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Dance Famous People

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE






2. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers






3. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century






4. Father of classical ballet






5. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING






6. Brought ballet to the common person






7. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style






8. Afternoon of a Faun






9. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit






10. Director/founder of Ballet Russe






11. Known for brilliant divertissments






12. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)






13. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.






14. Performed Monkshood Farewell






15. The art of making dances - 1959






16. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet






17. Played Swanilda in Coppelia






18. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions






19. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.






20. Writer of Giselle






21. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris






22. Named the mother of modern dance






23. Rite of Spring






24. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe






25. Petrouchka






26. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide






27. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993






28. Father of Russian ballet






29. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful






30. Acts of Light






31. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE






32. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake






33. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME






34. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence






35. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)






36. First lady of modern dance






37. La Spectre de la Rose






38. Apollo - 1928






39. Wrote against male dancers






40. Combined spiritual with the theatrical






41. Brought ballet to Paris






42. Movement in hips






43. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City






44. Died of AIDS -created his own company






45. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today






46. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio






47. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail






48. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738






49. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance






50. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era