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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. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Debussy
2. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Busby Berkeley
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
3. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ruth St. Denis
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
4. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
5. Afternoon of a Faun
Jose Limon
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Fokine
6. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
7. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Massine
Anton Dolin
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Baptiste Lande
8. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
9. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. The art of making dances - 1959
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
11. D Man in the Water
Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
12. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
13. Named the mother of modern dance
Anna Pavlova
Ivanov
George Balanchine
Mary Wigman
14. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Mary Wigman
15. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Rudolph Laban
16. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
17. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
18. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Balanchine
19. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Debussy
20. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Lucien Petipa
Merce Cunningham
21. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
August Bournonville
Balanchine
Nijinska
Massine
22. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
23. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Arthur Mitchell
August Bournonville
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
24. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Doris Humphrey
Jose Limon
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
25. Noted for his use of African elements
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Suzanne Linglor
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
26. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
27. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
28. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
29. Impressionist music
Garth Fagan
Debussy
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
30. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
31. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Joffrey
32. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
33. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Paul Taylor
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
34. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
Doris Humphrey
35. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Loie Fuller
Fred Astaire
Louis Horst
36. Choreographed Lion King
Theophile Gautier
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
Hanya Holm
37. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Debussy
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
38. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Ruth St. Denis
August Bournonville
Fanny Elssler
Arthur Mitchell
39. Father of classical ballet
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
40. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
41. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
42. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Fokine
Nijinsky
43. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Anton Dolin
44. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Pilobolus
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
45. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
46. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
Joe Goode
47. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
48. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
49. African American modern Dance choreographer
Folkine - Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
50. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn