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Dance Famous People
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1. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
August Bournonville
Fred Astaire
2. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Charles Weidman
Ruby Keeler
3. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
Merce Cunningham
4. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Suzanne Linglor
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
5. Pelvic contraction and release
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
6. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Charles Weidman
Massine
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
7. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
8. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Fanny Elssler
9. Apollo - 1928
Robert Joffrey
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Balanchine
10. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Massine
11. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Alwin Nikolais
Ginger Rogers
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
12. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
Lucien Petipa
13. Father of classical ballet
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
14. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
15. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Jules Perrot
16. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Bill T. Jones
Fanny Elssler
Ginger Rogers
17. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Pilobolus
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
18. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
20. Starred in Prince of Whales
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
Anton Dolin
21. African astheic choreography
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Pilobolus
22. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Debussy
23. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
August Bournonville
Massine
Mary Wigman
24. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anton Dolin
25. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Diaghilev
26. Choreographed La Sylphide
Fred Astaire
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Garth Fagan
27. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
Alvin Ailey
28. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
29. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
30. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
31. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
Lucien Petipa
August Bournonville
32. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
Fanny Elssler
33. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
Milhaud
Folkine - Nijinsky
34. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Ruby Keeler
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
35. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Jean Baptiste Lande
36. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Twyla Tharp
37. Petrouchka
Twyla Tharp
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Nijinska
38. 1st Albrecht
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Lucien Petipa
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
39. African American modern Dance choreographer
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
40. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Debussy
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
August Bournonville
41. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philip Taglioni
42. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Martha Graham
Mary Wigman
43. Writer of Giselle
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
44. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
45. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
46. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Margaret Sanger
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
47. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
48. Noted for his use of African elements
Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
49. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Saint-Leon
50. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot