Since this game is played incessantly on other message boards, I thought it'd be fun to start this off here.

Who Cares? or Vienna Waltzes?

aw heck i don't know the game....

Me either.

canbelto, cd you pls give a quick explanation for the unenlightened?

Someone chooses from the above choice, and then comes up with a choice themselves. For example, suppose you were to pick "Who Cares?" You would then do a "this" or "that." Say you write, "Kirov or Bolshoi?" Someone would then have to choose, and then come up with a choice. And so on ...

Sounds a bit like Stravinsky/Kandinsky, in which the first player names a prominent figure in one field, and the second player must name a prominent figure in another field which:

1 ) Rhymes with the first name

2 ) Is of a comparable outlook or values system as the first-named.

For example, the eponymous figures in music and art would be a good exchange. "Charles Wilson Peale" and "Eugene O'Neill" would not. Same last names are prohibited as, "Edward Hopper" and "Hedda Hopper", which would be a bad exchange anyway, but the debatability of the comparisons is where the interesting part of play comes in.

Okay. I pick "Who Cares?"
"Embraceable You" or "The Man I Love"?
Did I do that right?

In one very stressful job which was based on the telephone we used to sometimes call people up (businesses only, never people at home) and ask them 'Badger or Marmite?' .. that's all you were allowed to say - although you could keep repeating it until they understood they had to give an answer. Surprisingly, many people understood straight away and gave their answer without hesitation (we'd say 'thank you!' or ' good answer!' and hang up). Some would really weigh up the pros and cons of badgers and Marmite before answering. Hardly anyone got properly mad.

I remember it seemed to work better on Friday afternoons than Monday mornings at 9:01am.

Yes you did Farrell Fan.

Man I Love!

Galina Ulanova or Maya Plisetskaya?

Maya Plisetskaya!


Edwin Denby or Arlene Croce?

Arlene Croce!

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 or Ballet Imperial?

Ballet Imperial.

"Midsummer's Night Dream" or "The Dream"?

"Midsummer Night's Dream"

"The Four Seasons" or "The Four Temperaments"?

Four Temperaments.

Bart Cook or Peter Boal?

Peter Boal.

Vaganova or Balanchine?

Balanchine.

Story or plotless?

Story.

White or Black swan pdd?

Black swan pdd (actually depends on the dancer and the day but generally...)

Osipova or Somova

Black.

Full length or mixed bill?

Mixed bill.

Costumes or practice clothes?

Costumes.

Uliana Lopatkina or Diana Vishneva?

Vishneva.

ABT or NYCB?

ABT
since it got ignored earlier...


Osipova or Somova?

Osipova

YAGP Gala or Bolshoi?

These days, Bolshoi.

Sylphide/s: La or Les?

Les Sylphides.

Best 'white' act: Swan Lake (Act 2) or Kingdom of the Shades?

Shades

Gillian Murphy or Ashley Bouder?

Bouder!!!!

Pavlova or Karsavina?

Pavlova.

Diagilev or Nijinski?

Nijinski


Plie or Tendu?

Tendu.

Prokofiev or Stravinsky?

Prokofiev.

Dupont or Dupond?

Dupont.

Nora Kaye or Sallie Wilson?

Sallie Wilson

Clive Barnes or Anna Kisselgoff?

Barnes.

Sylvie Guillem or Svetlana Zakharova?

Guillem.

'Romeo Plus Juliet' or 'Romeo or Juliet'? [vicious]


Okay, too mean to NYCB publicity.

Mats Ek SB or Petipa SB?

Petipa SB.

"NYCB" buns (pulled straight back) or "everywhere else" buns (with a part down the middle)?

Part down the middle.

"In the middle somewhat elevated" or "Behind the china dogs"?

Behind The China Dogs!!!

State Theater or Metropolitan Opera?

YES!

Do anybody got some nachos?

F-R-E-D F-R-E-D-B-U-R-G-E-R

i can spell my own name!

Fred Fredburger

OK I am totally dense, but does one set connect to the next, or do you pick one and put forth a new duo?

Sorry, I've never been good at such things.

Pick one and put forth a new duo.

For instance, from above:

Metropolitan Opera.

Lynn Garafola or Richard Buckle's books on the Ballet Russes?

Didn't see canbelto's post -- didn't realize I had to go to a new screen.
So I deleted the post I had and am now disqualifying myself from this round, having read neither.

Richard Buckle.

Ashton or MacMillan?

Ashton.

Welch or Wheeldon?

Wheeldon

Petit allegro or grand allegro?

Grand Allegro.

leg warmers or all in ones?

Legwarmers.

Karsavina's "Theatre Street" or Kschessinskaya's "Dancing in St. Petersburg"?

"Dancing in St. Petersburg"


Toni Bentley's "Winter Season" or Merrill Ashley's "Dancing for Balanchine"?

Winter Season.

Lucia Chase or Kevin McKenzie?

Winter Season

Roberta Sue Ficker or Iris Cohen?