#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $1600: In Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten", the title king & this queen spend quality music time with their 6 kids Nefertiti |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $200: A wood block beats out the ticking of the clock toward midnight in Prokofiev's score for the ballet about this heroine Cinderella |
#8824, aired 2023-03-09 | INSIDE BALLET & OPERA $3,200 (Daily Double): This 8-letter piece of music comes before an opera & contains themes of the entire piece an overture |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Tchaikovsky got ahead of his contemporaries & used the then-new celesta in the music for this ballet, now a Christmas favorite Nutcracker |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | THE ARTS $400: Aaron Copland composed the music for a ballet set in the southwest & named for this notorious bandit Billy the Kid |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | BALLET & OPERA $200 (Daily Double): The fate of these lovers from Shakespeare is no better in the ballet with music by Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet |
#8599, aired 2022-03-17 | BALLET $200: Stravinsky slyly used Russian folk idioms for the music of his 1922 ballet "Renard", with this animal being the title character fox |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Composer Aram Khachaturian's most familiar piece is this sharp "Dance" featured in his "Gayane" ballet the "Sabre Dance" |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: The ballet "The Rite of Spring" features music by this composer & at its premiere in 1913 had choreography by Nijinsky Stravinsky |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | "N" JOY $800: Why wait for the holidays to enjoy the music from this ballet, including the piece heard here The Nutcracker |
#8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Some people called this French composer Maurice; in 1928, his most famous work was performed as a ballet Ravel |
#8391, aired 2021-05-03 | THE ARTS $2000: His music for the ballet "The Firebird" made him an overnight success Stravinsky |
#8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $1200: This American composed the music for the ballet "Rodeo" (Aaron) Copland |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | OPERA & BALLET $1200: The cowgirl & the champion roper are roles in this ballet with music by Aaron Copland Rodeo |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | OPERA & BALLET $1600: Naturally, there's dance music in this Italian's 1859 opera "Un Ballo in Maschera", "A Masked Ball" Verdi |
#7606, aired 2017-10-09 | ENDS IN "ING" $1200: Here's a bit of the music from this ballet composed by Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring |
#7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $1200: For the Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp created "Deuce Coupe", set to the music of this group The Beach Boys |
#7540, aired 2017-05-26 | OPERA & BALLET $400: "The Dream" is a one-act ballet that uses Felix Mendelssohn's music & is based on this Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
#7540, aired 2017-05-26 | OPERA & BALLET $2000: A love story of the American Southwest, the ballet "Rodeo" has music composed by this New Yorker Aaron Copland |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | BALLET $400: Balanchine's "Who Cares?" features the music of this other George, including "Fascinatin' Rhythm" Gershwin |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This rousing piece by Aram Khachaturian that has a weapon in its name is from his ballet "Gayane" the "Sabre Dance" |
#7405, aired 2016-11-18 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $400: There are sore toes after performances of this Russian's "Sleeping Beauty" ballet; it's nearly 3 hours long Tchaikovsky |
#7062, aired 2015-05-05 | AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE'S 75th ANNIVERSARY $1200: (I'm Sarah Lane.) In 1947, George Balanchine created for ABT the one-act ballet "Theme and Variations" with music by this noted Russian composer Tchaikovsky |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | BALLET BELLES $1600: Daphnis & this title gal have a romp with Pan, accompanied by music from Ravel Chloé |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Aram Khachaturian composed this "Dance" for his ballet "Gayane" "The Sabre Dance" |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | SHEPHERDS $1000: Daphnis the shepherd is paired with this title gal in a pastoral ballet with music by Ravel Chloé |
#6688, aired 2013-10-16 | BALLET $1600: This 2013 ABT presentation takes a Pushkin poem, adds Tchaikovsky music & drops the "Eugene" Onegin |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | SUITE MUSIC $800: This Tchaikovsky suite of ballet music begins with the "Miniature Overture" "The Nutcracker" |
