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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed La Sylphide
August Bournonville
Philip Taglioni
Fred Astaire
Paul Taylor
2. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Lucien Petipa
Massine
Leon Bakst
3. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Massine
4. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
Lucien Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
5. African astheic choreography
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
6. Brought ballet to the common person
Dr. Louis Vernon
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Ruth St. Denis
7. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Balanchine
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
8. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Marius Petipa
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
9. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
10. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
11. Starred in Prince of Whales
Paul Taylor
Anton Dolin
George Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
12. Father of classical ballet
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Garth Fagan
13. African American modern Dance choreographer
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
14. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Joe Goode
Suzanne Linglor
15. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
16. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Fokine
17. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Massine
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
18. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
Jean Jacques Rousseau
19. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Balanchine
Nijinska
20. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Baptiste Lande
Paul Taylor
21. D Man in the Water
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
22. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fred Astaire
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
23. Father of Russian ballet
Loie Fuller
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
24. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jose Limon
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
Debussy
25. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Nijinsky
Debussy
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
26. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
Arthur Mitchell
27. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
28. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Massine
Milhaud
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
29. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
Charles Didelot
August Bournonville
30. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
31. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
32. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Garth Fagan
33. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
34. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Hanya Holm
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn
35. First lady of modern dance
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
36. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
37. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
Fanny Elssler
38. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Busby Berkeley
39. Wrote against male dancers
Twyla Tharp
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
Milhaud
40. Afternoon of a Faun
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
41. Brought ballet to Paris
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
42. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
43. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Arthur Saint-Leon
44. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Garth Fagan
45. Petrouchka
Fokine
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Philip Taglioni
46. Impressionist music
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
47. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Garth Fagan
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
48. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Pilobolus
Dr. Louis Vernon
Busby Berkeley
Charles Didelot
49. Named the mother of modern dance
George Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
50. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman