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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Fokine
2. Choreographed Lion King
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Charles Didelot
August Bournonville
Garth Fagan
3. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
4. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
5. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Garth Fagan
6. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Pilobolus
7. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Nijinsky
Fokine
Marius Petipa
8. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ginger Rogers
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Milhaud
9. First lady of modern dance
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
Ginger Rogers
10. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Philip Taglioni
Lucien Petipa
Hanya Holm
11. Known for brilliant divertissments
August Bournonville
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
12. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
13. Father of classical ballet
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
14. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Milhaud
15. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Paul Taylor
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
16. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
Paul Taylor
17. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Pilobolus
Anna Pavlova
Merce Cunningham
18. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ginger Rogers
Louis Horst
19. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Milhaud
Margaret Sanger
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
20. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Busby Berkeley
Charles Weidman
Milhaud
21. Acts of Light
Fred Astaire
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
22. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
23. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Marie Taglioni
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Laban
Theophile Gautier
24. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
August Bournonville
25. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Margaret Sanger
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Fokine
26. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
Nijinska
Milhaud
27. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Ginger Rogers
28. African astheic choreography
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
29. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
George Balanchine
30. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
31. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Marius Petipa
32. Still/Here
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
33. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Fanny Elssler
August Bournonville
34. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Garth Fagan
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
35. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Suzanne Linglor
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
36. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Debussy
Massine
Charles Didelot
Ginger Rogers
37. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
38. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
39. Starred in Prince of Whales
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Fokine
Anton Dolin
40. Impressionist music
Debussy
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
41. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
Margaret Sanger
42. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
43. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Rudolph Laban
Suzanne Linglor
Margaret Sanger
George Balanchine
44. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
Anton Dolin
45. D Man in the Water
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
46. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
47. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Didelot
Lucien Petipa
48. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
49. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Marius Petipa
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Weidman
50. Wrote against male dancers
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
Dr. Louis Vernon
Theophile Gautier