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Dance Famous People
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1. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
2. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
3. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
4. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Robert Joffrey
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
5. Four Temperaments
Arthur Mitchell
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
Balanchine
6. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Margaret Sanger
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
7. Impressionist music
Debussy
Twyla Tharp
Fokine
Philip Taglioni
8. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Martha Graham
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
9. Apollo - 1928
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
10. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Debussy
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
11. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Anton Dolin
Fokine
Loie Fuller
Fanny Elssler
12. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Milhaud
Fokine
Paul Taylor
13. D Man in the Water
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Jose Limon
14. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Twyla Tharp
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa
15. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
16. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
August Bournonville
Lucien Petipa
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
17. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Starred in Prince of Whales
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
19. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
20. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
21. 1st Albrecht
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
22. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Diaghilev
Milhaud
Massine
Nijinsky
23. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Fokine
George Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
24. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
25. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
26. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey
27. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Jose Limon
Jean Baptiste Lande
28. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Jean Coralli
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
29. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Twyla Tharp
Ruth St. Denis
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
30. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Balanchine
Ivanov
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
31. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
32. Rite of Spring
Balanchine
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinsky
33. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
Diaghilev
Fokine
34. Choreographed La Sylphide
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
35. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fanny Elssler
36. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
Marie Taglioni
Louis Horst
37. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
38. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
39. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
Alwin Nikolais
Suzanne Linglor
40. Named the mother of modern dance
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fanny Elssler
Nijinska
Jules Perrot
42. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
George Balanchine
Pilobolus
43. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Milhaud
Louis Horst
44. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Rudolph Laban
45. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Joe Goode
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
46. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Martha Graham
Lucien Petipa
Hanya Holm
47. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Debussy
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
48. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Arthur Saint-Leon
Doris Humphrey
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
49. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Jean Baptiste Lande
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
50. Movement in hips
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn