/ 1 October 2004

Dances with movies

  • 1. In which 1977 hit did John Travolta play disco dancer Tony Manero? And what was its sequel called? (2)

  • 2. Who played the womanising lead dancer in “terpsichorean turkey” Dancers? (Clue: He was Carrie’s Russian lover on TV’s Sex and the City.) (1)

  • 3. In Nijinsky, who played the dancer, and who played Ballets Russes impresario Diaghilev? (2)

  • 4. Which famous dancer, about whom the documentary I Am a Dancer was made, played silent-screen heart-throb Valentino in Ken Russell’s movie of that name? (1)

  • 5. Name the movie about a boy from a small British mining town who wants to be a dancer. (1)

  • 6. The answer to question 2 also had a small role The Turning Point, the story of two women who were both dancers in their youth, one of whom gives it up while the other goes on to fame. Who plays the women? (2)

  • 7. In which 1969 movie does Jane Fonda take part in a gruelling Depression-era dance marathon? (1)

  • 8. Name the 1948 movie based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a young ballerina is torn between her mentor and a composer. And who plays the ballerina? (2)

  • 9. In the Australian movie Strictly Ballroom, a young man causes havoc when he breaks the rules of the dance competition. Who plays him? (1)