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This year's test of how closely you've been following news of the dance world. Apart from the last 2 sets, the answers to all the questions can be found somewhere in the pages of Ballet.co. Answers in full in the next magazine.
Sleeping Beauties
- Who danced Aurora at the première of Derek Deane's 'in the round' version?
- Who partnered Asylmuratova in the Kirov's production in London?
- Who partnered Svetlana Ivanova in the Act lll pas de deux with Zelensky's group in Salford?
R&J
- Whose version of Romeo and Juliet did the Kirov dance in London?
- Whose choreography set the story in a totalitarian regime in Eastern Europe?
- Which British company gained a new version by its director?
New works
- What was the title of Christopher Wheeldon's new piece for the Royal Ballet?
- Who was the choreographer of Scottish Ballet's new Aladdin?
- Can you name two new pieces by Darshan Singh Buller seen in London this autumn?
Music
- Who wrote the music for Paul Taylor's Cascade?
- And for Matthew Hawkins' Angels and Exiles?
- Which Royal Ballet piece had music by Richard Rodney Bennett?
Decor
- Which famous designer did the costumes for Béjart's Ballet for Life?
- Who designed Ashton's Dante Sonata?
- Whose costumes featured in Gillian Lynne's work for Mukhamedov and Asylmuratova?
Edinburgh
- What was the name of Jiri Kylian's piece for all 3 of the NDT companies?
- Who danced Balanchine's Tchaikowsky pas de deux with NYCB?
- Which former RB dancer danced Romeo?
Off-pointe
- Which new work by a great American involved projected computer images of dancers?
- Whose music did Siobhan Davies use for Oil and Water?
- Which famous ballet was turned into a detective story?
The next thing
- Which RB dancer is the next new Giselle?
- What is the next AMP production to be?
- Which American company is to appear at Covent Garden in the summer?
New York
- Name two dancers promoted to principal at NYCB during the year.
- Which British born dancer has made her name at ABT partly for her amazing ability to turn?
- Which Balanchine ballet did the Bolshoi dance in New York?
100 years ago
- One of the great choreographers of the 20th century joined the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg, where her even more famous brother was already a student. Who was she?
- Which American composer, born in 1900, wrote two of the best known dance scores of the century - one for Agnes de Mille, one for Martha Graham?
- Pavlova danced in a new ballet by Petipa in 1900, with music some of which was re-used by Ashton for Birthday Offering. What was the ballet's title?
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