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Dance Famous People
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1. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
August Bournonville
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
2. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
Massine
Paul Taylor
3. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Margaret Sanger
Fokine
Loie Fuller
Robert Joffrey
4. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Lucien Petipa
Louis Horst
5. Four Temperaments
Debussy
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
6. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Ivanov
Massine
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
7. Wrote against male dancers
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Garth Fagan
Massine
8. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
9. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Robert Joffrey
Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
10. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Suzanne Linglor
Robert Joffrey
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
11. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Massine
Diaghilev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
12. Brought ballet to Paris
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
13. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Ivanov
14. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
15. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Ivanov
16. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
17. The art of making dances - 1959
Fred Astaire
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
18. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Louis Horst
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
19. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Jean Baptiste Lande
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
Hanya Holm
20. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Philip Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
21. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
Ivanov
Jean Jacques Rousseau
22. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Fokine
Diaghilev
Dr. Louis Vernon
Bill T. Jones
23. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
24. Acts of Light
Charles Didelot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
Martha Graham
25. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
August Bournonville
26. Choreographed Lion King
Loie Fuller
Theophile Gautier
Garth Fagan
Fanny Elssler
27. Named the mother of modern dance
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
28. Apollo - 1928
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
George Balanchine
Joe Goode
29. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
30. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Coralli
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
31. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
32. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Nijinska
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
Balanchine
33. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Fanny Elssler
Leon Bakst
34. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
35. La Spectre de la Rose
Twyla Tharp
Loie Fuller
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
36. Choreographed 'Revelations'
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Rudolph Nureyev
37. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Fokine
38. Father of Russian ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
39. Choreographed La Sylphide
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Philip Taglioni
Paul Taylor
40. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Paul Taylor
41. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jules Perrot
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
42. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
43. Movement in hips
Twyla Tharp
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
44. Impressionist music
Paul Taylor
Anton Dolin
Debussy
George Balanchine
45. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Laban
Ruby Keeler
Leon Bakst
46. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Dr. Louis Vernon
47. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Debussy
Twyla Tharp
48. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Joe Goode
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
Milhaud
49. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Loie Fuller
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Suzanne Linglor
50. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Theophile Gautier
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
Jean Baptiste Lande