#6398, aired 2012-06-13 | AMERICAN BALLET $800: The 1971 ballet "Eight Jelly Rolls" was choreographed to the music of this jazz pianist & composer ("Jelly Roll") Morton |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | BALLET $800: Hershy Kay provided the orchestrations of this man's music for the 1958 ballet "Stars and Stripes" (John Philip) Sousa |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | BALLET $2000: In 1944 this conductor composed the music for "Fancy Free", Jerome Robbins' first ballet Leonard Bernstein |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This composer of Armenian heritage is best known for the "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayane" (Aram) Khachaturian |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | BALLET $2000: Adolphe Adam's masterpiece is the music for this 1841 ballet in which the title girl emerges from her grave to dance Giselle |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) A series of quick, jumping steps is called this, also the Italian term for the tempo at which the music is playing allegro |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) The final pas de deux is one of the famous dances from this ballet; maybe it's fitting that its choreographer Lev Ivanov died on Christmas Eve when it's set The Nutcracker |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $800: Ballet's five basic foot positions were based on this activity, now an Olympic sport; you can really see it in third position fencing |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $2000: In a dance troupe the group equivalent to an opera chorus is called this "de ballet" corps |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $400: Sorry, Pete, your music was great but Reisinger's choreography of this ballet was uninspired, despite Karpakova as Odile Swan Lake |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $1200: The music for this ballet is great; ignore the critics who don't like children in leading roles & the Christmas setting The Nutcracker |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $1600: Don't fret that the czar's only comment was "Very nice"; the music for this 1890 fairy tale ballet is danceable & enchanting The Sleeping Beauty |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This 1928 Ravel work was written on commission from ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein Bolero |
#5818, aired 2009-12-23 | BALLET $400: Twyla Tharp used the music of this group for the ballet "Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys |
#5817, aired 2009-12-22 | MUSIC & MUSICIANS $300 (Daily Double): The ballet "Pulcinella" has music by this Russian-born composer who dominated early 20th c. ballet music Stravinsky |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $2000: This American ballet music composer also wrote the score for the film "Of Mice and Men" Aaron Copland |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $400: Czech, please: the Mozart symphony named for this capital underscores a 1990 ballet Prague |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $800: "Duo Concertant" is performed to a Stravinsky piece composed for piano & this stringed instrument violin |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $1200: This Khachaturian "Dance" with a weapon in its name enlivens the wedding scene in the ballet "Gayane" "The Sabre Dance" |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $2,000 (Daily Double): No nuts to crack, but "Andantino" has music by this composer Tchaikovsky |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $2000: "Thou Swell", a ballet tribute to this Broadway composer, is danced to songs he wrote with Lorenz Hart (Richard) Rodgers |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | BALLET MUSIC $400: The person playing this instrument is right up on stage in "Dances at a Gathering", to music by Chopin piano |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | BALLET MUSIC $800: The album "Fiedler's Favorite" these includes the one of the Wooden Soldiers a March |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | BALLET MUSIC $1,400 (Daily Double): Manuel de Falla's "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" translates to this in English The Three-Cornered Hat |
#5629, aired 2009-02-12 | FROM SCREEN TO STAGE $2000: Elton John wrote the music for this Broadway show in which a working-class British lad dreams of being a ballet dancer Billy Elliot |
