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Famous Ballets

With the clues to help you, name each of these famous ballets.
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Last updated: January 18, 2022
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Premiere
Composer
Choreographer
Hint
Ballet
1836
Løvenskiold
August Bournonville
First ballet where dancing en pointe had an aesthetic rationale
La Sylphide
1841
Adolphe Adam
Coralli / Perrot
Beautiful title character falls for the deceitful nobleman Albrecht
Giselle
1869
Ludwig Minkus
Marius Petipa
Based on famous 1605 Spanish novel
Don Quixote
1870
Léo Delibes
Arthur Saint-Léon
Subtitled "The Girl with the Enamel Eyes"
Coppelia
1877
Ludwig Minkus
Marius Petipa
Title means "The Temple Dancer"
La Bayadère
1877
Tchaikovsky
Julius Reisinger
About Princess Odette and an evil sorcerer's curse
Swan Lake
1890
Tchaikovsky
Marius Petipa
Based on Perrault fairy tale
The Sleeping Beauty
1892
Tchaikovsky
Marius Petipa / Lev Ivanov
Associated with the Christmas season
The Nutcracker
1935
Tchaikovsky
George Balanchine
George Balanchine's first full-length ballet in America
Serenade
1938
Sergei Prokofiev
Ivo Váňa-Psota
Based on Shakespeare play
Romeo and Juliet
1945
Sergei Prokofiev
Rostislav Zakharov
Based on fairy tale
Cinderella
1962
Felix Mendelssohn
George Balanchine
Based on Shakespeare play
A Midsummer's Night Dream
interopia
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Jul 8, 2022
Also try Famous Operas!!!
interopia
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Nov 12, 2022
Can you think of any other notable ones that should be added?
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