In a work composed by this man, four men bring the dancer a flower, then alternately dance with her, in a technically challenging scene called the Rose Adagio. In another of his ballets, four dancers grasping hands fall to the ground when trying to separate from each other; that scene was choreographed by Lev Ivanov. While squatting, men violently kick upward to perform the prisiadka in the Trepak
In a work composed by this man, four men bring the dancer a flower, then alternately dance with her, in a technically challenging scene called the Rose Adagio. In another of his ballets, four dancers grasping hands fall to the ground when trying to separate from each other; that scene was choreographed by Lev Ivanov. While squatting, men violently kick upward to perform the prisiadka in the Trepak of one of his ballets. Another ends with a procession of fairy tale characters after Desire wakes up Aurora. A celesta plays the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in his ballet about Clara. For 10 points, name this composer of The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker.
In a work composed by this man, four men bring the dancer a flower, then alternately dance with her, in a technically challenging scene called the Rose Adagio.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky