Chapter 46. Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

second act of nutcracker

Clara visits the land of sweets with the Prince

patron

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which?

Russia

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from

Moscow conservatory

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

christmas party

Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?

quiet and mysterious

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

accelerando

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

celesta

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

France

ballet de cour originated where

Nutcracker

based on a story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann; choreographed by Marius Petipa.

Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker

famous ballets written by Tchaikovsky?

France and Russia

favored nineteenth-century ballet as an independent dramatic form?

ballet

has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.

Italy

intermedio originated where

England

masque originated where

pas de deux

was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa