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100

This woman transformed into a white swan

Who is Princess Odette?

100

A grand hall in the palace.

What is Act III?

100

Swan Lake's composer.

Who is Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

100

This ballet term is French for stretched.

What is tendu?

100

This woman is the first female African American principal ballerina for the ABT.

Who is Misty Copeland?

200

He fell in love with the transformed swan

Who is Prince Siegfried?

200

A magnificent park before a palace.

What is Act I?
200

This premiere occurred in 1895 at the Mariinsky Theatre.

What is the St. Petersburg premiere?

200

This ballet term is French for chase.

What is chasse?

200

This famous 2010 movie, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, was about the Swan Lake ballet.

What is Black Swan?

300

The evil sorcerer.

Who is Baron von Rothbart?

300

A lakeside where Odette chooses to die.

What is Act IV?

300

This well-known dancer and choreographer added additional choreography in 1988.

Who is Mikhail Baryshnikov?

300

This ballet term is French for glide.

What is glissade?

300

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky also composed these 2 famous ballets.

What are Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker?

400

The prince's friend.

Who is Benno von Sommerstern?
400

A lakeside clearing where Siegfriend falls in love.

What is Act II?

400

This premiere occurred in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre.

What is the Moscow premiere?

400

This ballet term is French for sustained.

What is soutenu?
400

Between Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, this ballet was composed first by Tchaikovsky.

What is Swan Lake?

500

The ballerina who dances for Odette also dances for this character.

Who is Odile/Black Swan?

500

Odette performs her famous variation in this section.

What is Act II?

500

Marius Petipa's job in early productions of Swan Lake.

What is choreographer?

500

This ballet term is French for under-over.

What is sous-sus?
500

This ballerina, whose variation you watched, defected from Russia in 1970.

Who is Natalia Makarova?

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