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Dance Famous People
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1. Afternoon of a Faun
George Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
2. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ginger Rogers
August Bournonville
3. The art of making dances - 1959
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
4. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
5. Four Temperaments
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Ivanov
6. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Anton Dolin
Fokine
Ginger Rogers
Hanya Holm
7. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
8. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Mary Wigman
Charles Didelot
Arthur Mitchell
9. Noted for his use of African elements
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
10. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
11. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ivanov
Ruby Keeler
Ginger Rogers
Anton Dolin
12. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
Louis Horst
Ginger Rogers
13. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Fokine
Fred Astaire
Charles Didelot
Jean Baptiste Lande
14. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Jean Coralli
Pilobolus
15. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Paul Taylor
Debussy
16. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Laban
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
17. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
18. Choreographed La Sylphide
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Philip Taglioni
Balanchine
19. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jose Limon
Fokine
Leon Bakst
20. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Nijinska
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Coralli
21. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
22. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
23. Still/Here
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
24. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
25. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
26. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Mary Wigman
Anna Pavlova
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
27. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
28. Choreographed Lion King
Nijinsky
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Saint-Leon
Garth Fagan
29. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Jean Coralli
Charles Didelot
Fokine
Leon Bakst
30. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
Fokine
31. Apollo - 1928
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
32. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Lucien Petipa
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Ivanov
33. Petrouchka
Loie Fuller
Debussy
Fokine
Jules Perrot
34. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
Milhaud
35. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Lincoln Kirstein
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
36. Choreographed Coppelia
Joe Goode
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Ruby Keeler
Marius Petipa
38. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Folkine - Nijinsky
39. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Debussy
George Balanchine
40. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Loie Fuller
Balanchine
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
41. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
42. First lady of modern dance
Joe Goode
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
43. African American modern Dance choreographer
Diaghilev
Folkine - Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
44. Named the mother of modern dance
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Saint-Leon
45. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Lincoln Kirstein
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
46. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Fred Astaire
Alwin Nikolais
47. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
48. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
49. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
50. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Alwin Nikolais