Classical Pas De Deux

Test your ballet knowledge!

1. What is the term for the final section of a pas de deux that occurs after individual variations- often including grande allegro manèges and fouettés or à la seconde turns? 

a) Finale

b) Grand epilogue

c) Coda

d) Temps levé

2. Which of these is NOT a pas de deux typically performed in Sleeping Beauty?

a) Bluebird Pas de Deux

b) Lilac Pas De Deux

c) Wedding Pas de Deux

d) White Cat and Puss in Boots

3. Which characters dance together in the famous third act pas de deux from Swan Lake? 

a) Odette and Sigfried

b) Odette and Rothbart

c) Odile and Rothbart

d) Odile and Sigfried

4. Who choreographed After the Rain Pas De Deux?

a) Christopher Wheeldon

b) Kenneth MacMillan

c) George Balanchine

d) Bronislava Nijinska

 

5. Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux uses music that was originally composed for a famous ballet but no longer appears in that ballet’s score. What ballet was this originally composed for?

a) The Nutcracker

b) Sleeping Beauty

c) Coppélia

d) Swan Lake

Answers-

1. Answer- C

2. Answer- B

3. Answer- D 

4. Answer- A

5. Answer- D

Ballet Fun Fact! Tchaikovsky composed a last minute addition to act three of Swan Lake, which was not in the original score and disappeared from the ballet. Balanchine later used this eight-minute work for Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux. (source- balanchine.com)