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Dance Famous People
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1. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
2. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Fokine
August Bournonville
Fokine
3. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Ruby Keeler
August Bournonville
Alwin Nikolais
4. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Fokine
5. Father of classical ballet
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
6. La Spectre de la Rose
Arthur Mitchell
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Folkine - Nijinsky
7. First lady of modern dance
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Lucien Petipa
8. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
9. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
Fokine
10. Agon - 1957
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
11. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
12. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
13. The art of making dances - 1959
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
14. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
15. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
16. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
17. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Ruby Keeler
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Laban
18. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
19. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Jose Limon
Debussy
20. Writer of Giselle
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Twyla Tharp
Theophile Gautier
21. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Philip Taglioni
Milhaud
22. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Nijinsky
23. Impressionist music
Doris Humphrey
Loie Fuller
Charles Weidman
Debussy
24. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Alwin Nikolais
Louis Horst
Debussy
25. D Man in the Water
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
26. Petrouchka
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Fokine
27. Choreographed Coppelia
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
28. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
29. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Loie Fuller
30. Brought ballet to the common person
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Anna Pavlova
Garth Fagan
31. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Suzanne Linglor
George Balanchine
32. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Joe Goode
33. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
George Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nijinska
34. Starred in Prince of Whales
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
35. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
36. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
37. Apollo - 1928
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Fokine
38. Four Temperaments
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Lucien Petipa
39. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
40. Afternoon of a Faun
Doris Humphrey
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
41. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
42. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
Balanchine
43. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
August Bournonville
44. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
45. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Laban
46. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
47. Pelvic contraction and release
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
48. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
George Balanchine
Louis Horst
49. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
50. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinsky
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