The Traveling Ballerina Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 The Nutcracker has been a huge part of half my life, but there are some interesting facts that I only just recently learned. So I decided to put together a quiz that includes questions about the history, music, and plot of the ballet. Hope you find it fun and perhaps educational, too! Link to comment
FPF Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 33 minutes ago, The Traveling Ballerina said: The Nutcracker has been a huge part of half my life, but there are some interesting facts that I only just recently learned. So I decided to put together a quiz that includes questions about the history, music, and plot of the ballet. Hope you find it fun and perhaps educational, too! 💯😁 I did have a lucky guess for the last question. Link to comment
The Traveling Ballerina Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 16 minutes ago, FPF said: 💯😁 I did have a lucky guess for the last question. I am so glad you wrote because I was wondering who the only person so far with a 100% is! Congrats And now you know a little more about me! Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) But my understanding is that the original ballet followed not the Hoffman story but the Dumas adaption of the story..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King So I,m not sure I understand the wording of the first two questions... Christensen Nutcracker ran from 1944 to 2004.... Balanchine's premiered in 1954 and is still running, so hasn't it overtaken Christensen's "longest running" crown? Edited December 15, 2018 by Amy Reusch Link to comment
The Traveling Ballerina Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/15/2018 at 10:21 AM, Amy Reusch said: But my understanding is that the original ballet followed not the Hoffman story but the Dumas adaption of the story..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King So I,m not sure I understand the wording of the first two questions... Hi Amy, The first question asked what book "The Nutcracker" is based on, and that is "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". Perhaps I could have phrased the second question more clearly to ask who the original author of the book is. Thanks for the feedback! On 12/15/2018 at 10:21 AM, Amy Reusch said: Christensen Nutcracker ran from 1944 to 2004.... Balanchine's premiered in 1954 and is still running, so hasn't it overtaken Christensen's "longest running" crown? Christensen's Nutcracker is still alive and strong; in fact, I saw Ballet West's performance just a couple of weeks ago Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Oh!! thank you!!, I didn't think of Ballet West, only had SFB on the brain!! Link to comment
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