#5617, aired 2009-01-27 | GOLDEN OLDIES $800: "The Golden Age", with music by Shostakovich, was premiered by the Kirov ballet in this city in 1930 Leningrad or St. Petersburg |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $200: He composed the music for the ballet "Ghost Town" 4 years before he teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein (Richard) Rodgers |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $400: "Flotezart" is the fanciful title of a ballet danced to his flute music Mozart |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $600: The ballet called "Viva" this composer features variations on "La Traviata" Verdi |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $800: A Twyla Tharp ballet is danced to his Symphony No. 7 in A Major, known as his "Dance Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $1000: Originally titled "Le Palais de Cristal", "Symphony in C" is danced to music by this "Carmen" composer Bizet |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | "C"LASSICAL MUSICIANS $2000: He composed the music for the 1938 ballet "Billy the Kid" (Aaron) Copland |
#5469, aired 2008-05-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Tchaikovsky simultaneously composed early sketches for the "Pathetique" symphony & this lively ballet suite the Nutcracker |
#5465, aired 2008-05-16 | LET'S GO TO THE BALLET $1600: I love the music of this Polish-French composer, so we must see "In the Night", which features his nocturnes Chopin |
#5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE LIPIZZANERS OF VIENNA $400: The Lipizzanners perform equestrian ballet to classical music like that of this 19th-century Viennese master Johann Strauss |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | FUN WITH BALLET $800: The music of film composer Alex North drives the ballet based on this play about Stanley Kowalski "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | FUN WITH BALLET $1000: Dizzy Gillespie's music is also featured in it, but the ballet "For 'Bird' - With Love" is a tribute to him Charlie Parker |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | MUSIC $800: Beethoven's "Creatures of Prometheus" is music to accompany this type of performance a ballet |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | BALLET ROLES $800: This outlaw pirouettes to Copland's music before he shoots people Billy the Kid |
#4797, aired 2005-06-14 | AT THE BALLET $2000: With music by Stravinsky, this ballet tells of a clown puppet who gets his heart broken, dies & becomes a ghost Petrushka |
#4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other" boxing |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: For the ballet "Coppelia" Leo Delibes used "The Sandman", one of the "Tales of" this author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
#4665, aired 2004-12-10 | I PREDICT "SNOW" $2000: Listening to this famous piece of ballet music makes me think of a flurry of little dancers "Waltz Of The Snowflakes" (from The Nutcracker) |
#4615, aired 2004-10-01 | BIRD-BRAINED BALLETS $800: Tamara Karsavina won the role of this title bird in a 1910 ballet because Anna Pavlova didn't like the music the Firebird |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | PULITZER PRIZES $1600: This "seasonal" ballet earned Aaron Copland the 1945 prize for Music Appalachian Spring |
#4554, aired 2004-05-27 | A FEW "BAR"s OF MUSIC $2000: This great 20th century Hungarian composer wrote the music for the ballet "The Wooden Prince" (Béla) Bartók |
#4518, aired 2004-04-07 | BALLET $400: In 1973 Twyla Tharp choreographed "Deuce Coupe" for the Joffrey Ballet with music by this group the Beach Boys |
#4325, aired 2003-05-23 | BALLET $600: Pat Garrett is one of the roles in this ballet that features music by Aaron Copland Billy the Kid |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | BALLET $400: "1963: Yesterday" is danced to music made famous by this group, including "Yesterday" the Beatles |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | BALLET $1600: The story & the music of the ballet "Revenge" come from this composer's opera "Il Trovatore" Giuseppe Verdi |
#4228, aired 2003-01-08 | BALLET $2000: "Liebeslieder Walzer" is danced to music by this German famed for his "lullaby" Brahms |
#4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "COP"ING $2000: He won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for the ballet "Appalachian Spring" Aaron Copland |
#3911, aired 2001-09-10 | 20th CENTURY BALLET $400: Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here Dracula |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $400: "Go Daddy-O!" celebrates this style of music that Benny Goodman was the "King of" Swing |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $800: The Joffrey's 1993 ballet "Billboards" rocks with the music of this "Purple Rain"er Prince |
#3692, aired 2000-09-26 | POP GOES THE BALLET $100: The rock & roll ballet "Blue Suede Shoes" celebrates the music & the spirit of this legendary star Elvis Presley |
