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Dance Famous People
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1. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
2. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
3. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
George Balanchine
4. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Martha Graham
Fanny Elssler
Anna Pavlova
Louis Horst
5. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
Ivanov
Robert Ellis Dunn
6. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
7. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
8. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
9. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Diaghilev
Lincoln Kirstein
Pilobolus
10. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
11. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Marie Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
12. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Twyla Tharp
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
13. Father of classical ballet
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
14. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Rudolph Nureyev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
15. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
16. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. Father of Russian ballet
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Didelot
18. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
19. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Balanchine
20. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Nijinska
21. African American modern Dance choreographer
Fokine
Balanchine
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
22. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Jean Coralli
Marie Taglioni
Debussy
Hanya Holm
23. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Didelot
Charles Weidman
Joe Goode
Balanchine
24. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Debussy
Milhaud
Garth Fagan
25. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anna Pavlova
26. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
27. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Nijinska
Robert Joffrey
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
28. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Nijinska
Massine
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
29. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
30. Rite of Spring
Fanny Elssler
Philip Taglioni
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
31. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
32. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Suzanne Linglor
Jose Limon
33. Pelvic contraction and release
Hanya Holm
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
Louis Horst
34. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
Massine
Diaghilev
35. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Loie Fuller
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
Folkine - Nijinsky
36. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
37. Choreographed Coppelia
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. Acts of Light
Lincoln Kirstein
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
39. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
40. Agon - 1957
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
41. Petrouchka
Margaret Sanger
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
42. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Fred Astaire
Theophile Gautier
43. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
44. Named the mother of modern dance
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
45. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
46. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
47. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
Jose Limon
Arthur Mitchell
48. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
49. Choreographed La Sylphide
Merce Cunningham
Alwin Nikolais
Philip Taglioni
Milhaud
50. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham