Productions of this ballet have sometimes included the “Diana and Actaeon pas de deux” excerpted from Le Roi Candaule (“luh wah kahn-DOHL”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ballet by Cesare Pugni (“CHAY-zah-ray POON-yee”) and Jules Perrot (“zhool puh-ROH”). A variation from a flopped version of this ballet in which the ballerina rhythmically kicks a tambourine is popular in dance competitions and galas.
ANSWER: La Esmeralda
[10m] This ballet teacher staged the current “Diana and Actaeon pas de deux” for her production of La Esmeralda as a showpiece for Galina Ulanova. This instructor names the ballet method widely taught in Russia.
ANSWER: Agrippina Vaganova (“uh-grih-PEE-nuh vah-GAH-nuh-vuh”) [or Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova]
[10e] Marius Petipa’s original staging of the “Diana and Actaeon pas de deux” actually inaccurately paired Diana and Endymion. The same inaccurate pairing is also found in Sylvia, a ballet by this composer of Coppélia.
ANSWER: Léo Delibes [or Clément Philibert Léo Delibes]
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