Chapter 43. Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

The Nutcracker was based on a story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

True

The form of both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is best outlined as which?

A-B-A

Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?

Christmas Party

What happens in the second act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker?

Clara visits the land of the sweets with the prince

Which of the following were famous ballets written by Tchaikovsky?

Correct Answer(s) The Nutcracker Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty Incorrect Answer(s) Romeo and Juliet 1812 Overture

In The Nutcracker, Clara's wooden nutcracker turns into a -Press Space to openpumpkinratprincedragon.

Prince

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from -Press Space to openAustriaRussiaFrance.

Russia

The Trepak is inspired by a French folk dance.

False

Match the type of staged dancing with the country with which it is associated.

Italyintermedio Correct label:intermedio Englandmasque Correct label:masque Franceballet de cour Correct label:ballet de cour

Where did Tchaikovsky receive his first teaching post thanks to the recommendation of Anton Rubinstein?

Moscow Conservatory

Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.

True

The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa.

True

In The Nutcracker, the timbre of the -Press Space to opentubacelestaSugar Plum FairyNutcrackerglockenspiel enhances the dance of the -Press Space to opentubacelestaSugar Plum FairyNutcrackerglockenspiel.

celesta, Sugar Plum Fairy

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which?

patron

During which holiday season is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker performed every year?

Christmas

In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form?

Correct Answer(s) Russia France Incorrect Answer(s) Sweden Ireland

In The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky includes a number of dances that evoke exotic locales such as Arabia and China.

True

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

True

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an -Press Space to opensubordinateRussianGermanindependentItalian art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then -Press Space to opensubordinateRussianGermanindependentItalian ballet flourished.

independent; Russian