#3692, aired 2000-09-26 | POP GOES THE BALLET $500: "Laura's Women" was inspired by the music of this singer-songwriter who wrote for Streisand & Three Dog Night Laura Nyro |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | BALLET $400: "The Concert" is a humorous ballet danced to music by this Polish-French composer, including the "Minute Waltz" Frederic Chopin |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | SCULPTORS $600: This artist's "Works in Progress" was a 'ballet" with mobiles, stabiles & electronic music Alexander Calder |
#3579, aired 2000-03-09 | MUSIC $800: This waltz composer's "Blue Danube Waltz" is featured in the ballet "Le Beau Danube" Johann Strauss |
#3557, aired 2000-02-08 | POP MUSIC RHYME TIME $600: Bono's band's ballet wear U2's tutus |
#3510, aired 1999-12-03 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $400: This Russian turned some of the music he wrote for the ballet "Petrushka" into a suite Igor Stravinsky |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suite" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas "The Nutcracker" |
#3423, aired 1999-06-23 | BALLET $1000: Eliot Feld's ballet "Harbinger" features music by this "Peter and the Wolf" composer Sergei Prokofiev |
#3343, aired 1999-03-03 | OPERA & BALLET $600: This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad" Tchaikovsky |
#3343, aired 1999-03-03 | OPERA & BALLET $1000: The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer Frederic Chopin |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $400: Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet Sleeping Beauty |
#3178, aired 1998-05-27 | BALLET IN THE '90s $300: We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music Prince |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | BALLET IN THE '90s $800: In Twyla Tharp's ballet "Jump Start", dancers jump around to music by this member of the Marsalis family Wynton Marsalis |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | MUSIC CLASS $500: Meaning "an ornament in Islamic style", it's a fanciful piano piece or a ballet pose Arabesque |
#3021, aired 1997-10-20 | BALLET $400: This "West Side Story" composer wrote the music for Jerome Robbins' ballet "Dybbuk" Leonard Bernstein |
#2942, aired 1997-05-20 | OBSCURE OPERA & BALLET $800: "Pineapple Poll" is a ballet with music from works by this "Pinafore" pair Gilbert & Sullivan |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Premiering on June 25, 1910, "The Firebird" was the first ballet he composed for Sergei Diaghilev Stravinsky |
#2748, aired 1996-07-10 | BALLET $400: This Twyla Tharp ballet shares its name with a song from "Casablanca", but it's danced to music by Haydn As Time Goes By |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | COMPOSERS $800: This "Firebird" composer's ballet score "Pulcinella" was based on music by an 18th century composer Stravinsky |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | BALLET $600: "Le Beau Danube" with music by Johann Strauss, is set in a public park in this city Vienna |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | BALLET $400: Leonide Massine's 1932 ballet "Jeux D'Enfants" is danced to music by this "Carmen" composer Bizet |
#2530, aired 1995-09-08 | BALLET $600: The 1943 ballet "Mother Goose Suite" is danced to music by this "Bolero" composer Ravel |
#2495, aired 1995-06-09 | BALLET $200: This composer attended the 1928 premiere of the ballet "Rhapsody In Blue", which is danced to his music (George) Gershwin |
#2353, aired 1994-11-23 | BALLET $200: As you might expect, "Doo Dah Day" is danced to the music of this composer Stephen Foster |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $1000: "An Evening's Waltzes" is a ballet danced to 5 waltzes by this "Peter and the Wolf" composer Sergei Prokofiev |
#2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BALLET $400: "Symphony in C" is performed to music written by this "Carmen" composer when he was just 17 Bizet |
#2229, aired 1994-04-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: He composed his ballet "Swan Lake" while teaching at the Moscow Conservatory of Music Tchaikovsky |
#2211, aired 1994-03-28 | BALLET $800: Jerome Robbins' ballet "The Goldberg Variations" is set to the music of this composer (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#2134, aired 1993-12-09 | MUSIC MEN $200: This sitarist wrote the music for "Samanya Kshati", a ballet based on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore Ravi Shankar |
#2107, aired 1993-11-02 | BALLET $200: "Gartenfest" is danced to music written by this Austrian prodigy when he was only 13 Mozart |
#2087, aired 1993-10-05 | DANCE $1000: John Cranko's ballet "Brandenburg Nos. 2 and 4" is danced to this composer's music (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#1969, aired 1993-03-11 | BALLET $400: Hershy Kay arranged & orchestrated this man's music for the ballet "Stars and Stripes" Sousa |
