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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Martha Graham
Massine
2. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Massine
Anton Dolin
Bill T. Jones
3. Still/Here
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruby Keeler
Bill T. Jones
4. Apollo - 1928
Massine
Loie Fuller
Diaghilev
Balanchine
5. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
6. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
7. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
8. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
9. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
10. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
Margaret Sanger
11. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
12. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
13. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
14. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
15. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Martha Graham
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
16. 1st Albrecht
Jose Limon
Lucien Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
17. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Folkine - Nijinsky
Twyla Tharp
18. Starred in Prince of Whales
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Laban
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
19. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
20. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Jules Perrot
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
21. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
22. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
23. Father of classical ballet
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
24. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
Suzanne Linglor
Ruth St. Denis
25. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Martha Graham
Suzanne Linglor
Theophile Gautier
26. The art of making dances - 1959
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
27. Four Temperaments
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
28. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Nijinska
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
29. Pelvic contraction and release
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
30. Acts of Light
Milhaud
Balanchine
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
31. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Debussy
32. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
Dr. Louis Vernon
33. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Folkine - Nijinsky
34. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
35. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
36. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Debussy
Massine
Nijinska
Joe Goode
37. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
38. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
39. Known for brilliant divertissments
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Jacques Rousseau
40. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Joe Goode
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
41. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Diaghilev
42. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Theophile Gautier
Robert Joffrey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
43. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ivanov
Charles Weidman
Louis Horst
44. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
45. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
46. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Didelot
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
47. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Philip Taglioni
George Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
48. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire
August Bournonville
49. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinsky
50. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
August Bournonville
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine