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Dance Famous People
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1. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Anton Dolin
Joe Goode
Busby Berkeley
Bill T. Jones
2. Still/Here
Margaret Sanger
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
3. Choreographed La Sylphide
Robert Ellis Dunn
Philip Taglioni
Massine
Louis Horst
4. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Jules Perrot
Massine
Twyla Tharp
Merce Cunningham
5. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Louis Horst
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Agon - 1957
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
7. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
8. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
9. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Alvin Ailey
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
Massine
10. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Jose Limon
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
11. Four Temperaments
Milhaud
Joe Goode
Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
12. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Suzanne Linglor
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
13. D Man in the Water
Jean Jacques Rousseau
August Bournonville
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
14. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Fred Astaire
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
15. Rite of Spring
Charles Weidman
Nijinsky
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn
16. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Joe Goode
Fokine
17. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
19. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
20. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Fanny Elssler
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
Diaghilev
21. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
22. Acts of Light
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
Dr. Louis Vernon
Martha Graham
23. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Debussy
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
24. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
25. Choreographed Jeux
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Philip Taglioni
26. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
27. Brought ballet to Paris
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
28. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
Marie Taglioni
29. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Massine
Doris Humphrey
30. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Massine
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
31. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marius Petipa
Twyla Tharp
Doris Humphrey
Marie Taglioni
32. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
33. Movement in hips
Bill T. Jones
Jean Coralli
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
34. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
35. The art of making dances - 1959
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lucien Petipa
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
36. African astheic choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
37. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Philip Taglioni
Ivanov
38. Choreographed Coppelia
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
Arthur Saint-Leon
39. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruth St. Denis
George Balanchine
40. Known for brilliant divertissments
Massine
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
42. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Fanny Elssler
George Balanchine
43. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
August Bournonville
44. Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
45. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Lucien Petipa
46. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jules Perrot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
47. Apollo - 1928
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
48. La Spectre de la Rose
Robert Joffrey
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
49. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Leon Bakst
50. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Suzanne Linglor
Dr. Louis Vernon
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