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Dance Famous People
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1. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Merce Cunningham
Dr. Louis Vernon
August Bournonville
Jean Coralli
2. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
3. Acts of Light
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
Martha Graham
Nijinsky
4. Choreographed La Sylphide
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
Ruby Keeler
5. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Margaret Sanger
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Diaghilev
6. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Alvin Ailey
August Bournonville
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
7. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Joe Goode
Hanya Holm
Alwin Nikolais
George Balanchine
8. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Twyla Tharp
Robert Joffrey
9. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
10. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Garth Fagan
Ivanov
Massine
Pilobolus
11. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
Massine
12. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Charles Weidman
13. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Leon Bakst
Jean Coralli
14. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Massine
Diaghilev
15. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Charles Didelot
Fokine
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
16. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Massine
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
17. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Lincoln Kirstein
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
Balanchine
18. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Arthur Mitchell
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Arthur Saint-Leon
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Hanya Holm
George Balanchine
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
20. Rite of Spring
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
21. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Robert Ellis Dunn
Loie Fuller
Arthur Saint-Leon
22. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
23. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Hanya Holm
Massine
Suzanne Linglor
Robert Ellis Dunn
24. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Ginger Rogers
25. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Diaghilev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
26. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Massine
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
27. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Debussy
Milhaud
Fokine
Marie Taglioni
28. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Lucien Petipa
29. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Marie Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
30. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Jean Coralli
Doris Humphrey
31. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
32. Pelvic contraction and release
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
33. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Anton Dolin
Anton Dolin
Loie Fuller
Dr. Louis Vernon
34. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Pilobolus
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Laban
35. Wrote against male dancers
Balanchine
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
36. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ginger Rogers
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
37. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
Margaret Sanger
Ruby Keeler
38. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
39. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Debussy
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
40. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Marie Taglioni
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
41. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
42. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
43. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Arthur Saint-Leon
44. Modern dance company that started in 1971
George Balanchine
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
Anton Dolin
45. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
46. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Fanny Elssler
Charles Didelot
47. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Debussy
48. Brought ballet to the common person
Charles Weidman
Jose Limon
Anna Pavlova
Massine
49. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fred Astaire
Jean Baptiste Lande
Pilobolus
50. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst