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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Marius Petipa
2. Choreographed Jeux
Alwin Nikolais
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
3. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Lucien Petipa
4. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Folkine - Nijinsky
Diaghilev
5. Choreographed La Sylphide
Louis Horst
Fred Astaire
Jean Coralli
Philip Taglioni
6. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
Charles Weidman
7. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
8. Afternoon of a Faun
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
9. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
10. Pelvic contraction and release
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
11. Apollo - 1928
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
12. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
13. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
Ginger Rogers
Alvin Ailey
14. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Jean Jacques Rousseau
15. Wrote against male dancers
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
16. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Diaghilev
Fokine
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. Still/Here
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
Bill T. Jones
18. African astheic choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
19. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Loie Fuller
Ginger Rogers
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
20. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
21. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Leon Bakst
Fanny Elssler
Joe Goode
22. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Doris Humphrey
23. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
24. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
Mary Wigman
Philip Taglioni
25. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
Folkine - Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
26. La Spectre de la Rose
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
Nijinsky
Nijinska
27. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Robert Ellis Dunn
Loie Fuller
Margaret Sanger
Busby Berkeley
28. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Jean Coralli
29. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
Joe Goode
30. Father of Russian ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
31. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
32. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Massine
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Paul Taylor
33. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
Arthur Saint-Leon
George Balanchine
34. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
Jean Baptiste Lande
35. Choreographed Lion King
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
36. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
Massine
Rudolph Laban
37. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Debussy
Pilobolus
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
38. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Suzanne Linglor
39. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Diaghilev
Fanny Elssler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
40. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Fanny Elssler
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
41. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
George Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
42. Known for brilliant divertissments
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
43. Impressionist music
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
44. First lady of modern dance
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Saint-Leon
Twyla Tharp
45. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
46. Choreographed Coppelia
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
47. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
48. Brought ballet to the common person
Anton Dolin
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
49. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
50. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Suzanne Linglor
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine