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Some of the things that happened earlier this year seem like ancient history already. How much can you remember? Most of the answers can be found in the pages of ballet.co. Answers in full in the next magazine.
Long, long ballets
- Who danced Cleopatra at the London premiere of Houston Ballet's piece of the same name?
- Who danced Arthur in Part 2 of David Bintley's epic?
- Who danced Dr Jekyll in NBT's February premiere?
Balanchine
- Which 3 ballets made up the Kirov's Balanchine triple bill in London?
- Which Balanchine ballet did the Dutch National Ballet perform at Sadler's Wells?
- Who danced the pas de deux in the first cast of the RB's Agon last season?
MacMillan
- Who wrote the music for Triad?
- Who danced Manon and Des Grieux on the first night of the Kirov's London performances?
- Who designed the sets and costumes for Rituals?
Feminine endings
Which ballets, seen in London this year, ended with the female lead
- walking down the street in the rain?
- melted by the sun?
- drowning herself in the sea?
Out of town
- Where did George Piper Dances give its first performance?
- What was the name of Christopher Wheeldon's new hit, given by the NYCB in Edinburgh?
- What is the name of NBT's new director?
Paris
- Which ballet featured in two different versions in the same triple bill?
- What was the name of the 19th century ballet revived in a new version by Pierre Lacotte?
- Who was the choreographer of the new ballet Nosferatu?
Off-pointe
- What is the name of the Merce Cunningham piece recently taken into the Rambert repertoire?
- Who choreographed Truly Great Thing for George Piper Dances?
- Who wrote the music for the new Mark Morris piece, V?
Exits and entrances
- Who joined and left the Royal Ballet without ever dancing a step?
- Name the Swedish dancer who has joined ENB as a Principal
- Which 3 female etoiles retired from the Paris Opera Ballet in the summer?
Centenaries
- Which choreographer, who created perhaps the greatest anti-war ballet of the 20th century, was born in 1901?
- Which great Russian choreographer, creator of some of the most popular ballets ever written, died in 1901?
- Which British writer and critic, co-author of a ballet whodunnit later turned into a play starring Leonide Massine, was born in 1901?
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