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Dance Famous People
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1. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Jean Coralli
Margaret Sanger
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
2. Brought ballet to Paris
Fanny Elssler
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
3. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
4. Noted for his use of African elements
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
5. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
6. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Louis Horst
Jose Limon
Anna Pavlova
Busby Berkeley
7. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
August Bournonville
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
8. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Jean Coralli
Margaret Sanger
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
9. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
10. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
Fanny Elssler
Mary Wigman
11. Afternoon of a Faun
Louis Horst
Nijinska
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
12. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
13. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Fokine
Joe Goode
Massine
Theophile Gautier
14. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
15. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Diaghilev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Baptiste Lande
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
16. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Dr. Louis Vernon
Hanya Holm
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
17. African astheic choreography
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
Pilobolus
Balanchine
18. Named the mother of modern dance
Debussy
Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
19. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
20. La Spectre de la Rose
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
Martha Graham
21. Agon - 1957
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
22. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
23. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
24. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Fokine
25. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Mitchell
26. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
27. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
28. First lady of modern dance
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
29. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Jean Baptiste Lande
30. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Arthur Saint-Leon
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Arthur Mitchell
31. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Charles Weidman
Ivanov
32. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
Ivanov
Fred Astaire
33. 1st Albrecht
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
34. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
35. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Louis Horst
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
36. Apollo - 1928
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
37. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Laban
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
38. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruth St. Denis
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
39. Father of Russian ballet
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
40. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Fokine
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
41. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
42. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Robert Joffrey
Martha Graham
43. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
44. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
Debussy
45. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
46. Starred in Prince of Whales
Rudolph Laban
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
Suzanne Linglor
47. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
48. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ginger Rogers
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Mary Wigman
49. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
Ivanov
50. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot