Packet 8: Bonus 3
A genre of ballet named for the French word for this color includes the Kingdom of the Shades scene from La Bayadère. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this color worn by Odette, the heroine of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
ANSWER: white [or blanc; accept ballet blanc]
[10h] The first ballet blanc was this sequence from an 1831 opera. This ballet’s role of Helena was danced by Marie Taglioni, the daughter of the ballet’s choreographer, Filippo Taglioni.
ANSWER: Ballet of the Nuns from Robert le diable [or Ballet of the Damned Nuns; or Le ballet des nonnes damnées; prompt on Robert le diable or Robert the Devil]
[10m] This Russian choreographer for the Ballets Russes helped to revive the ballet blanc tradition in the 20th century with his choreography for Les Sylphides (“lay sil-FEED”). He was the original choreographer for Petrushka.
ANSWER: Michel Fokine (“foh-KEEN”) [or Michael Fokine]
<Columbia A, Other Fine Arts> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 12.50 | 90% | 25% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | WashU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech A | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michigan | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Pittsburgh | MIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Purdue | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rutgers | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Virginia Tech | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Waterloo | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 20 | 12.50 | 90% | 25% | 10% |