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Dance Famous People
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1. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
2. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Balanchine
3. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
Twyla Tharp
Paul Taylor
4. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
5. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
6. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Ginger Rogers
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
7. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
Joe Goode
8. Starred in Prince of Whales
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
9. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
10. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
11. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
12. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jose Limon
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
13. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ivanov
Pilobolus
Debussy
Marius Petipa
14. Father of classical ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruby Keeler
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
15. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
16. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
Lucien Petipa
17. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
August Bournonville
Debussy
18. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Suzanne Linglor
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
19. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Ginger Rogers
Folkine - Nijinsky
20. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Bill T. Jones
21. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
22. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
Balanchine
23. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Massine
24. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
25. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Ruby Keeler
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Jose Limon
26. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
Loie Fuller
Robert Joffrey
27. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
Fred Astaire
Debussy
28. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Robert Joffrey
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
29. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Lucien Petipa
Debussy
Louis Horst
Fanny Elssler
30. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
George Balanchine
Debussy
Pilobolus
Loie Fuller
31. La Spectre de la Rose
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Folkine - Nijinsky
32. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Louis Horst
Massine
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
33. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
34. Choreographed Coppelia
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
35. Acts of Light
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Martha Graham
36. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
Massine
Diaghilev
37. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
38. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Ruth St. Denis
39. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
Jean Baptiste Lande
Theophile Gautier
40. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jean Baptiste Lande
Loie Fuller
Martha Graham
Jose Limon
41. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Mitchell
42. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jules Perrot
43. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
44. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Marius Petipa
Jean Coralli
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
45. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
46. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
47. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Didelot
48. Known for brilliant divertissments
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
49. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Fokine
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
50. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Philip Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm