Chapter 46: Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

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

*Clara visits the land of sweets with the Prince.

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

Christmas

Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?

Christmas party

Match the type of staged dancing with the country with which it is associated. *ballet de cour *intermedio *masque *Italy *England *France

England: masque France: ballet de cour Italy: intermedio

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from _______.

Russia

Which of the dances from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is depicted? *Trepak *Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy *Arabian Dance *Spanish Dance

Trepak

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet? *erhu *glockenspiel *tambourine *celesta

celesta

In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form? *Russia *Ireland *France *Sweden

*Russia *France

Match the description of events to its correct act in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. *In the land of sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Prince presents Clara to his family and a celebration follows. *At a Christmas party 2 children receive a nutcracker and fall asleep. One of the children, Clara, dreams of a battle between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King. She helps the Nutcracker defeat the Mouse King and the Nutcracker turns into a Prince. *Act I *Act II

Act I: At a Christmas party 2 children receive a nutcracker and fall asleep. One of the children, Clara, dreams of a battle between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King. She helps the Nutcracker defeat the Mouse King and the Nutcracker turns into a Prince. Act II: In the land of sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Prince presents Clara to his family and a celebration follows.

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

Moscow Conservatory

True or false: Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.

True

True or false: Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

True

True or false: Tchaikovsky's ballets remain central to the repertory today.

True

True or false: The Nutcracker was based on a story written by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

True

True or false: The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marisu Petipa.

True

The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an _______ art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then _______ ballet flourished.

independent; Russian

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which? *choreographer *teacher *lover *patron

patron