Jean-Christophe Maillot (“my-YO”) explored the idea of AI in dance in his adaptation of this ballet, in which the title character’s unsynchronized movements gradually become more coordinated. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ballet. In the Bolshoi production of this ballet, a man with a scythe perches atop a giant clock while dancers in pink, yellow, purple, and black perform the Waltz of the Hours.
ANSWER: Coppélia [accept Coppél-i.A.]
[10m] The score for Maillot’s Coppél-i.A. (“co-PAIL ee ah”) was adapted from the original by this composer. Mallika sings the “Flower Duet” with the title character in this composer’s opera Lakmé.
ANSWER: Léo Delibes (“duh-LEEB”)
[10e] Maillot won the Nijinsky Award for his ballet La Belle, inspired by this Tchaikovsky ballet. In this ballet, Aurora dances with four suitors in the Rose Adagio before pricking her finger on a spindle and falling into a 100-year slumber.
ANSWER: The Sleeping Beauty [or Spyashchaya krasavitsa]
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