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1. In Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' (1927), the hero, the sheltered son of a wealthy and powerful man, finds himself in love with Maria, a worker with revolutionary ideas. At the father's bidding, a robot is created in Maria's likeness to discourage the budding romance. Unfortunately, things don't work quite as planned, and the robot ends up inciting a riot, flooding the worker's city. True or false: while this massive devastation is happening to the worker's city, Maria (as opposed to the robot made in her image) is entertaining the rich men of the upper class by dancing at a club.
2. 'Strictly Ballroom' (1991), directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Paul Mercurio, takes place in the world of Australian competition ballroom dance. Mercurio's hero, Scott, finds himself in a romance with Fran, an ugly-duckling dancer at his parents' studio. Interested in exploring new dance forms and breaking outside of the box of ballroom dance, Scott eagerly delves into the dance world that Fran's family immerses itself in. What kind of dance does Fran's family do?
3. From a Hans Christian Andersen story, 'The Red Shoes' (1948) is about a ballerina forced to choose between dance and love. Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) makes her way into a prestigious London ballet company with a combination of talent and charisma. She becomes progressively more beloved of the company's director, Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), at the same time that she is falling in love with the musical composer Julian (Marius Goring). When Lermontov learns of her relationship, he fires Julian and forces Victoria to choose between dance and love. She chooses love, leaving the company and moving away with Julian. Later, however, she runs into Lermontov and is talked into rejoining the company. In order to make her first performance, she skips the premiere of her husband's new composition. Julian finds out, though, and follows her to the theater. At the climax of the film, Victoria is again asked to choose between dance and love. Which does she choose?
4. 'Center Stage' (2000) boasts a cast of young dancers involved in real companies. Which of these companies was NOT represented?
5. In the Japanese comedy 'Shall We Dance' (1996), the main character begins taking dance lessons. Because it isn't accepted by his culture for a serious man to dance, he hides this fact from his wife, who becomes suspicious that he is having an affair and hires a private investigator to get to the bottom of things. The film, of course, ends happily and the protagonist's wife accepts his new love and he opens up to his office about the passion. What line of work was he in?
6. The main character in 'Mulholland Dr.' (2001), Betty played by Naomi Watts, came to Hollywood to pursue acting after winning what sort of dance contest back home?
7. 'Dancemaker' (1999) is an award-winning documentary film about Paul Taylor and his dance company. In the film, the company is shown traveling to another country to perform as ambassadors of American culture. What country do they go to?
8. The 1994 action comedy 'True Lies' stars a Schwarzenegger character who simply can't resist a certain kind of dance. What sort is it?
9. Whose dance company is featured in Pedro Almodovar's 2002 film, 'Talk to Her'?
10. The movie 'Swingers' (1996) is about some struggling entertainment industry-types who spend their nights prowling the Los Angeles nightlife. We only actually see two speaking characters doing the film's namesake dance, the swing. Which actors play these characters?
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