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Dance Famous People
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1. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Philip Taglioni
Milhaud
Balanchine
2. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
3. Father of classical ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Debussy
4. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
5. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
Jules Perrot
6. Four Temperaments
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Garth Fagan
7. Choreographed La Sylphide
Dr. Louis Vernon
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
8. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
9. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Theophile Gautier
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Balanchine
Milhaud
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
11. Acts of Light
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Martha Graham
12. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
Ruby Keeler
13. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Balanchine
14. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
15. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
16. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Nijinska
Louis Horst
17. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
Arthur Mitchell
Jose Limon
18. African American modern Dance choreographer
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
19. Father of Russian ballet
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
20. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Fokine
21. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Bill T. Jones
22. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Massine
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
23. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Twyla Tharp
Milhaud
24. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Paul Taylor
25. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
Folkine - Nijinsky
26. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
27. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Theophile Gautier
August Bournonville
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Jose Limon
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
Pilobolus
29. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Fokine
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
30. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Fokine
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
31. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Fokine
32. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Charles Weidman
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
33. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Charles Weidman
34. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Margaret Sanger
35. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Charles Didelot
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
36. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
37. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Martha Graham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jose Limon
Loie Fuller
39. 1st Albrecht
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Lucien Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
40. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Jose Limon
Massine
Diaghilev
41. Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
Loie Fuller
42. Apollo - 1928
Dr. Louis Vernon
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
43. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
44. Movement in hips
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
45. Brought ballet to the common person
Balanchine
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Anna Pavlova
46. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Joe Goode
Hanya Holm
47. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
48. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Louis Horst
Ruby Keeler
Suzanne Linglor
49. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Alwin Nikolais
Ruby Keeler
Jean Baptiste Lande
Theophile Gautier
50. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Laban