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Dance Famous People
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1. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Ginger Rogers
August Bournonville
Folkine - Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
2. African American modern Dance choreographer
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
3. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
4. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
5. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
6. Father of classical ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
7. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Debussy
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
8. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
9. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Joe Goode
Nijinska
10. Pelvic contraction and release
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
11. Noted for his use of African elements
George Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
12. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
13. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
14. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Nijinska
15. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Fanny Elssler
Ruth St. Denis
16. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
Jose Limon
17. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
18. The art of making dances - 1959
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
19. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
20. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
Charles Weidman
21. Choreographed La Sylphide
Busby Berkeley
Philip Taglioni
Jose Limon
Bill T. Jones
22. Petrouchka
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
23. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Ginger Rogers
24. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Nureyev
25. Rite of Spring
Ivanov
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Rudolph Laban
26. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
27. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Laban
Massine
28. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Jules Perrot
29. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
30. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Massine
31. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Philip Taglioni
Anton Dolin
Jules Perrot
Massine
32. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Doris Humphrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
33. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Lincoln Kirstein
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
34. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
35. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
36. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
August Bournonville
37. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Didelot
38. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
39. Choreographed Jeux
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
40. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
Joe Goode
Milhaud
41. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
42. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ginger Rogers
Massine
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
43. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
Lucien Petipa
Pilobolus
44. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lucien Petipa
Charles Didelot
45. Choreographed Lion King
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Lucien Petipa
Garth Fagan
46. Brought ballet to the common person
Debussy
Anna Pavlova
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
47. Writer of Giselle
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Theophile Gautier
Milhaud
48. Brought ballet to Paris
Alwin Nikolais
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
49. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Charles Weidman
Joe Goode
Twyla Tharp
50. Impressionist music
Debussy
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier