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This choreographer set a Boccaccio-inspired libretto to music from Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances for a ballet in which this choreographer played a “priggish” virgin who meets the Devil. (-5[1])In the premiere of a ballet by this choreographer, Alicia Alonso danced a pas de deux as a woman called the “Accused.” After watching this choreographer receive 22 curtain calls at a ballet’s premiere, a songwriting duo invited this dancer to choreograph a “dream (-5[1])ballet” in which (10[1])Laurey (10[1])“Makes Up Her Mind.” This choreographer adapted the tale of Lizzie Borden in her (10[1])ballet Fall (-5[1])River Legend. (10[2])This (10[1])choreographer asked the composer of Billy (-5[1])the Kid to score (-5[1])a ballet (-5[4])in (-5[1])which a (10[1])“Hoe-Down” (-5[1])is danced (10[1]-5[2])by cowgirls. (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, Aaron Copland scored (-5[1])what (10[1])choreographer’s ballet Rodeo (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[10])

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