#1954, aired 1993-02-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: His "Bolero" was originally written in 1928 as a ballet (Maurice) Ravel |
#1866, aired 1992-10-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Stravinsky ballet, his 1st, was based on the legend of the Zhar-Ptitsa, a creature with wings of flame "The Firebird" |
#1865, aired 1992-10-16 | BALLET $600: "Dances at a Gathering" is danced to this Polish-French composer's music, including several mazurkas Chopin |
#1837, aired 1992-09-08 | BALLET $800: He wrote the music for the Western-themed ballets "Billy the Kid" & "Rodeo" Aaron Copland |
#1663, aired 1991-11-20 | BALLET $200: "Deuce Coupe" by Twyla Tharp features the music of this band, including its "Little Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys |
#1610, aired 1991-09-06 | MUSIC $600: This Talking Heads lead singer wrote the score for Twyla Tharp's ballet "The Catherine Wheel" David Byrne |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: He composed his "Swan Lake" ballet while serving on the faculty of the Moscow Conservatory Tchaikovsky |
#1499, aired 1991-02-21 | BALLET $400: "Stars and Stripes" is danced to the music of this composer of "The Stars And Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa |
#1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MUSIC $1000: At 17 this Russian was an enfant terrible; in 1929 he composed the ballet "L'Enfant Prodigue" Prokofiev |
#1333, aired 1990-05-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1928 Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to write a ballet, so he created "Bolero" Maurice Ravel |
#1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Meaning made or done in the Arabic fashion, this adjective is used in music, interior design & ballet Arabesque |
#1189, aired 1989-11-02 | AWARDS $400: In the Spring of '45 he picked up a Pulitzer Prize in Music for his ballet "Appalachian Spring" Aaron Copland |
#1104, aired 1989-05-25 | BALLET $500: Tchaikovsky wrote the music to 3 ballets: "The Sleeping Beauty", "The Nutcracker" & this Swan Lake |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | NEW YORK CITY $300: It includes the homes of the NYC Ballet, the NYC Opera & the Juilliard School of Music Lincoln Center |
#1058, aired 1989-03-22 | MUSIC TRIVIA $300: Most people don't know that this "King of Ragtime" once composed a ballet, "The Rag-Time Dance" Scott Joplin |
#1026, aired 1989-02-06 | BALLET $800: The ballet "Le Beau Danube", set in a Viennese park, is danced to this composer's music Johann Strauss |
#964, aired 1988-11-10 | MUSIC $1000: The famous "Sabre Dance" is from this Soviet-Armenian composer's ballet "Gayane" Aram Khachaturian |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | BALLET $600: The patriotic ballet "Stars & Stripes" is danced to his music John Philip Sousa |
#787, aired 1988-01-26 | MOVIE MUSICALS $600: This innovative film ended with a complete ballet danced to Gershwin music by Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron An American in Paris |
#705, aired 1987-10-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: "Ballet of Unhatched Chicks" & "Catacombs" are 2 pieces in this work by Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition |
#697, aired 1987-09-22 | BALLET $800: Known for its prelude, this ballet features 1 faun & 7 optional nymphs The Afternoon of a Faun |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Though Jewish, Aaron Copland used Christian folk hymn "Simple Gifts" in this "regional" ballet Appalachian Spring |
#642, aired 1987-05-26 | STARTS WITH "K" $800 (Daily Double): 20th century Armenian composer who wrote the following ballet music:
[Instrumental music plays] Aram Khachaturian |
#507, aired 1986-11-18 | BALLET $1000: L. Bernstein wrote music for ballet "Fancy Free" & for this musical about sailors it inspired On The Town |
#507, aired 1986-11-18 | BALLET $1,500 (Daily Double): Legendary dancer who choreographed & danced the title role in the following: Nijinsky |
#485, aired 1986-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: The score for Erik Satie's ballet "Parade" uses this office machine as an "instrument" a typewriter |
#443, aired 1986-05-21 | DANCE $400: Twyla Tharp's 1973 ballet titled "Deuce Coupe" featured this group's music the Beach Boys |
#332, aired 1985-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: A Stravinsky ballet, or a "hot" Pontiac Firebird |
#275, aired 1985-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Common translation of "Le Sacre du Printemps", a Stravinsky ballet The Rite of Spring |
#109, aired 1985-02-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Aaron Copland's ballet music keeps this outlaw on his toes Billy the Kid |
#35, aired 1984-10-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Tchaikovsky's "suite" ballet; a Christmas favorite The Nutcracker |