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Dance Famous People
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1. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Massine
Jean Coralli
George Balanchine
Garth Fagan
2. Noted for his use of African elements
Leon Bakst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
3. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
4. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Theophile Gautier
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Pilobolus
5. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
6. Starred in Prince of Whales
Debussy
Anton Dolin
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
7. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Jules Perrot
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
8. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
9. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Massine
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
10. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Joe Goode
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
11. Movement in hips
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ginger Rogers
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
12. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
13. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Merce Cunningham
14. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joe Goode
Folkine - Nijinsky
15. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Alwin Nikolais
August Bournonville
Jules Perrot
Milhaud
16. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
17. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Leon Bakst
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
18. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
19. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
20. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
Marie Taglioni
21. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Marius Petipa
22. African astheic choreography
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
23. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Folkine - Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
Ivanov
24. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
25. Impressionist music
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Debussy
Ivanov
26. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
27. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
Folkine - Nijinsky
28. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
Fokine
29. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Alwin Nikolais
Ruby Keeler
Louis Horst
30. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Charles Didelot
31. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
32. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruby Keeler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Robert Joffrey
33. D Man in the Water
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
34. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Jean Baptiste Lande
35. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Joe Goode
George Balanchine
36. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
37. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mary Wigman
Massine
38. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
Fanny Elssler
Balanchine
39. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Fokine
Rudolph Laban
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
40. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Folkine - Nijinsky
41. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
Hanya Holm
42. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Marius Petipa
43. Choreographed Jeux
Anna Pavlova
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
44. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Debussy
45. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
46. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
47. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
48. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Debussy
Louis Horst
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
49. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Busby Berkeley
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
50. 1st Albrecht
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
Lucien Petipa