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Dance Famous People
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1. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Marie Taglioni
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
2. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
3. Brought ballet to Paris
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. Starred in Prince of Whales
Margaret Sanger
Massine
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
5. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Doris Humphrey
6. Noted for his use of African elements
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
7. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
Ginger Rogers
Hanya Holm
8. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
9. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
10. African astheic choreography
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
11. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Fokine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
12. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Ellis Dunn
13. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Laban
Busby Berkeley
Fred Astaire
14. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
Leon Bakst
15. Known for brilliant divertissments
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Twyla Tharp
Fred Astaire
16. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Ivanov
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
17. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
Paul Taylor
18. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Alwin Nikolais
19. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Paul Taylor
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
20. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
21. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Lincoln Kirstein
Twyla Tharp
22. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Fred Astaire
23. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Rudolph Laban
Fanny Elssler
Ivanov
Fokine
24. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
25. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Margaret Sanger
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
26. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
27. Choreographed Lion King
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Garth Fagan
28. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Debussy
Leon Bakst
Debussy
Rudolph Nureyev
29. Wrote against male dancers
Dr. Louis Vernon
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Nijinsky
30. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Balanchine
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
31. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
32. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Laban
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
33. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
34. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Joe Goode
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
35. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
36. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Joffrey
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
37. Petrouchka
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
38. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
39. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
40. Afternoon of a Faun
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
41. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
Garth Fagan
42. Impressionist music
Debussy
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
Anna Pavlova
43. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Robert Ellis Dunn
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
44. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Balanchine
Charles Weidman
Marie Taglioni
Dr. Louis Vernon
45. Four Temperaments
Jean Baptiste Lande
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
46. 1st Albrecht
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
47. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Loie Fuller
48. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
George Balanchine
49. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
50. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Pilobolus
Massine
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