Chapter 46. Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

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

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from -.

Russia

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

Christmas

Which of the following were famous ballets written by Tchaikovsky?

Correct: The Nutcracker Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty Incorrect: 1812 Overture Romeo and Juliet

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

Correct; Russia, France Incorrect: Ireland, Sweden

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

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

Moscow Conservatory

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

True

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

True

Which best describes the tempo in Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker?

begins at a lively tempo then is marked by an accelerando

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which?

patron

Which best describes the expression in Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker?

quiet and mysterious