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How much to you remember of the dance world over the last year? Have you been paying attention to Ballet.co? Apart from the last set, the answers to all the questions can be found somewhere in our pages. We'll publish a list of them in a week or two.
Giselle
- Who danced the title role in Mats Ek's Giselle in Edinburgh?
- Who danced Myrtha in the first performance of David Bintley's new production?
- What was the name of the Bolshoi's new 18-year-old Giselle?
Partners
- Name 4 non-Royal Ballet men who have partnered Darcey Bussell in 1999.
- Who was Sylvie Guillem's Albrecht in her own new production of Giselle?
- Which pair of Cuban dancers appeared in the RB's Swan Lake?
Music
- Who wrote the music for Christopher Bruce's God's Plenty?
- Whose Variations kept Twyla Tharp's dancers busy?
- Which piece, new to Scottish Ballet, had music by Prokoviev?
Decor
- Who designed the new sets and costumes for MacMillan's Rite of Spring for ENB?
- Who is the set for Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring by?
- Who designed NBT's new Carmen?
Edinburgh
- Which Forsythe work was shown at the Festival by Dutch National Ballet?
- Who danced Aurora in Mats Ek's Sleeping Beauty?
- Which former RB dancer was the subject of a one-man show?
Paris
- Name the 2 new works by William Forsythe premiered by POB in 1999.
- Which great ballerina gave her farewell performance in La Sylphide during the year?
- Which former ENB dancer starred with ABT on their Paris visit?
New York
- Which new classic production by Peter Martins caused a lot of controversy for NYCB?
- Which old classic production by the Kirov had its first Western showing in New York?
- Which former RB dancer made a triumphant debut with ABT?
Off-pointe
- What was the name of Siobhan Davies' first work involving RB dancers?
- Whose full-evening piece involved building huge earth-works on the the stage of Sadler's Wells?
- Which company brought their own rice with them?
The next thing
- What is to be AMP's next production?
- And NBT's?
- Which of Derek Deane's works is next to be revived by ENB?
100 years ago
- One of the greatest dancers of the 20th century, described by Balanchine as 'the most interesting, inventive, and elegant dancer of our time', was born in 1899. Who was it?
- Another of the century's greatest dancers graduated into the Maryinsky Ballet, before leaving Russian and perhaps finding the greatest world wide fame of any ballet dancer. Who was she?
- One of the previous century's greats, the creator of one of ballet's most famous heroines, died. What was the role, and who was the dancer?
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