Performing Arts Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the choreographer whose last name was simplified by Diaghilev from Balanchivadze?
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george balanchine
What occupation is shared by the opera characters known as 'of Baghdad' and 'of Seville'?
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barber
In 1991, which ballet about a slumbering princess was staged for the first time by the NYC Ballet?
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sleeping beauty
In which famous Radio City Music Hall chorus line do some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks?
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rockettes
Which opera, first performed in Italian in Milan in 1904, is set in Nagasaki?
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madama butterfly
In which capital city has The Royal Danish Ballet been based for more than 200 years?
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copenhagen
Which opera premiered in Cairo, Egypt, on December 24, 1871?
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aida
In which ballet, debuted in 1948, did choreographer Frederick Ashton play one of the ugly stepsisters?
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cinderella
In the traditional performances of 'La Sylphide' and 'Les Sylphides,' what color are the diaphanous tutus worn by the ballerinas?
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white
In one version of which ballet does Clara dance the Sugarplum Fairy pas de deux with the Prince?
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nutcracker
In scene 1 of which play does Daisy crash her car, prompting her son Boolie to hire a chauffeur for her?
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driving miss daisy
What is the popular English title of the dramatic Pavlova solo whose French title is simply 'Le Cygne'?
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dying swan
Who is considered an innovator of modern dance and is known for reviving the dancing barefoot style of ancient Greece?
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isadora duncan
How many ballerinas are required for Jules Perrot's short ballet 'Pas de Quatre'?
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4
What color are the costumes in ballets such as 'Swan Lake', which are known as 'ballets blancs'?
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white
In which title role would a ballerina typically lose her slipper as part of the performance?
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cinderella
In 1992, which ballet company did Kevin McKenzie become artistic director of, a position once held by Mikhail Baryshnikov?
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american ballet theatre
In 'Le Jeune Homme et la Mort', what does the female dancer symbolize?
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death
In what ballet, which premiered in 1890, did Carlotta Brianza dance the role of Princess Aurora?
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sleeping beauty
In which city is the ballet 'Le Beau Danube' set, with music by Johann Strauss, located in a public park?
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vienna
Which Agnes de Mille ballet opens in the corral at Burnt Ranch?
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rodeo
Which grande dame of British ballet was acclaimed for playing a water sprite in 'Ondine' in 1958?
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margot fonteyn
Which Greek-American diva are the main characters in 'The Lisbon Traviata' obsessed with?
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maria callas
What 'flying' apparatus did Antoinette Concello become known as the 'Queen of' after performing a triple somersault?
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trapeze
What ballet features a puppet and is set at the Shrove Tide Fair in old St. Petersburg?
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petrushka
In traditional productions of 'Swan Lake', what color is Odile's costume?
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black
In which area did Arthur Mitchell & Karel Shook co-found the Dance Theatre?
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harlem
What kind of ball bounces onstage from an unseen court at the beginning of Nijinsky's ballet 'Jeux'?
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tennis
In the ballet 'Coppelia', what does Swanilda pretend to be when coming to life?
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doll
In which famous Stravinsky ballet is the title character in love with a ballerina puppet?
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petrushka
In which capital city was the 1992 TV version of 'Tosca', starring Placido Domingo, taped in its actual settings?
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rome
In which Agnes de Mille ballet do a roper and a wrangler compete for the love of a cowgirl?
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rodeo
At the conclusion of the ballet 'Orpheus,' which musical instrument emerges from Orpheus' grave?
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lyre
After whose death in 1929 was the Ballets Russes dissolved?
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sergei diaghilev
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