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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Margaret Sanger
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
Milhaud
2. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Didelot
3. Brought ballet to Paris
Suzanne Linglor
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
4. Choreographed Jeux
Diaghilev
Fokine
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
5. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Nijinska
Ginger Rogers
6. Choreographed Lion King
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
Paul Taylor
7. Noted for his use of African elements
Ruby Keeler
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
8. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Hanya Holm
9. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
10. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
11. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
12. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ivanov
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
13. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Nijinska
14. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Alvin Ailey
Dr. Louis Vernon
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa
15. Impressionist music
Fokine
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
Robert Joffrey
16. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
17. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
18. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Ivanov
19. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
Hanya Holm
20. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
21. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Joe Goode
Mary Wigman
22. Rite of Spring
Charles Weidman
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
23. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Anna Pavlova
24. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Fokine
25. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Pilobolus
Twyla Tharp
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
26. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
August Bournonville
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
27. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Ivanov
Jose Limon
Fanny Elssler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
28. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
Garth Fagan
29. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Fanny Elssler
Anton Dolin
30. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Suzanne Linglor
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Joffrey
31. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
32. Agon - 1957
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
33. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Debussy
Nijinska
34. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Joe Goode
35. Brought ballet to the common person
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
36. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
37. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
38. African American modern Dance choreographer
Marius Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
39. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Laban
40. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Loie Fuller
Rudolph Nureyev
41. African astheic choreography
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Bill T. Jones
42. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Leon Bakst
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
Paul Taylor
43. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Balanchine
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
44. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
45. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Doris Humphrey
Twyla Tharp
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
46. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
47. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Ginger Rogers
48. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
49. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
50. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Arthur Mitchell
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
Rudolph Nureyev