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Dance Famous People
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1. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Fred Astaire
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Charles Weidman
2. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
Massine
Nijinska
3. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Hanya Holm
Charles Weidman
Dr. Louis Vernon
4. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Martha Graham
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
Massine
5. Apollo - 1928
Nijinska
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Joe Goode
6. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
7. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Margaret Sanger
8. The art of making dances - 1959
Milhaud
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Doris Humphrey
9. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Ginger Rogers
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Didelot
Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Nijinsky
11. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
12. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Debussy
Anna Pavlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
13. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
14. Choreographed Jeux
Jean Coralli
Margaret Sanger
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
15. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Joe Goode
Leon Bakst
16. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
Louis Horst
17. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
18. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Nijinska
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
19. Afternoon of a Faun
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
20. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
21. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
22. Petrouchka
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Joe Goode
23. Acts of Light
Fred Astaire
Louis Horst
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
24. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
25. Choreographed Lion King
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Garth Fagan
26. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Paul Taylor
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
27. Movement in hips
Jose Limon
Arthur Mitchell
Ginger Rogers
Rudolph Nureyev
28. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
29. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Balanchine
Milhaud
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
30. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
31. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
32. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
33. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ginger Rogers
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
34. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jules Perrot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jose Limon
Pilobolus
35. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Joe Goode
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Margaret Sanger
36. Choreographed Coppelia
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Margaret Sanger
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Folkine - Nijinsky
38. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Massine
39. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
Leon Bakst
40. Rite of Spring
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
41. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
42. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
43. Brought ballet to the common person
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Anna Pavlova
44. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Arthur Mitchell
Loie Fuller
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
45. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
Doris Humphrey
Ivanov
46. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
47. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
Joe Goode
48. African American modern Dance choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
49. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
50. Father of Russian ballet
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Charles Didelot
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