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