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Dance Famous People
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1. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Loie Fuller
2. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Milhaud
Nijinska
Ivanov
3. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
Ivanov
4. Afternoon of a Faun
August Bournonville
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
5. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
6. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
Nijinska
7. Pelvic contraction and release
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
8. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Jules Perrot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
9. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
10. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Joffrey
Suzanne Linglor
11. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Charles Didelot
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
12. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
Rudolph Laban
Busby Berkeley
13. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
August Bournonville
Leon Bakst
14. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Milhaud
15. Impressionist music
Debussy
Doris Humphrey
Massine
Anton Dolin
16. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
17. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Nijinska
August Bournonville
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
18. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Leon Bakst
Loie Fuller
Jean Baptiste Lande
Doris Humphrey
19. Writer of Giselle
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Debussy
20. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Ivanov
21. First lady of modern dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
22. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Lucien Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Fokine
23. Petrouchka
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
24. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Diaghilev
Twyla Tharp
Fanny Elssler
Nijinsky
25. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Fokine
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
26. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Busby Berkeley
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Fokine
27. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruby Keeler
28. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
29. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Fred Astaire
Nijinska
Debussy
Robert Joffrey
30. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Jean Baptiste Lande
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
31. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
Busby Berkeley
32. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
33. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
34. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Milhaud
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
35. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Debussy
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
36. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
37. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Dr. Louis Vernon
Twyla Tharp
Loie Fuller
Suzanne Linglor
38. La Spectre de la Rose
Louis Horst
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
Folkine - Nijinsky
39. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
40. African astheic choreography
Nijinska
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
41. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
42. Choreographed Lion King
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
Charles Didelot
43. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Ivanov
Paul Taylor
Ginger Rogers
Alvin Ailey
44. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
George Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
45. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Ivanov
Nijinska
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
46. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
47. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Alwin Nikolais
Marie Taglioni
Massine
Ginger Rogers
48. Father of classical ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Philip Taglioni
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
49. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
50. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman