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I may say neigh! if you do a pas de cheval a ballet step that imitates this animal
What is a Horse
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Among the few filmed sequences of Anna Pavlova are clips of her performing this ballet from 1907
What is The Dying Swan
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Balanchine's Who Cares? features the music of this other George including Fascinatin' Rhythm
Who is George Gershwin
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Done often at the end of a pas de deux, this type of step requires a dancer to do 32 consecutive turns
What are Fouette Turns
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In a pas de deux, eponymously named after this bird, he flirts delightfully with his human love, the Princess Florine
What is a Bluebird
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Hershy Kay provided the orchestrations of this man's music for the 1958 ballet Stars and Stripes
Who is John Philip Sousa
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Literally translating into "basque step", Pas de Basque gets its name because the step was taken from the national dances of the Basque region found in these two countries
What are Spain and France
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Oberon and Titania are characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream, a ballet based on the Shakespearean play, with music by this composer
Who is Felix Mendelssohn
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Balanchine choreographed the leading role in Allegro Brillante for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
Who is Maria Tallchief
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A young prince is saved by a magic feather in this 1910 Stravinsky ballet
What is The Firebird
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Premiered in Paris in 1913 his Rite of Spring caused a scandal & near-riot
Who is Igor Stravinsky
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Frederick Ashton's idyllic version of the pastoral ballet La Fille Mal Gardée opens with a splendid pas de cinq danced by these avian peckers
What are Chickens
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The Bluebird isn't the only avian character in The Sleeping Beauty. During the prologue, the fairy of this songbird dances at Aurora's christening
What is a Canary
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In Balanchine's Jewels, the music of three composers make up the three ballets. Rubies by Igor Stravinsky, Diamonds by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, and Emeralds by this composer
Who is Gabriel Faure
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