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Dance Famous People
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1. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Debussy
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
2. Four Temperaments
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lincoln Kirstein
3. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
5. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
6. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
7. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Pilobolus
Jules Perrot
8. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Rudolph Laban
Fanny Elssler
Louis Horst
Fokine
9. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
10. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
11. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Louis Horst
Debussy
Lucien Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
12. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Arthur Mitchell
13. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
14. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
15. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Milhaud
Martha Graham
Ruby Keeler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
16. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Loie Fuller
Jules Perrot
17. Wrote against male dancers
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Jean Coralli
18. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
19. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Folkine - Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
20. D Man in the Water
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
21. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Ivanov
Loie Fuller
Nijinska
Nijinska
22. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Jose Limon
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
23. Petrouchka
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Balanchine
24. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
George Balanchine
25. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Jose Limon
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
26. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Ivanov
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
27. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
28. Agon - 1957
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
29. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Laban
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn
30. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Fokine
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Laban
Jean Coralli
31. Writer of Giselle
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
32. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
33. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Debussy
Nijinska
34. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
Ruby Keeler
35. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Martha Graham
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
36. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
37. Still/Here
Milhaud
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Lucien Petipa
38. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Folkine - Nijinsky
George Balanchine
Nijinska
39. Brought ballet to Paris
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
40. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Mary Wigman
Fokine
41. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
42. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
43. Father of Russian ballet
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
44. Choreographed Jeux
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
45. Father of classical ballet
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Diaghilev
46. Choreographed La Sylphide
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
47. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
48. Afternoon of a Faun
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
49. 1st Albrecht
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
50. African astheic choreography
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Martha Graham