Question
After being commanded to dance, one character in a ballet by this choreographer is presented with a basket of flowers that conceals a snake, which kills her. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this French-born Russian choreographer who worked with Lev Ivanov to create an 1895 revival of Swan Lake.
ANSWER: Marius Petipa [or Marius Ivanovich Petipa; or Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa]
[10h] In this ballet by Petipa, the warrior Solor reunites with the snake-bitten Nikiya in the Kingdom of the Shades, during which 28 dancers perform in unison behind the two lovers.
ANSWER: La Bayadère [or The Temple Dancer]
[10e] Petipa collaborated again with Ivanov to choreograph this Tchaikovsky ballet set during Christmas which contains the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”
ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik]
<JW, Classical Music>
Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 50% | 13% |
Data
| Chicago A | Ohio State C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago C | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Purdue B | Chicago D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Michigan B | Ohio State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Missouri | Ohio State B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue A | WUSTL | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| SIUE A | Purdue C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | SIUE B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |