MU125 Chapter 46

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

Christmas

Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?

Christmas party

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

Moscow Conservatory

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

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

Clara visits the land of sweets with the Prince

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from ______

Russia

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?

patron

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

russia, france

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

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Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

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Tchaikovsky's ballets remain central to the repertory today.

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

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

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