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Dance Famous People
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1. Apollo - 1928
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
2. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Paul Taylor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
August Bournonville
3. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
4. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
5. The art of making dances - 1959
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Didelot
Debussy
7. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Diaghilev
Massine
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
8. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Fokine
Fred Astaire
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
9. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Doris Humphrey
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
10. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Ruby Keeler
11. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Balanchine
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
12. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
13. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
Joe Goode
Pilobolus
14. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
15. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
16. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
Suzanne Linglor
Marie Taglioni
17. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Robert Joffrey
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
18. Choreographed La Sylphide
Nijinska
Balanchine
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
19. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
Fanny Elssler
20. Movement in hips
Diaghilev
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Coralli
21. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Merce Cunningham
22. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Philip Taglioni
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
23. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Ruth St. Denis
Philip Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Mitchell
24. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Debussy
Jose Limon
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
25. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Doris Humphrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Joe Goode
Jean Coralli
26. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Garth Fagan
Massine
Nijinska
Jose Limon
27. Impressionist music
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
28. Choreographed Lion King
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Baptiste Lande
29. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
August Bournonville
Jose Limon
30. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Doris Humphrey
Twyla Tharp
Fred Astaire
Charles Weidman
31. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinsky
32. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
33. First lady of modern dance
Garth Fagan
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
34. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Balanchine
35. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Rudolph Laban
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Loie Fuller
36. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Hanya Holm
Fred Astaire
37. Rite of Spring
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
38. Acts of Light
Lucien Petipa
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
Martha Graham
39. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
Joe Goode
Ginger Rogers
40. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Anton Dolin
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
41. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
42. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Bill T. Jones
Lincoln Kirstein
Balanchine
Louis Horst
43. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Charles Weidman
44. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
45. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
46. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
47. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Margaret Sanger
Louis Horst
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
48. Afternoon of a Faun
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinsky
49. Still/Here
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Coralli
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
50. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Ivanov
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
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