The RIte of Spring

Question 0

Wha is an impresario?

Answer 0

The chief money manager and decision maker

Question 1

What two Russians were living in Paris in 1910?

Answer 1

Igot Stravinksy and Sergei Diagilev

Question 2

What ballet troupe did Diaghilev introduce to Paris in 1909?

Answer 2

The Ballets Russes

Question 3

Who created Scheherzade?

Answer 3

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 4

What was the result of Diaghilev commission an original custom ballet score from Stravinksy?

Answer 4

The Firebird 1910

Question 5

What happens in Rite of Spring?

Answer 5

A young girl in Prehistoric Russia dances herself to death to placate the God of Spring

Question 6

What was the second piece by Stravinsky that was commissioned by Diaghilev?

Answer 6

Petrushka 1911

Question 7

What dancer was showcased in Petrushka?

Answer 7

Vaclac Nijinksy (1850-1950)

Question 8

What painter was an expert on the culture of the ancient Slavs?

Answer 8

Nikolai Roerich

Question 9

What is a scenario?

Answer 9

The storyline

Question 10

The dress of the prehistoric Slavs is starteling similar to the dress of?

Answer 10

Native American rtribes

Question 11

What ballet epitomized graceful, refined movements?

Answer 11

The Swan Lake 1877

Question 12

how are the dancers awkward and clumsy in The Rite of Spring?

Answer 12

Their toes that would often turn inward and they would have quick jumps that would land on flat feet

Question 13

What do some of the patterns on the floor of The Rite of Spring resemble?

Answer 13

The patterns on their clothing

Question 14

What are the first notes in The Rite of Spring played by?

Answer 14

A solo bassoon in shockingly registar

Question 15

What tune does Stravinsky get the melody in Rite Of Spring From?

Answer 15

An old Lithuanian wedding tune

Question 16

How many quoted folk tunes are found inn the course of Rite of Spring?

Answer 16

At least a dozen

Question 17

What chord does Stravinsky use at the start of Omens of Spring?

Answer 17

A polychord

Question 18

What does Stravinsky add to his new chord in Omens of Spring?

Answer 18

Syncopated accents which destroy any sense of a steady meter

Question 19

What Russian numbers are polysyllabic?

Answer 19

The ones above ten

Question 20

What are the three ostinatos in Omens of Spring?

Answer 20

A tiny sing-song motif introduced by the violins following a duple meter, the second played by the bassoons in a triple meter pattern, ad the third with the cellos ascending and descending slowly

Question 21

What is the climax of the ballet?

Answer 21

The Sacrificial Dance when the Chosen One dancces herself to death

Question 22

WHen did The Riot of Spring occur?

Answer 22

May 29, 1913

Question 23

Where was The Rite of Spring’s debu?

Answer 23

The Theatre des Champs-Elysees

Question 24

What were the problems for the Rite of Spring on May 29, 1913?

Answer 24

No air conditioning, th edislkied the German architecture and they ddidn’t like Nijensky

Question 25

What choreography had the audience no t liked from Nijinsky?

Answer 25

HIs choreography to Debussy’s Jeux

Question 26

Where was The Rite of Spring enthusiastically received after the riot?

Answer 26

In London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Question 27

Who decided to program The Rite of Spring again in Paris?

Answer 27

Pierre monteux

Question 28

What happened with the Tire of Spring the second time in Paris?

Answer 28

It went fine

Question 29

What American dance historian spent twenty years tried to reconstruct The Rite of Spring’s original movements?

Answer 29

Millicent Hodson

Question 30

Who reproduced Nijinsky’s version of The Rite of Spring with 80% of the original choreography?

Answer 30

The Joffrey Ballet