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Dance Famous People
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1. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
2. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Ginger Rogers
Nijinsky
3. Writer of Giselle
Marie Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Suzanne Linglor
4. Impressionist music
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
Debussy
5. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Alwin Nikolais
6. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
Massine
7. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Fokine
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
8. Still/Here
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
9. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Doris Humphrey
Ginger Rogers
10. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Martha Graham
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
Suzanne Linglor
11. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Nijinska
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
Charles Didelot
12. Four Temperaments
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Debussy
Ginger Rogers
13. First lady of modern dance
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
14. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Dr. Louis Vernon
Debussy
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
15. Choreographed La Sylphide
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
Philip Taglioni
16. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Philip Taglioni
Dr. Louis Vernon
17. La Spectre de la Rose
Charles Weidman
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
18. Named the mother of modern dance
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
19. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
20. Wrote against male dancers
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
21. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Nijinsky
Loie Fuller
Massine
Merce Cunningham
22. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
Nijinsky
23. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
24. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marie Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
25. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Lucien Petipa
Marie Taglioni
26. Known for brilliant divertissments
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
27. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fanny Elssler
Jose Limon
Hanya Holm
28. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
29. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
30. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
31. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
32. Agon - 1957
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
33. Brought ballet to Paris
Paul Taylor
Martha Graham
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
34. Father of Russian ballet
Marie Taglioni
Charles Didelot
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
35. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
36. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
37. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
38. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Marie Taglioni
Fanny Elssler
Balanchine
Massine
39. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
Mary Wigman
40. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Martha Graham
Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Marius Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
42. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Jules Perrot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
43. Apollo - 1928
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
44. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Fanny Elssler
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
45. African American modern Dance choreographer
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
46. Petrouchka
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
47. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Massine
48. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Ruby Keeler
Massine
Busby Berkeley
Loie Fuller
49. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
50. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Laban
Hanya Holm
Ivanov