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Dance Famous People
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1. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Debussy
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
2. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
3. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
4. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
Fanny Elssler
5. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Suzanne Linglor
Ivanov
Garth Fagan
Twyla Tharp
6. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
7. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Nijinsky
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
8. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
9. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
10. Rite of Spring
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
August Bournonville
Ivanov
11. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
12. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Louis Horst
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
13. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Fred Astaire
14. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Louis Horst
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
15. The art of making dances - 1959
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
16. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Twyla Tharp
Loie Fuller
Rudolph Laban
17. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Massine
18. Father of Russian ballet
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Alwin Nikolais
Paul Taylor
20. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Margaret Sanger
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
21. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Jules Perrot
August Bournonville
Marius Petipa
Garth Fagan
22. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Nijinska
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
23. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
24. Four Temperaments
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
25. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Marius Petipa
Twyla Tharp
Pilobolus
Balanchine
26. La Spectre de la Rose
Milhaud
Folkine - Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
27. Writer of Giselle
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
28. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Diaghilev
29. African astheic choreography
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
30. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Joffrey
Marius Petipa
31. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Massine
Pilobolus
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
32. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ginger Rogers
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
33. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
34. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
35. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Nijinska
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
36. Known for brilliant divertissments
Anton Dolin
Jose Limon
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
37. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Paul Taylor
George Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
38. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
39. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Anna Pavlova
40. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
41. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
42. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Loie Fuller
Mary Wigman
43. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
44. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Pilobolus
45. Wrote against male dancers
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
46. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
47. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
48. Choreographed Coppelia
Doris Humphrey
Massine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Saint-Leon
49. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinska
Nijinska
Lucien Petipa
Nijinsky
50. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey