LinMM Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Mimi66 has it!! Well marguerite and Armand was the one in mind! But I seem to be learning more about necklaces in ballets as the thread goes on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi66 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Oh, I guess I get to ask a question now! Easy one, then. Which ballet contains a variation performed by Carlos Acosta when he won the gold prize at Prix de Lausanne in 1990? He was 16 then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMballet Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Don Quixote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Easy one, then. Which ballet contains a variation performed by Carlos Acosta when he won the gold prize at Prix de Lausanne in 1990? He was 16 then... Le Corsaire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 In which ballet is the main character killed and then is reborn ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 In which ballet is the main character killed and then is reborn ? nearly all of them, surely! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 nearly all of them, surely! ;-) I mean an actual rebirth (that is a clue!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi66 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Don Quixote? SMballet, Yes! I really love the video of the performance at the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMballet Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Aha! And I didnt realise there was a video, I'm going to hunt for it on You Tube! My love for Acosta's dancing can't possibly grow any greater than it already is, but I'm going to hunt that video down now right away. OK, ballet trivia my turn: In which ballet do the male and female leads only touch each other once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleC Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Ondine, and possibly Giselle (although not an especially important role in this one!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleC Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Oh dear - ignore me! Somehow or other, I seem to have joined this near the beginning of the thread and was answering the question about the necklaces. I now realise I'm several days behind!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 In which ballet do the male and female leads only touch each other once? Ondine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMballet Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Not the one I had in mind, DaveM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 In which ballet do the male and female leads only touch each other once? I guess that means no pas de duex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Is it "La Sylphide" where James catches her? I haven't seen it for a while but I seem to recall that other than that fatal moment they dance around each other without touching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMballet Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Yes! La Syphide is what I had in mind. Your turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) It had to be Sylphide sooner or later! Thanks for the hint, Anjuli-Bai. My question: which ballet is NOT set in the location named in the title? Edited December 1, 2013 by Grand Tier Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Oh - that's a tough one (especially for a Sunday morning). Hmmm....Swan Lake is set by the lake and in some productions S & O fall into the Lake - so that's out. Flames of Paris does have a scene in Paris..... It would have to have a place named in the title......so Skokie, Illinois is out -- because there is no ballet named "Skokie, Illinois. I better go eat my Wheaties.......this is going to haunt me all day.....I might have to consult Mr.Anjuli Bai. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretN7 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 My question: which ballet is NOT set in the location named in the title? Trying to think of ballets with place names. Asphodel Meadows? That one possibly is set where it says. Flower Festival in Genzano? Hmm, don't exactly know where that one's set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Napoli is in Napoli. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 My question: which ballet is NOT set in the location named in the title? I can't remember a stream in The Bright Stream but don't think that's the one you mean! On a separate question, I learnt a rather lovely pas de deux today set between a (Russian?) blind girl and a boy who is looking out for and supporting her. Does anyone know if this is from a larger ballet? As an related (and easier!) trivia question, name two ballets where a Principal dances whilst blindfolded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Anjuli_Bai, on 19 Nov 2013 - 5:49 PM, said: Re Jeanne d'arc - I couldn't find who choreographed it but it was danced by Eleonora Vlasova and Yuri Grigoriev. “Jeanne d'Arc” was choreographed by Vladimir Burmeister in 1957 with Violetta Bovt in the tutle role. Eleonora Vlasova danced that role later. ______________ DavidW, on 01 Dec 2013 - 6:18 PM, said: I can't remember a stream in The Bright Stream but don't think that's the one you mean! On a separate question, I learnt a rather lovely pas de deux today set between a (Russian?) blind girl and a boy who is looking out for and supporting her. Does anyone know if this is from a larger ballet? “The Bright Stream” is the name of the collective farm where all that scenario events are taking place. So the location is mentioned in the title here. The touching duet of the blind girl and a boy, called “The Blind Girl”, was choreographed by Leonid Yakobson for Alla Shelest and Igor Chernyshev. It is not an extract from a larger ballet but a separate piece, which the choreographer called a ‘miniature ballet’. ______________ My question: In which ballet the main female heroine lost her beauty and had to keep her ugly face covered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 As an related (and easier!) trivia question, name two ballets where a Principal dances whilst blindfolded... Prince of Pagodas is one, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_New Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Spartacus another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 David Bintley's Sylvia. Aminta dances part of the gpdd blindfold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Update on the ballet NOT set in the location named in the title: it's nothing to do with "The Bright Stream",but if you want a clue, think of the Ballets Russes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Update on the ballet NOT set in the location named in the title: it's nothing to do with "The Bright Stream",but if you want a clue, think of the Ballets Russes. Well, I'm stumped. Can't think of a Diagelev ballet with a place (location) in its name. Unless, Armide wasn't really in the Pavillion ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) The location in the title isn't a place you would find in an atlas. You might only see or hear it at the very start (at least in the version I've seen, which I think recreated much of the original). Edited December 2, 2013 by Grand Tier Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Le Train Bleu? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think you are correct Alison. Named after the train but set in Deauville. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 That's the one, le Train Bleu. The ballet takes place on the beach and tennis court. This particular baton passes to Alison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The touching duet of the blind girl and a boy, called “The Blind Girl”, was choreographed by Leonid Yakobson for Alla Shelest and Igor Chernyshev. It is not an extract from a larger ballet but a separate piece, which the choreographer called a ‘miniature ballet’. That's it! You are completely right - my teacher definitely said Yakobson but it slipped my mind. Thank you so much It's such a brilliant little piece, I'm glad I now know who created it, and for whom. As to my question - Prince of the Pagodas was one of the two I was thinking of. The other is much more recent (I'm slightly worried I'm misremembering now!). Didn't realise/remember blindfolds were used in Sylvia and Spartacus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 In which two ballets is there a food fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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