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Dance Famous People
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1. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Massine
Jose Limon
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
2. Writer of Giselle
Margaret Sanger
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
Ruby Keeler
3. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
5. The art of making dances - 1959
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
6. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Ivanov
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
7. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Baptiste Lande
8. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
9. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Alvin Ailey
Charles Weidman
Fokine
Mary Wigman
10. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
Fanny Elssler
Ruth St. Denis
11. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Philip Taglioni
Lincoln Kirstein
12. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
August Bournonville
13. African astheic choreography
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
Martha Graham
Balanchine
14. Four Temperaments
Rudolph Nureyev
Lincoln Kirstein
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
15. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
16. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
17. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
18. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
19. D Man in the Water
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anna Pavlova
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
20. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Twyla Tharp
21. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Milhaud
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
22. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Coralli
23. Known for brilliant divertissments
Garth Fagan
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Saint-Leon
Anton Dolin
24. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Milhaud
Marie Taglioni
25. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
26. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
27. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
28. African American modern Dance choreographer
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Massine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
29. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Busby Berkeley
30. First lady of modern dance
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Lincoln Kirstein
31. Apollo - 1928
Mary Wigman
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
32. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Doris Humphrey
Anna Pavlova
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
33. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
34. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
35. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
36. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Philip Taglioni
August Bournonville
Louis Horst
37. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Jose Limon
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
39. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
40. Choreographed Lion King
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
41. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Charles Weidman
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
42. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
43. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
44. Petrouchka
Balanchine
Fokine
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
45. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
46. 1st Albrecht
Doris Humphrey
Leon Bakst
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
47. Wrote against male dancers
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
48. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Louis Horst
Ivanov
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
49. Pelvic contraction and release
Ginger Rogers
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
50. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
Jean Baptiste Lande