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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. African American modern Dance choreographer
Anton Dolin
Ruby Keeler
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
2. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Leon Bakst
Fred Astaire
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
3. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
Massine
Marius Petipa
4. Apollo - 1928
Nijinska
Balanchine
Jean Baptiste Lande
Dr. Louis Vernon
5. Four Temperaments
Debussy
Balanchine
Philip Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
6. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Dr. Louis Vernon
Merce Cunningham
7. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Massine
Jose Limon
8. Starred in Prince of Whales
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Anna Pavlova
Anton Dolin
9. Movement in hips
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
10. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fanny Elssler
Jean Coralli
Arthur Saint-Leon
11. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
12. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
13. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
Suzanne Linglor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
14. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Laban
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
15. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
16. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
17. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
18. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
19. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
20. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Garth Fagan
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
21. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Debussy
Diaghilev
Ivanov
Pilobolus
22. Father of classical ballet
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Marius Petipa
23. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Lincoln Kirstein
Balanchine
24. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
25. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
26. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
Martha Graham
27. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Massine
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
28. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey
29. Named the mother of modern dance
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
Mary Wigman
30. African astheic choreography
Louis Horst
Philip Taglioni
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
31. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Jean Coralli
32. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
33. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Massine
34. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
35. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
36. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
37. La Spectre de la Rose
Garth Fagan
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
38. Writer of Giselle
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
39. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Ginger Rogers
40. Acts of Light
Nijinska
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
41. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Jose Limon
Debussy
Marius Petipa
42. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
43. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Fokine
Balanchine
44. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Balanchine
45. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Jose Limon
Pilobolus
46. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jean Baptiste Lande
Debussy
Arthur Mitchell
Marie Taglioni
47. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
Balanchine
Fokine
48. Afternoon of a Faun
Massine
Robert Joffrey
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
49. First lady of modern dance
Lucien Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
50. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky