Dance Trivia Questions With Answers

Who did Frederick Austerlitz become famous as?
A: Fred Astair

Which American folk hero did Aaron Copeland write a ballet about?
A:  Billy the Kid

Now it's the Birmingham Royal Ballet, but it used to be called what?
A: Saddlers Wells Opera

Who is the Patron Saint of dancers and actors?
A:  St Vitas

Which dancer died in 1927, strangled by her scarf on the wheel of a car?
A: Isadora Duncan

You can be jailed in Fargo North Dakota for doing what with your hat on?
A: Dancing

Seventy percent of people would stamp barefoot broken glass that watch what?
A:  Riverdance for 24 hours

In Portuguese, what is the name of the dance that means new voice?
A: Bossa Nova

What was Tina Turner's solo comeback album of 1984?
A:  Private Dancer

In Anchors Aweigh in 1945 who was it that danced with Gene Kelly?
A:  Jerry Mouse

Chaconne, Rigadoon, and Passepied are all types of what?
A:  Old style dances

In what country would you dance the Sirtaki?
A:  Greece

Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's manager, had what earlier act?
A:  Dancing Chickens

Michael Flately was dubbed Lord of the what?
 A: Dance.

Arnold Bax once said that one should try everything once except incest and what?
A: Folk dancing.

After appearing with the New York City Ballet, who joined the American Ballet Theater in 1974?
 A: Gelsey Kirkland.

In which of the arts did Vaslav Nijinsky and Margot Fonteyn excel?
A: Ballet.

Rudolf Nureyev was famous for what kind of dancing?
A: Ballet.