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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
2. Petrouchka
Louis Horst
Massine
George Balanchine
Fokine
3. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
4. Writer of Giselle
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
5. Choreographed La Sylphide
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
6. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
7. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Ivanov
8. Four Temperaments
Massine
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
9. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
10. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
Robert Ellis Dunn
11. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Massine
Robert Joffrey
12. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
13. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Nijinska
Balanchine
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
14. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Ivanov
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
Anton Dolin
15. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Debussy
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
16. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Ruth St. Denis
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Joe Goode
17. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Debussy
Ruby Keeler
Busby Berkeley
Fanny Elssler
18. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Debussy
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
Louis Horst
19. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
20. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Martha Graham
Suzanne Linglor
21. Pelvic contraction and release
Theophile Gautier
Martha Graham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Louis Horst
22. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
Louis Horst
Fred Astaire
23. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
24. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
25. Named the mother of modern dance
Lincoln Kirstein
Mary Wigman
George Balanchine
Fokine
26. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Charles Weidman
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
27. Known for brilliant divertissments
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
28. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
Debussy
29. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
Anna Pavlova
30. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Fred Astaire
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
31. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Anna Pavlova
32. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Twyla Tharp
Leon Bakst
33. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Fred Astaire
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Saint-Leon
34. Choreographed Jeux
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
35. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
Arthur Saint-Leon
August Bournonville
36. Father of Russian ballet
Leon Bakst
Folkine - Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
37. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Fanny Elssler
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anton Dolin
Lucien Petipa
38. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
39. Wrote against male dancers
Fokine
Louis Horst
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
40. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Milhaud
41. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Massine
Rudolph Laban
Bill T. Jones
Marie Taglioni
42. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
43. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
44. 1st Albrecht
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
Lucien Petipa
45. Impressionist music
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
46. Noted for his use of African elements
Dr. Louis Vernon
Massine
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
47. Father of classical ballet
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
Jules Perrot
48. Brought ballet to Paris
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
49. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
50. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger