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Dance Famous People
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1. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Mary Wigman
2. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Theophile Gautier
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
3. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
4. La Spectre de la Rose
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jose Limon
5. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
6. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
7. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
8. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Ivanov
9. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Diaghilev
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
10. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Leon Bakst
11. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
12. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Robert Joffrey
Rudolph Nureyev
13. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Fokine
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
14. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
15. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Milhaud
16. Four Temperaments
Nijinska
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
17. Wrote against male dancers
Nijinsky
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
18. Modern dance company that started in 1971
August Bournonville
Pilobolus
Milhaud
Fanny Elssler
19. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Hanya Holm
Alwin Nikolais
Suzanne Linglor
Fanny Elssler
20. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Arthur Saint-Leon
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
21. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Lincoln Kirstein
Alwin Nikolais
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marie Taglioni
22. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Marie Taglioni
Hanya Holm
23. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
24. Named the mother of modern dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
25. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
26. Afternoon of a Faun
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
Nijinsky
Fokine
27. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
28. African astheic choreography
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
29. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
30. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
31. Apollo - 1928
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
32. Rite of Spring
Anton Dolin
Marie Taglioni
Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
33. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Philip Taglioni
Marie Taglioni
34. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
35. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
36. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
37. Petrouchka
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Fanny Elssler
38. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Ginger Rogers
Marius Petipa
39. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Ruth St. Denis
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Jose Limon
40. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Ruby Keeler
Busby Berkeley
41. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
42. Impressionist music
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Debussy
43. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
44. Known for brilliant divertissments
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
45. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
46. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinsky
47. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Diaghilev
Debussy
Suzanne Linglor
Leon Bakst
48. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Jose Limon
Mary Wigman
49. Brought ballet to Paris
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
50. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Dr. Louis Vernon
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein