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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. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
2. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
George Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
3. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
4. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
Ruby Keeler
5. Petrouchka
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Diaghilev
6. Choreographed Jeux
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
7. Choreographed Lion King
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
8. Choreographed La Sylphide
Pilobolus
Philip Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
9. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
10. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Dr. Louis Vernon
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
11. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Garth Fagan
12. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Alwin Nikolais
13. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
14. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
15. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Rudolph Nureyev
16. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Massine
17. Brought ballet to the common person
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Alvin Ailey
18. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
George Balanchine
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
19. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
20. Afternoon of a Faun
Arthur Mitchell
Marie Taglioni
Martha Graham
Nijinsky
21. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Debussy
Margaret Sanger
Jules Perrot
22. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Twyla Tharp
Massine
Anna Pavlova
Philip Taglioni
23. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Busby Berkeley
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
24. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Ivanov
Debussy
Milhaud
August Bournonville
25. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Nijinska
Ivanov
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
26. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
27. Father of classical ballet
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
28. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Paul Taylor
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Nureyev
29. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Suzanne Linglor
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
Fred Astaire
30. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
August Bournonville
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Laban
Bill T. Jones
31. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
32. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Fokine
Pilobolus
33. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Garth Fagan
Robert Joffrey
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
34. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
35. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Doris Humphrey
36. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
August Bournonville
Diaghilev
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marie Taglioni
37. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Baptiste Lande
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
38. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Arthur Saint-Leon
39. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
40. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
41. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
Fokine
42. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
Ivanov
Robert Ellis Dunn
43. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Lincoln Kirstein
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
44. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
Pilobolus
Fokine
45. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
46. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Jose Limon
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
47. Still/Here
Fokine
Ginger Rogers
Robert Joffrey
Bill T. Jones
48. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
49. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Massine
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
50. The art of making dances - 1959
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Fokine
Doris Humphrey