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Dance Famous People
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1. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
2. Apollo - 1928
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Philip Taglioni
3. The art of making dances - 1959
Jose Limon
Joe Goode
Folkine - Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
4. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
Massine
5. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Debussy
Martha Graham
Balanchine
6. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Charles Weidman
Jose Limon
Diaghilev
7. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
8. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
9. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Laban
10. Four Temperaments
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
11. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
12. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Pilobolus
13. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
14. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
15. Writer of Giselle
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Debussy
16. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Leon Bakst
Suzanne Linglor
Paul Taylor
17. Known for brilliant divertissments
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Joe Goode
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
18. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Charles Didelot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Lucien Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
19. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
20. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Theophile Gautier
Charles Didelot
August Bournonville
George Balanchine
21. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Charles Didelot
22. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Loie Fuller
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
23. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alvin Ailey
Charles Weidman
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
24. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Anton Dolin
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Fanny Elssler
25. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Acts of Light
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Martha Graham
Hanya Holm
27. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Pilobolus
Marius Petipa
29. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Margaret Sanger
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
30. African astheic choreography
Alvin Ailey
Twyla Tharp
Fokine
Balanchine
31. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
32. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
33. Starred in Prince of Whales
Nijinsky
August Bournonville
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
34. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Fred Astaire
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
35. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Charles Weidman
Fokine
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
36. Choreographed Coppelia
Folkine - Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
37. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
38. Father of classical ballet
Ivanov
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
Robert Joffrey
39. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
George Balanchine
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
40. Father of Russian ballet
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
41. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Saint-Leon
42. Named the mother of modern dance
Margaret Sanger
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
43. Agon - 1957
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Hanya Holm
44. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Jean Baptiste Lande
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
45. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
46. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
47. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier
48. Brought ballet to Paris
Leon Bakst
Joe Goode
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
49. Impressionist music
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
Anton Dolin
Debussy
50. Brought ballet to the common person
Balanchine
Fokine
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
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