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Dance Famous People
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1. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Anna Pavlova
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
3. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Jean Coralli
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
4. La Spectre de la Rose
Fokine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
5. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
6. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
7. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Ivanov
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
8. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
9. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mary Wigman
Paul Taylor
10. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
11. Rite of Spring
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Doris Humphrey
12. Wrote against male dancers
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Folkine - Nijinsky
13. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Loie Fuller
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Lucien Petipa
14. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
Margaret Sanger
15. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ruth St. Denis
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
16. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
17. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
18. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
Nijinska
19. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Louis Horst
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
20. Writer of Giselle
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
21. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
Alwin Nikolais
22. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Alvin Ailey
23. Four Temperaments
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
24. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Merce Cunningham
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
25. Agon - 1957
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
26. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
Fred Astaire
27. Acts of Light
Massine
Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
28. Choreographed La Sylphide
Alwin Nikolais
Philip Taglioni
Loie Fuller
Milhaud
29. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
Loie Fuller
30. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
31. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Pilobolus
Charles Weidman
Marie Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
32. 1st Albrecht
Charles Didelot
Charles Weidman
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
33. Petrouchka
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
34. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
35. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Rudolph Laban
36. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
37. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
38. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
39. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
40. Choreographed Jeux
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
41. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Doris Humphrey
Leon Bakst
Twyla Tharp
Nijinska
42. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Robert Joffrey
Folkine - Nijinsky
43. Father of Russian ballet
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
Ruby Keeler
44. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jean Baptiste Lande
Margaret Sanger
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
45. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Massine
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinsky
46. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Didelot
47. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
48. Known for brilliant divertissments
Balanchine
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lincoln Kirstein
49. Choreographed Coppelia
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
50. African astheic choreography
Martha Graham
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
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