| BARTOK | Bela -, Hungarian composer of opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle and ballet The Wooden Prince (6) |
| LUDWIG | First name of composer of the symphony and ballet music The Creatures Of Prometheus (6) |
| LIGETI | Gyorgy, Hungarian composer of opera Le Grand Macabre (6) |
| BELA | Hungarian composer of the opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (4,6) |
| BELABARTOK | Hungarian composer and pianist noted for his opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (4,6) |
| CRANKO | John, choreographer of the 1957 ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (6) |
| KODALY | Hungarian composer of the 1933 orchestral work Dances of Galanta (6) |
| SHIELD | William -, composer of opera Rosina; Master of the King's Musick from 1817- 29 (6) |
| LUGOSI | Bela, Hungarian-born US actor noted for his portrayal of the title character in the 1931 film Dracula (6) |
| GLIERE | Reinhold, composer of the ballets The Red Poppy and The Bronze Horseman (6) |
| MANUEL | and 21ac, Spanish composer of 1919 ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (6,2,5) |
| ASHTON | Choreographer who brought Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin and friends to the stage/screen in his ballet The Tales of Beatrix Potter (6) |
| SERGEI | Name that links composer Rachmaninov and ballet impresario Diaghilev (6) |
| GOUNOD | Composer of opera Faust (6) |
| POINTE | In ballet, the extreme tip of the toe (6) |
| KNIGHT | Artist famous for her gypsy circus and ballet paintings (4,5,6) |
| FOKINE | Michel, Russian choreographer and ballet dancer born in 1880 (6) |
| PAVLOV | He studied drooling and ballet dancer lost one (6) |
| PIRATE | Talk about the island of Bluebeard, for example (6) |
| CASTLE | Bluebeard's home neat? Yes, finally, for the first time (6) |
