SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Dance Famous People
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Marie Taglioni
Paul Taylor
Twyla Tharp
Busby Berkeley
2. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Anna Pavlova
Charles Weidman
3. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Fanny Elssler
Jules Perrot
4. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Merce Cunningham
5. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Massine
Ivanov
6. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Joe Goode
Mary Wigman
August Bournonville
Merce Cunningham
7. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Debussy
Marius Petipa
8. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
9. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
10. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Pilobolus
Anton Dolin
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
11. Brought ballet to the common person
Robert Joffrey
Anna Pavlova
Louis Horst
Philip Taglioni
12. Father of Russian ballet
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Robert Joffrey
Doris Humphrey
13. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Joe Goode
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
14. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
Marie Taglioni
15. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Joffrey
16. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Philip Taglioni
Suzanne Linglor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Balanchine
17. Starred in Prince of Whales
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
Ruby Keeler
Marie Taglioni
18. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Doris Humphrey
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
19. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
20. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Philip Taglioni
Massine
Fred Astaire
Ruth St. Denis
21. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pilobolus
22. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
23. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Alwin Nikolais
24. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
25. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
26. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Ruby Keeler
27. Choreographed Coppelia
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
28. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
29. Pelvic contraction and release
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
Arthur Saint-Leon
30. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
31. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Rudolph Nureyev
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
32. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Louis Horst
Milhaud
33. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Joffrey
34. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Ginger Rogers
Hanya Holm
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
35. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Jean Baptiste Lande
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
36. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
37. Apollo - 1928
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
Nijinska
38. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
39. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
40. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Laban
41. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
Balanchine
42. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Robert Joffrey
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
43. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
44. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Charles Didelot
Robert Joffrey
Anton Dolin
Fanny Elssler
45. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
46. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Massine
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Charles Didelot
47. 1st Albrecht
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
48. Agon - 1957
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
49. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Hanya Holm
Fred Astaire
Loie Fuller
George Balanchine
50. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Rudolph Laban
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
Ruby Keeler