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Dance Famous People
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1. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Loie Fuller
Charles Didelot
Martha Graham
2. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Diaghilev
3. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
Louis Horst
4. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Bill T. Jones
5. Brought ballet to Paris
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
6. African astheic choreography
Balanchine
Fanny Elssler
Fokine
Marie Taglioni
7. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
8. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Leon Bakst
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
9. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Pilobolus
Rudolph Laban
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
10. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Theophile Gautier
Jose Limon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
11. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
12. 1st Albrecht
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
13. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
14. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
15. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
16. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
17. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
18. Choreographed La Sylphide
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
Philip Taglioni
19. Afternoon of a Faun
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
Doris Humphrey
Nijinsky
20. Impressionist music
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Folkine - Nijinsky
Debussy
21. Writer of Giselle
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
22. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Lucien Petipa
Marius Petipa
23. Starred in Prince of Whales
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
24. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
25. Choreographed Lion King
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Garth Fagan
Rudolph Laban
26. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Anna Pavlova
Doris Humphrey
Massine
Fokine
27. Brought ballet to the common person
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
28. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Loie Fuller
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Jose Limon
29. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Busby Berkeley
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
30. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
31. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
32. Noted for his use of African elements
Charles Didelot
Charles Weidman
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
33. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Fokine
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
34. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
35. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Charles Weidman
Lincoln Kirstein
36. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
Jean Baptiste Lande
Theophile Gautier
37. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Laban
38. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Philip Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Massine
39. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Debussy
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
40. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
41. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Doris Humphrey
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marie Taglioni
42. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Ginger Rogers
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Margaret Sanger
43. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Martha Graham
Louis Horst
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
44. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Debussy
45. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
46. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
Lucien Petipa
Jose Limon
47. Apollo - 1928
Milhaud
Balanchine
Anna Pavlova
Jean Coralli
48. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
49. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
Loie Fuller
Diaghilev
50. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev