Question
For her 1837 performance in this ballet, Fanny Elssler selected a passage from L’elisir d’amore for her grand pas de deux, as this ballet had no original music and was instead set to a pastiche of French airs. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ballet choreographed by Jean Dauberval. A 1960 version of this ballet scored by John Lanchbery included Marius Petipa’s mimed act “When I’m Married.”
ANSWER: La fille mal gardée [accept The Wayward Daughter, The Ill-Guarded Girl, The Girl Who Needed Watching, or similar translations; accept The Ballet of Straw, or There is Only One Step from Bad to Good; accept Le ballet de la paille, ou Il n'est qu'un pas du mal au bien]
[10e] Frederick Ashton’s production of La fille mal gardée was premiered by this British ballet company. This ballet company with a monarchical name was founded by Ninette de Valois as the Vic-Wells Ballet.
ANSWER: Royal Ballet [accept Sadler’s Wells Ballet]
[10m] The first staging of La fille mal gardée in the United States was directed by this Russian choreographer. At the behest of Ashton, this choreographer staged revivals of her ballets Les biches and Les noces in the 1960s.
ANSWER: Bronislava Nijinska [or Bronisláva Fomínična Nižínskaja; reject “Nijinsky”]
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