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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
2. Impressionist music
Debussy
Anton Dolin
Folkine - Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
3. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret Sanger
Debussy
Joe Goode
4. The art of making dances - 1959
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Doris Humphrey
5. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
6. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Lucien Petipa
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
August Bournonville
7. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
8. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
9. First lady of modern dance
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
10. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Dr. Louis Vernon
Leon Bakst
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
11. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
12. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
13. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Robert Joffrey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
14. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Suzanne Linglor
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
15. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
George Balanchine
Debussy
16. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Jean Baptiste Lande
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Loie Fuller
17. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nijinska
18. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Merce Cunningham
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
19. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
20. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
Hanya Holm
Fred Astaire
21. Known for brilliant divertissments
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
Mary Wigman
22. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Laban
23. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
24. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
25. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Nijinska
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Pilobolus
26. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Ivanov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
August Bournonville
27. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Pilobolus
Leon Bakst
28. Petrouchka
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Massine
Fokine
29. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Ivanov
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
30. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
31. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
32. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Balanchine
33. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Mitchell
Twyla Tharp
Marius Petipa
34. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Jose Limon
Ruby Keeler
Nijinska
35. Father of Russian ballet
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
36. African astheic choreography
Paul Taylor
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
37. 1st Albrecht
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
38. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Suzanne Linglor
Twyla Tharp
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
39. D Man in the Water
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
40. Acts of Light
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
41. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
42. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Charles Didelot
Suzanne Linglor
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
43. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Nijinsky
44. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Arthur Mitchell
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
45. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Massine
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
46. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Marie Taglioni
Dr. Louis Vernon
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
47. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Debussy
Massine
Jose Limon
Philip Taglioni
48. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
49. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Ivanov
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
50. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruby Keeler