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Dance Famous People
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1. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Pilobolus
Massine
2. Brought ballet to Paris
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
3. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Fanny Elssler
Ruby Keeler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Twyla Tharp
4. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
Diaghilev
5. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Debussy
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Lucien Petipa
7. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Debussy
Fred Astaire
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
8. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
9. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
10. Choreographed La Sylphide
Ruth St. Denis
Lincoln Kirstein
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
11. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
12. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
13. D Man in the Water
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
14. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Pilobolus
Suzanne Linglor
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
15. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Massine
16. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Loie Fuller
17. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
18. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
19. Rite of Spring
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
20. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
21. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Diaghilev
George Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
22. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
Nijinska
Jose Limon
23. Petrouchka
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Fokine
24. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
25. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Brought ballet to the common person
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
Folkine - Nijinsky
Balanchine
27. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
Anna Pavlova
28. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
29. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
Dr. Louis Vernon
30. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
31. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
32. Named the mother of modern dance
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
33. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
34. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
35. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Milhaud
Anna Pavlova
Fanny Elssler
Ivanov
36. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
37. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Loie Fuller
Busby Berkeley
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
38. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
39. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
40. Four Temperaments
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Nijinska
41. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
42. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
Rudolph Laban
Dr. Louis Vernon
43. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Jules Perrot
August Bournonville
Lucien Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
44. Still/Here
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
45. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
46. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Busby Berkeley
47. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Fanny Elssler
48. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Ruth St. Denis
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Doris Humphrey
49. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
50. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Fred Astaire