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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
2. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
3. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
4. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Charles Didelot
George Balanchine
Fred Astaire
Louis Horst
5. Brought ballet to Paris
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
6. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
7. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Loie Fuller
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
8. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
9. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Alwin Nikolais
Folkine - Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
August Bournonville
10. African astheic choreography
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
11. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Jose Limon
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
12. Noted for his use of African elements
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
13. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
14. Father of Russian ballet
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Mikhail Baryshnikov
15. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Massine
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Robert Joffrey
16. Brought ballet to the common person
Debussy
Anna Pavlova
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. La Spectre de la Rose
Theophile Gautier
Folkine - Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
18. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Jean Baptiste Lande
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
19. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Leon Bakst
20. Apollo - 1928
Debussy
Ivanov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Balanchine
21. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Fanny Elssler
Nijinska
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
22. Choreographed Jeux
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Rudolph Laban
Paul Taylor
23. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Margaret Sanger
24. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Fred Astaire
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
25. Starred in Prince of Whales
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Jules Perrot
26. Writer of Giselle
August Bournonville
Paul Taylor
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
27. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
August Bournonville
Suzanne Linglor
28. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alvin Ailey
29. Choreographed Coppelia
Pilobolus
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alvin Ailey
30. Petrouchka
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
31. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
32. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Busby Berkeley
Massine
August Bournonville
Nijinska
33. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Fanny Elssler
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
34. First lady of modern dance
Twyla Tharp
Robert Joffrey
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
35. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
36. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Lucien Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Diaghilev
37. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jules Perrot
Busby Berkeley
38. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
39. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Philip Taglioni
Lincoln Kirstein
Hanya Holm
Fokine
40. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
August Bournonville
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
41. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
Pilobolus
42. Agon - 1957
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Fanny Elssler
Balanchine
43. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
44. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
45. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Alwin Nikolais
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
46. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Jean Coralli
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
47. Choreographed La Sylphide
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
48. Impressionist music
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
Jean Baptiste Lande
49. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
Louis Horst
50. Acts of Light
Fokine
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey