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Dance Famous People
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1. African astheic choreography
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Laban
Milhaud
2. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Charles Didelot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
3. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
Twyla Tharp
Marie Taglioni
4. Petrouchka
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
Philip Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
5. The art of making dances - 1959
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
Lucien Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Theophile Gautier
7. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Ivanov
Anna Pavlova
8. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Alvin Ailey
9. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Charles Weidman
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
10. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
Massine
11. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Jean Baptiste Lande
12. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Robert Ellis Dunn
Paul Taylor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
13. Choreographed La Sylphide
Louis Horst
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Philip Taglioni
14. Choreographed Lion King
Lincoln Kirstein
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
15. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
16. Known for brilliant divertissments
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
Massine
17. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Theophile Gautier
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Charles Didelot
18. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Charles Weidman
19. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
20. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
Anna Pavlova
Mikhail Baryshnikov
21. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Ruby Keeler
22. Wrote against male dancers
Ivanov
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
23. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Jules Perrot
August Bournonville
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
24. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Ruby Keeler
25. Brought ballet to the common person
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
26. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
27. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Marie Taglioni
28. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Laban
Marie Taglioni
Paul Taylor
29. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Massine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
30. Choreographed Jeux
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
31. Pelvic contraction and release
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
Louis Horst
32. Named the mother of modern dance
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Robert Joffrey
33. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Fokine
Debussy
Leon Bakst
34. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Diaghilev
35. Four Temperaments
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Balanchine
Loie Fuller
George Balanchine
36. Movement in hips
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
37. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Fokine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Debussy
38. Starred in Prince of Whales
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
39. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Massine
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
40. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Marius Petipa
Massine
Doris Humphrey
August Bournonville
41. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
42. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Nijinska
Lincoln Kirstein
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot
43. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
44. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
45. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Ivanov
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Hanya Holm
46. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Loie Fuller
Anton Dolin
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
47. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
48. 1st Albrecht
Massine
Lucien Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
49. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
50. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
August Bournonville
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
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