One piece within this work juxtaposes a fixed 3/8 meter in the castanets against alternating 5/16 and 7/16 time in the rest of the orchestra.
One piece within this work juxtaposes a fixed 3/8 meter in the castanets against alternating 5/16 and 7/16 time in the rest of the orchestra. The first pas-de-trois in this ballet is divided into a sarabande, a galliard, and a third dance simply called 'coda.' The pas de deux in this ballet was specifically created for the black dancer Arthur Mitchell, who shocked audiences by dancing it with the white Diana Adams. Its composer was partially inspired by seeing an engraving of two trumpeters in Francois De Lauze's manual Apologie de la dance. The hexachord D-E-F-G Â– F sharp Â– B forms the basis of the "Bransle simple" in this ballet, which closes with four trios following four duos. It was the third (*) Greek-inspired ballet by its creators, following Apollo and Orpheus. Divided into four groups of three dances separated by interludes, it was its composer's only ballet to use twelve-tone serialism. For 10 points, identify this ballet, a collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky whose name comes from the Greek for "contest."
One piece within this work juxtaposes a fixed 3/8 meter in the castanets against alternating 5/16 and 7/16 time in the rest of the orchestra.
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