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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choreographed Jeux
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
2. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Fokine
Pilobolus
3. Impressionist music
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
4. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Marie Taglioni
Loie Fuller
Debussy
Jean Coralli
5. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Nijinska
6. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
August Bournonville
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
7. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alvin Ailey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
8. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Ginger Rogers
Hanya Holm
Suzanne Linglor
Fanny Elssler
9. Pelvic contraction and release
Ginger Rogers
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
10. Named the mother of modern dance
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
11. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Garth Fagan
Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley
12. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
13. Petrouchka
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Ginger Rogers
14. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Paul Taylor
15. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
16. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
17. Father of classical ballet
Anton Dolin
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
18. 1st Albrecht
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
Lucien Petipa
19. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
20. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Fred Astaire
Anton Dolin
Debussy
Marius Petipa
21. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Joe Goode
Fred Astaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Balanchine
22. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Charles Weidman
Charles Didelot
23. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
Charles Weidman
Arthur Saint-Leon
24. La Spectre de la Rose
Paul Taylor
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
25. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Hanya Holm
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
26. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Massine
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
27. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
Alwin Nikolais
28. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
August Bournonville
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
29. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Loie Fuller
Theophile Gautier
30. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
Debussy
Jules Perrot
31. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Folkine - Nijinsky
32. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dr. Louis Vernon
Busby Berkeley
33. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
34. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Fokine
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
35. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Jose Limon
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
36. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
37. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Milhaud
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
Debussy
38. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jules Perrot
Robert Joffrey
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Saint-Leon
39. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
40. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
41. Choreographed La Sylphide
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Martha Graham
Philip Taglioni
42. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
August Bournonville
Arthur Saint-Leon
43. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Martha Graham
44. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Alwin Nikolais
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
45. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
Twyla Tharp
46. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
47. Starred in Prince of Whales
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
48. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
Lucien Petipa
49. Choreographed Coppelia
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
50. First lady of modern dance
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis