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A quiz for those of you who like music and the arts. The answers are given below

 

Questions

1) Prince Siegfried is a prominent character in which Tchaikovsky ballet composed in 1875?

 

2) Tchaikovsky's next ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa, features King Florestan and Princess Aurora. Can you name it?

 

3) Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev famously composed which ballet based on the work by Shakespeare, including the 'Dance of the Knights'?

 

4) Which Tchaikovsky ballet has become synonymous with Christmas having first been performed in San Francisco in 1944?

 

5) George Balachine used the music of Mendelssohn when he comprised a ballet based on another William Shakespeare play? Can you name it?

 

6) Which Cervantes novel gave inspiration for a Minkus and Petipa ballet featuring one of the most popular pas de deux in dance history?

 

7) Which Royal Ballet graduate appears as a judge on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show?

 

8) Set in the Middle Ages, which ballet features Duke Albrecht of Silesia?

 

 

Answers

1) Prince Siegfried is a prominent character in which Tchaikovsky ballet composed in 1875?

Swan Lake

 

2) Tchaikovsky's next ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa, features King Florestan and Princess Aurora. Can you name it?

The Sleeping Beauty

 

3) Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev famously composed which ballet based on the work by Shakespeare, including the 'Dance of the Knights'?

Romeo & Juliet

 

4) Which Tchaikovsky ballet has become synonymous with Christmas having first been performed in San Francisco in 1944?

The Nutcracker 

 

5) George Balachine used the music of Mendelssohn when he comprised a ballet based on another William Shakespeare play? Can you name it?

A Midsummer's Night Dream

 

6) Which Cervantes novel gave inspiration for a Minkus and Petipa ballet featuring one of the most popular pas de deux in dance history?

Don Quixote

 

7) Which Royal Ballet graduate appears as a judge on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show?

Darcey Bussell

 

8) Set in the Middle Ages, which ballet features Duke Albrecht of Silesia?

Giselle