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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. Father of Russian ballet
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
2. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Ruby Keeler
Ruth St. Denis
3. Brought ballet to the common person
Dr. Louis Vernon
Mary Wigman
Anna Pavlova
Alvin Ailey
4. African American modern Dance choreographer
Charles Didelot
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
5. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
6. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Lucien Petipa
Merce Cunningham
7. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Ginger Rogers
Fokine
Louis Horst
Paul Taylor
8. Choreographed La Sylphide
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Philip Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
9. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
Alvin Ailey
Jean Baptiste Lande
10. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Milhaud
11. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jose Limon
12. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Folkine - Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
Suzanne Linglor
13. Movement in hips
Pilobolus
Robert Joffrey
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
14. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Anna Pavlova
15. Pelvic contraction and release
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
16. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
17. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
18. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Jean Coralli
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
19. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
20. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Charles Didelot
21. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
22. The art of making dances - 1959
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
23. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Ivanov
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
24. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
Robert Ellis Dunn
25. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
26. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Charles Weidman
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
27. Acts of Light
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Bill T. Jones
Jose Limon
Ivanov
Pilobolus
29. Petrouchka
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
30. Known for brilliant divertissments
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
George Balanchine
Charles Weidman
31. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Bill T. Jones
Massine
32. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
Milhaud
33. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
34. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Jules Perrot
Charles Weidman
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
35. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Twyla Tharp
Bill T. Jones
36. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Anton Dolin
Pilobolus
Balanchine
37. First lady of modern dance
Balanchine
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
38. Impressionist music
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Charles Weidman
Milhaud
39. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
Debussy
40. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
41. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
42. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
43. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
44. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Jean Coralli
Ivanov
Fokine
Fanny Elssler
45. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
Jose Limon
Balanchine
46. Brought ballet to Paris
Anna Pavlova
Massine
Debussy
Diaghilev
47. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
48. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
49. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
50. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Fanny Elssler
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham