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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choreographed Coppelia
Massine
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruby Keeler
2. Brought ballet to the common person
Charles Didelot
Anna Pavlova
Anton Dolin
Pilobolus
3. Father of classical ballet
Ruby Keeler
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Lucien Petipa
4. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
Loie Fuller
5. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Massine
Debussy
6. Afternoon of a Faun
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
7. Known for brilliant divertissments
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Saint-Leon
8. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alwin Nikolais
9. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Lucien Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
10. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
11. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Anton Dolin
12. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Mary Wigman
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
13. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
14. African astheic choreography
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
15. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Debussy
Garth Fagan
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
16. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Massine
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
17. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jose Limon
Robert Joffrey
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
18. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
Balanchine
19. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
20. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
21. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
22. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
Fokine
Fokine
23. Four Temperaments
Marius Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
24. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
25. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Nijinska
Nijinsky
26. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Hanya Holm
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
27. Choreographed La Sylphide
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Hanya Holm
28. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Marie Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
29. Pelvic contraction and release
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
30. La Spectre de la Rose
Charles Didelot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Massine
31. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Massine
Balanchine
Ginger Rogers
Marie Taglioni
32. The art of making dances - 1959
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
33. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
34. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
35. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Nijinska
Twyla Tharp
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
36. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Rudolph Nureyev
August Bournonville
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Still/Here
Fanny Elssler
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Charles Didelot
38. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Marius Petipa
Massine
Ruby Keeler
Busby Berkeley
39. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Diaghilev
Joe Goode
Alwin Nikolais
Jose Limon
40. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Milhaud
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Fokine
41. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
Jean Jacques Rousseau
42. Impressionist music
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Debussy
Paul Taylor
43. Brought ballet to Paris
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
44. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Alvin Ailey
45. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Twyla Tharp
Theophile Gautier
Anna Pavlova
46. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
47. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Jose Limon
Loie Fuller
Marius Petipa
48. Movement in hips
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
49. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Anna Pavlova
Ruby Keeler
Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
50. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham