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Dance Famous People
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1. Starred in Prince of Whales
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
2. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Louis Horst
Fred Astaire
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
3. Writer of Giselle
Robert Joffrey
George Balanchine
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
4. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Rudolph Laban
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
5. Afternoon of a Faun
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
Lucien Petipa
6. Brought ballet to the common person
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
7. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
8. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Marie Taglioni
9. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Rudolph Laban
Folkine - Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
10. Noted for his use of African elements
Lincoln Kirstein
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
11. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Anton Dolin
Jose Limon
Philip Taglioni
12. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
13. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
George Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Jose Limon
Leon Bakst
14. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
15. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
16. Father of Russian ballet
Hanya Holm
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
17. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Lucien Petipa
Loie Fuller
18. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Joffrey
Debussy
Fred Astaire
19. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
20. Agon - 1957
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
21. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
22. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Anna Pavlova
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Milhaud
23. African American modern Dance choreographer
Ruth St. Denis
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
24. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Loie Fuller
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
25. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
26. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Laban
Massine
Merce Cunningham
27. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
28. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
Philip Taglioni
29. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
30. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
31. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
Margaret Sanger
Ruby Keeler
32. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Ginger Rogers
33. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
34. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
35. Choreographed Jeux
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
36. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
37. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Lucien Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Ginger Rogers
Lincoln Kirstein
38. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
George Balanchine
Jose Limon
39. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
40. D Man in the Water
Diaghilev
Jose Limon
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
41. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Bill T. Jones
42. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Bill T. Jones
Massine
Jose Limon
Hanya Holm
43. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
44. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
45. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
Anna Pavlova
Milhaud
46. 1st Albrecht
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lucien Petipa
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
47. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
48. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
49. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
Pilobolus
50. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Jean Baptiste Lande
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