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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. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Rudolph Laban
Philip Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
2. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
3. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
5. Impressionist music
Merce Cunningham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Debussy
Joe Goode
6. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
7. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Diaghilev
8. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ginger Rogers
Jules Perrot
Margaret Sanger
9. Pelvic contraction and release
Twyla Tharp
Louis Horst
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
10. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Pilobolus
Massine
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
11. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Fred Astaire
12. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
13. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
14. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
15. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
16. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Philip Taglioni
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
17. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alvin Ailey
18. Petrouchka
August Bournonville
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
Fokine
19. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
20. Brought ballet to the common person
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Anna Pavlova
21. Afternoon of a Faun
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
22. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Debussy
Charles Didelot
23. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Ivanov
24. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Coralli
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
25. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Martha Graham
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
Jean Jacques Rousseau
26. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
27. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fokine
Balanchine
Fanny Elssler
Merce Cunningham
28. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
29. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
30. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Charles Didelot
31. Choreographed Jeux
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
32. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
33. Choreographed La Sylphide
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
George Balanchine
Philip Taglioni
34. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
35. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Dr. Louis Vernon
Paul Taylor
Suzanne Linglor
Joe Goode
36. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
37. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Rudolph Laban
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Debussy
Ginger Rogers
38. Rite of Spring
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
39. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
40. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Diaghilev
41. Apollo - 1928
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
Debussy
42. Named the mother of modern dance
Arthur Mitchell
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
43. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
44. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fred Astaire
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Massine
45. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
46. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
Pilobolus
47. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Joe Goode
48. Father of classical ballet
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
Fokine
Marius Petipa
49. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
50. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Charles Weidman
August Bournonville
Fanny Elssler
Nijinsky