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Dance Famous People
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1. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
Leon Bakst
Margaret Sanger
2. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
3. Brought ballet to Paris
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
Massine
Diaghilev
4. Starred in Prince of Whales
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
5. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Known for brilliant divertissments
Jean Coralli
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fanny Elssler
7. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
8. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Fokine
Nijinska
9. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Busby Berkeley
Joe Goode
10. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
11. Wrote against male dancers
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
12. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Loie Fuller
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
13. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
14. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
15. Four Temperaments
Charles Weidman
Lincoln Kirstein
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
16. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
17. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Joffrey
18. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Robert Joffrey
Philip Taglioni
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jose Limon
19. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
20. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
Lincoln Kirstein
21. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Suzanne Linglor
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
22. D Man in the Water
Nijinska
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
23. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Rudolph Laban
Suzanne Linglor
Ruby Keeler
Doris Humphrey
24. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Martha Graham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
25. Petrouchka
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Anton Dolin
26. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
27. The art of making dances - 1959
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
Fred Astaire
Doris Humphrey
28. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
29. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Martha Graham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Saint-Leon
30. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Weidman
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
31. Still/Here
Alvin Ailey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
32. Brought ballet to the common person
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
Anna Pavlova
Jules Perrot
33. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Louis Horst
34. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Paul Taylor
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
35. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
Milhaud
Debussy
36. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
37. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Fred Astaire
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
38. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Laban
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Charles Weidman
Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret Sanger
40. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
41. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Lincoln Kirstein
Doris Humphrey
Pilobolus
42. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
43. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jean Coralli
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Ruth St. Denis
44. Agon - 1957
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
45. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
46. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
Mary Wigman
Ginger Rogers
47. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fred Astaire
Ruth St. Denis
48. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
49. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Lande
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
50. First lady of modern dance
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
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