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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. Petrouchka
Balanchine
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
2. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Debussy
Marius Petipa
3. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
August Bournonville
Massine
Nijinska
Fokine
4. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
5. Apollo - 1928
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Balanchine
6. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Ivanov
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
7. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
8. Father of Russian ballet
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
9. Writer of Giselle
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
10. Impressionist music
Debussy
Garth Fagan
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
11. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
12. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
13. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
14. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
15. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruby Keeler
16. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
17. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
19. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Philip Taglioni
Leon Bakst
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
20. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Pilobolus
21. Still/Here
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
22. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
George Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruth St. Denis
Anna Pavlova
23. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Joe Goode
Ivanov
24. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
25. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
26. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
27. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
28. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
29. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
30. First lady of modern dance
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
31. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Massine
Jose Limon
32. 1st Albrecht
Martha Graham
Milhaud
Lucien Petipa
Anton Dolin
33. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Robert Joffrey
Massine
34. Brought ballet to the common person
Lucien Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Jose Limon
Jean Baptiste Lande
35. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinska
36. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
Loie Fuller
37. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Massine
38. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
39. Noted for his use of African elements
Nijinska
Robert Joffrey
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
40. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
41. Rite of Spring
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
42. Choreographed Jeux
Loie Fuller
Massine
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
43. Afternoon of a Faun
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinsky
Milhaud
George Balanchine
44. Choreographed La Sylphide
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
45. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
46. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
George Balanchine
47. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Anna Pavlova
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
48. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinska
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
49. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
50. La Spectre de la Rose
Marie Taglioni
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jean Coralli
Charles Weidman