ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BALLET THAT PREMIERED IN 1892	THE NUTCRACKER
THIS CHARACTER BECAME THE HEROINE OF THE DRAMATIC BALLET "THE MOOR'S PAVANE"	DESDEMONA
A MAGIC FEATHER HELPS SAVE THE LIFE OF PRINCE IVAN IN THIS STRAVINSKY BALLET BASED ON RUSSIAN FOLKLORE	THE FIREBIRD
FELLING THE NEED FOR BALLETS ABOUT AMERICAN LIFE, THIS DANCER CHOREOGRAPHED HIS FIRST BALLET IN 1944	JEROME ROBBINS
CHARACTERS IN THIS 1942 BALLET INCLUDE THE HEAD WRANGLER AND THE CHAMPION ROPER	RODEO
IN A MICHEL FOKINE BALLET, THIS HEROINE, DAPHNIS' BELOVED, IS KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES	CHLOE
MARIA TALLCHIEF PLAYED THIS MYTHOLOGICAL WIFE IN HER HUSBAND GEORGE BALANCHINE'S BALLET "ORPHEUS"	EURYDICE
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM INTRODUCED THIS IMPRESSARIO'S BALLETS RUSSES TO LONDON IN 1911	DIAGHILEV
SCOTLAND'S LARGEST CITY, IT'S HOME TO THE SCOTTISH OPERA AND THE SCOTTISH BALLET	GLASGOW
JEROME ROBBINS' BALLET "DANCES AT A GATHERING", IS DANCED TO PIANO PIECES BY THIS POLISH-FRENCH COMPOSER	CHOPIN
ORIGINALLY, PROKOFIEV WANTED THIS SHAKESPEAREAN BALLET TO END WITH BOTH LOVERS ALIVE AND DANCING	ROMEO AND JULIET
MEANING "STEP-FOR-TWO), IT'S A DANCE THAT INCLUDES AN ENTRE, AN ADAGIO, WITH TWO SOLOS AND A CODA	A PAS DE DEUX
JEROME ROBBINS' "IN THE NIGHT" IS DANCED TO SEVERAL OF THIS POLISH-BORN COMPOSER'S FAMOUS NOCTURNES	CHOPIN
SWEDISH DANCER ELSA MARIANNE VON ROSEN CREATED THE TITLE ROLE IN THIS BALLET BASED ON A PLAY BY STRINDBERG	MISS JULIE
THIS CHARISMATCI TARTAR PLAYED DR. COPELIUS IN "COPPELIA" IN 1990, 3 YEARS BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH	NURYEV
THIS FRENCHMAN PAINTED MANY PORTRAITS OF BALLET DANCERS INCLUDING "DANCER WITH A FAN" IN 1879	DEGAS
"LE BEAU DANUBE" WITH MUSIC BY JOHANN STRAUSS, IS SET IN A PUBLIC PARK IN THIS CITY	VIENNA
TWYLA THARP'S "WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE", WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN WORKS CREATED FOR THIS RUSSIAN STAR	BARYSHNIKOV
FOR A 1905 BENEFIT, MICHEL FOKINE CREATED "THE DYING SWAN" FOR THIS RUSSIAN BALLERINA	ANNA PAVLOVA
"DANCING ON MY GRAVE" AND "THE SHAPE OF LOVE" ARE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORKS BY THIS NYC BALLET DANCER	GELSEY KIRKLAND
IN A FAMOUS FAIRY TALE BALLET, A RAGGED BEGGARWOMAN IS REALLY THIS HEROINE'S FAIRY GODMOTHER	CINDERELLA
THE SWAN MAIDENS IN THIS 1877 BALLET ARE ACTUALLY YOUNG GIRLS UNDER THE SPELL OF AN EVIL MAGICIAN	SWAN LAKE
THIS SOVIET-BORN DANCER WAS DIRECTOR OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET FROM 1983 TO 1989	NURYEV
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, "DOO DAH DAY" IS DANCED TO THE MUSIC OF THIS COMPOSER	STEPHEN FOSTER
IT'S THE POPULAR ENGLISH TITLE OF THE DRAMATIC PAVLOVA SOLO WHOSE FRENCH TITLE IS SIMPLY "LE CYGNE"	THE DYING SWAN
"BARABAO" WAS THE 1ST OF 10 BALLETS THIS RUSSIAN CHOREOGRAPHED FOR THE BALLETS RUSSES BEFORE HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES	BALANCHINE
ACT I OF THIS TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET IS CALLED "THE SPELL"	THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
IN A RECENT WORK, ONE BALLERINA PLAYS THIS RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESS AND A WOMAN WHO THINKS SHE IS THE GRAND DUCHESS	ANASTASIA
IN A FAMOUS STRAVINSKY BALLET, THIS TITLE CHARACTER IS IN LOVE WITH A BALLERINA PUPPET	PETRUSHKA
THE BALLET "APOLLO" IS SET ON DELOS, AN ISLAND IN THIS SEA	AEGEAN SEA
THIS DANCER CHOREOGRAPHED A NEW VERSION OF "THE NUTCRACKER" IN 1976, A "TURNING POINT" IN HIS CAREER	BARYSHNIKOV
THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET IS THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF THIS MAJOR METROPOLITAN BALLET COMPANY	NYC BALLET
THIS SPANISH SEDUCER IS ATTACKED BY FURIES AT THE END OF A 1936 BALLET	DON JUAN
THE 1934 BALLET "BALLE AUX FOLLIES BERGERE" IS BASED ON ONE OF THESE BY MANET, NOT ON A STORY	A PAINTING
STRAVINSKY AND THIS RUSSIAN-BORN AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHER COLLABORATED ON SEVERAL BALLETS INCLUDING "AGON"	BALANCHINE
PART OF JOHN CRANKO'S BALLET BASED ON THIS SHAKESPEARE PLAY IS SET IN PETRUCHIO'S HOME	THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
GISELLE KILLS HERSELF WITH ONE OF THESE WEAPONS WHICH BELONGS TO HER NOBLE LOVER, ALBRECHT	A SWORD
SIR FREDERICK ASHTON WAS PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER OF THIS BRITISH COMPANY 1935-70	ROYAL BALLET
THE NAME OF THIS HORIZONTAL HANDRAIL FOUND IN A BALLET STUDIO CAN BE SPELLED WITH 5 LETTERS OR 3	BARRE/BAR
AT 17 THIS RUSSIAN WAS AN ENFANT TERRIBLE; IN 1929 HE COMPOSED THE BALLET "L'ENFANT PRODIGUE"	PROKOFIEV
FORMERLY CALLED THE BALLET SOCIETY, IT CHANGED ITS NAME IN 1948 WHEN IT GAVE ITS 1ST PERFORMANCE AT CITY CENTER	NYC BALLET
THIS FOUNDER OF AN AMERICAN BALLET TROUPE WAS BORN ABDULLAH JAFFA BEY KHAN	JOFFREY
AFTER THIS GREAT DANCER MARRIED IN 1913, DIAGHILEV DISMISSED HIM FROM HIS COMPANY	NIJINSKY
MEANING MADE OR DONE IN THE ARABIC FASHION, THIS ADJECTIVE IS USED IN MUSIC, INTERIOR DESIGN, AND BALLET	ARABESQUE
A CLASSICAL PRODUCTION OF "LES SYLPHIDES" FEATURES TUTUS OF THIS COLOR	WHITE
THE BALLET BASED ON HIS "UNFINISHED SYPHONY" IS A ROMANTIC PAS DE DEUX	SCHUBERT
HE COMPOSED RAGTIME MUSIC IN ADDITION TO THE BALLETS "THE FIREBIRD" AND "PETRUSHKA'	STRAVINSKY
WHEN I SAW "LES NOCES", "EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AT..." THIS, AS THEY SAY IN "A CHORUS LINE"	THE BALLET
HE COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR THE BALLET "GHOST TOWN" 4 YEARS BEFORE HE TEAMED UP WITH OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN	RICHARD ROGERS
"FLOTEZART" IS THE FANCIFUL TITLE OF A BALLET DANCED TO HIS FLUTE MUSIC	MOZART
THE BALLET CALLED "VIVA..." THIS COMPOSER, FEATURES VARIATIONS ON "LA TRAVIATA"	VERDI
A TWYLA THARP BALLET IS DANCED TO HIS SYMPHONY No.7 IN A MAJOR, KNOWN AS HIS "DANCE SYMPHONY"	BEETHOVEN
ORIGINALLY TITLED "LE PALAIS DE CRISTAL", "SYMPHONY IN C" IS DANCED TO MUSIC BY THIS "CARMEN" COMPOSER	BIZET
IN "WONDERFUL DANCING GIRLS", 2 BALLET DANCERS DANCE ON THIS, YEARS BEFORE FRED ASTAIRE IN "ROYAL WEDDING"	THE CEILING
THIS SPANISH SURREALIST DESIGNED COSTUMES FOR LEONIDE MASSINE'S 1941 BALLET "LABYRINTH"	DALI
THE 1988 BALLET "A FOOL FOR YOU" FEATURED HIS SONGS, INCLUDING THE TITLE TUNE AND "I'VE GOT A WOMAN"	RAY CHARLES
THIS RUSSIAN BALLERINA CHOREOGRAPHED ONLY ONE BALLET, "AUTUMN LEAVES" IN 1918	ANNA PAVLOVA
IN 1957 THIS SISTER OF MARIA TALLCHIEF JOINED THE PARIS OPERA BALLET AS AN ETOILE, THE FIRST AMERICAN SO HONORED	MARJORIE TALLCHIEF
IN MANY VERSIONS OF THIS CLASSIC 1892 HOLIDAY BALLET, CLARA RIDES OFF TO THE KINGDOM OF SWEETS IN A MAGICAL SLEIGH	NUTCRACKER
"LA CROQUEUSE DE DIAMANTS" IS ABOUT A WOMAN WHO EATS THESE LUXURIOUS TITLE ITEMS	DIAMONDS
A HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE SETTINGS FOR "BLUE SUEDE SHOES", A BALLET DANCED TO THIS SINGER'S HITS	ELVIS PRESLEY
"TONIGHT, TONIGHT" LET'S SEE THE BALLET BASED ON THIS 1957 MUSICAL ABOUT TEEN GANGS...THE JETS AND THE SHARKS	WEST SIDE STORY
TEENS ARE TOUCHED BY THE BALLET ABOUT THIS BIBLICAL KID WHO RUNS OFF BUT RETURNS HOME	PRODIGAL SON
THIS BALLET STAR AND CARRIE'S LOVE INTEREST ON "SEX AND THE CITY", TURNED 60 IN 2008	BARYSHNIKOV
"THE FOUR TEMPERMENTS" IS SUBTITLED "A DANCE BALLET WITHOUT..." THIS, SO WE'LL NEVER SAY THAT IT THICKENS	A PLOT
"STARS AND STRIPES" IS A PATRIOTIC BALLET DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THIS NYC MAYOR, SON OF A BANDMASTER	FIORELLO LAGUARDIA
SCENE 1 OF BALANCHINE'S BALLET "ORPHEUS" OPENS AT THE GRAVE OF THIS WOMAN	EURYDICE
IN BALANCHINE'S VERSION, THIS TITLE CREATURE HAD "SHIMMERING FEATHERS" TAPERING OFF IN "ORANGE-SPECKLED FLAME"	THE FIREBIRD
ORIGINALLY, BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHED HIS "WALPURGISNACHT BALLET" FOR A 1975 PRODUCTION OF THIS GOUNOD OPERA	FAUST
WHEN BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHED THIS BALLET IN 1965, HE PLAYED THE TITLE ROLE AND SUZANNE FARRELL WAS HIS DULCINEA	DON QUIXOTE
THE NAME OF THIS CLASSIC BALLET POSE IS DERIVED FROM THE NAME OF A PENINSULA	ARABESQUE
IF THE ARMS ARE EN COURONNE, THEY'RE HELD IN A CURVE HERE	ABOVE THE HEAD
THIS ORDINAL BALLET POSITION TRADITIONALLY HAS BOTH ARMS EXTENDED OUTWARD	2ND POSITION
THE NAME OF THIS BALLET MOVE IS FROM THE OLD FRENCH FOR "SPINNING TOP"	PIROUETTE
THIS BALLET MOVE IS A JUMP FORWARD, BACKWARD, OR TO THE SIDE	JETE
MICHAEL FOKINE CREATED THIS AVIAN BALLET IN 1905 FOR BALLERINA ANNA PAVLOVA	THE DYING SWAN
HE COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR THE 1938 BALLET "BILLY THE KID"	AARON COPLAND
THIS GREAT CUBIST DESIGNED SETS & COSTUMES FOR THE 1919 BALLET "THE THREE-CORNERED HAT"	PICASSO
"PRINCE RAMA AND THE DEMONS" WAS INSPIRED BY THE "RAMAYANA", AN EPIC POEM COMPOSED IN THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE	SANSKRIT
IN 1959 GALINA ULANOVA IN "ROMEO & JULIET" WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS BALLET COMPANY'S FIRST U.S. TOUR	BOLSHOI
MARGOT FONTEYN FIRST DANCED ONSTAGE WITH HIM IN 1962 AT COVENT GARDEN IN A PERFORMANCE OF "GISELLE"	NUREYEV
IN 1911 THIS GREAT DANCER LEAPT INTO IMMORTALITY WITH HIS MAGNIFICENT EXIT LEAP IN "LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE"	NIJINSKY
IN ONE PRODUCTION OF THE BALLET "CINDERELLA", ROBERT HELPMANN AND FREDERICK ASHTON DANCED THE PARTS OF THESE TWO MEANIES	UGLY STEPSISTERS
TCHAIKOVSKY SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPOSED EARLY SKETCHES FOR THE "PATHETIQUE" SYMPHONY AND THIS LIVELY BALLET SUITE	THE NUTCRACKER
ACT II, SCENE ONE OF "SPARTACUS" IS SET ON THIS ANCIENT HIGHWAY	THE APPIAN WAY (VIA APPIA)
I LOVE THE MUSIC OF THIS POLISH-FRENCH COMPOSER, SO WE MUST SEE "IN THE NIGHT", WHICH FEATURES HIS NOCTURNES	CHOPIN
THIS AGNES DE MILLE BALLET IS NAMED FOR A COWBOY EVENT	RODEO
THIS COMPOSER OF THE BALLET "RODEO" SCORED AN OSCAR FOR HIS SCORE FROM "THE HEIRESS"	AARON COPLAND
IN THE 1948 BALLET, "FALL RIVER LEGEND", THIS CHARACTER IS HANGED ALTHOUGH IN REAL LIFE SHE WAS ACQUITTED	LIZZIE BORDEN
THIS STRAVINSKY CHARACTER FIRST PLAYED BY TAMARA KARSAVINA HAS THE FACE AND ARMS OF A GIRL AND A BODY OF FEATHERS	THE FIREBIRD
HE WAS MARRIED TO MARIA TALLCHIEF WHEN HE CHOREOGRAPHED HER IN HIS 1948 BALLET "ORPHEUS"	GEORGE BALANCHINE
THE FIRST BALLET, "BALLET COMIQUE DE LA REINE", WAS COMMISSIONED BY THIS FRENCH QUEEN FOR HER SISTER'S WEDDING IN 1581	CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE 1890 PREMIERE OF THIS BALLET INCLUDED ENRICO CECCHETI AS THE BLUEBIRD AND CARLOTTA BRIANZA AS AURORA	SLEEPING BEAUTY
BALLET MUSIC WAS THOUGHT AN INFERIOR GENRE WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO WRITE THE MUSIC FOR "SWAN LAKE"	TCHAIKOVSKY
SINCE THE 19TH-C. THE MARINSKY THEATRE HAS BEEN HOME TO THIS BALLET COMPANY	KIROV BALLET
JOHN CRANKO CHOREOGRAPHED A BALLET CALLED "HARLEQUIN IN ..." THIS MONTH	APRIL
MODELS, GENDARMES, AND A TOUR DE FRANCE CYCLIST APPEAR IN THIS GERSHWIN BALLET	AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
IN A 1938 BALLET, A SYMBOLIC CHARACTER KNOWN AS ALIAS IS KILLED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY THIS TITLE OUTLAW	BILLY THE KID
THE NYC BALLET'S FIRST VISIT TO THIS CITY'S FAMOUS FESTIVAL INSPIRED THE BALLET "SCOTCH SYMPHONY"	EDINBURGH
THE 1972 BALLET "PRINTEMPS" PREMIERED IN THE WINTER, BUT ITS NAME IS FRENCH FOR THIS SEASON	SPRING
ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS' TALE ABOUT "THE LADY OF ..." THESE FLOWERS BLOOMED AS THE BALLET "MARGUERITE AND ARMAND"	CAMELLIAS
AS A LAW STUDENT IN ST. PETERSBURG, THIS MAN BECAME INTERESTED IN THE ARTS, AND IN 1909 HE FOUNDED THE BALLET RUSSES	DIAGHILEV

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