Packet 7: Bonus 14

In 1987, the Joffrey Ballet performed this ballet with Vaslav Nijinsky’s original choreography, which was thought to have been lost. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this 1913 ballet whose original choreography included controversial rhythmic stamping in a section depicting the title season’s “augurs.”
ANSWER: The Rite of Spring [or Le Sacre du Printemps]
[10m] The Joffrey Ballet revived Nijinsky’s choreography for Afternoon of a Faun in 1979, featuring this dancer as the faun. This longtime principal dancer of the Royal Ballet was the first Soviet artist to defect to the West.
ANSWER: Rudolf Nureyev
[10h] While residing at the New York City Center in 1970, the Joffrey Ballet put on the first American production of this Gilbert and Sullivan-inspired ballet in which the title saleswoman sneaks onto the H.M.S. Hot Cross Bun.
ANSWER: Pineapple Poll
<FW, Other Auditory Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-7

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