Test your dance knowledge…
By Rain Francis.
With which name would you MOST associate Ginger Rogers?
a) Gene Kelly
c) Mikhail Baryshnikov
c) Fred Astaire
d) Donald O’Connor
For which ballerina was the Dying Swan choreographed by Mikhail Fokine?
a) Anna Pavlova
b) Natalia Markova
c) Alicia Makarova
d) Anna Karenina
Who did Lucette Aldous dance alongside in the 1973 filmed version of Don Quixote?
a) Mikhail Baryshnikov
b) Rudolph Nureyev
c) Anthony Dowell
d) Carlos Acosta
Which of the following names would you LEAST associate with contemporary dance?
a) Martha Graham
b) Jose Limon
c) Cyd Charrise
d) Merce Cunningham
Which king is best associated with the origins of classical ballet?
a) Louis XIV (King of France from 1643-1715)
b) Henry VIII (England, 1509-1547)
c) Ferdinand III (Italy, 1637-1657)
d) Phillip III (France, 1270-1285)
Which of the following was Gene Kelly the star of?
a) Singin’ in the Rain
b) An American in Paris
c) Ziegfeld Follies
d) All of the above
Which American ballerina wrote Dancing on my Grave?
a) Maria Tallchief
b) Gelsey Kirkland
c) Darci Kistler
d) Cynthia Harvey
Who’s daughter is Liza Minnelli?
a) Elizabeth Taylor
b) Debbie Reynolds
c) Margot Fonteyn
d) Judy Garland
Who choreographed Cabaret, Chicago and Damn Yankees?
a) Bob Fosse
b) Jerome Robbins
c) George Balanchine
d) Alvin Ailey
What nationality is renowned dancer Sylvie Guillem?
a) Italian
b) English
c) French
d) Canadian
Answers:
1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b, 4 – c, 5 – a, 6 – d, 7 – b, 8 – d, 9 – a, 10 – c
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