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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
2. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
3. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. Writer of Giselle
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
5. 1st Albrecht
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
6. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
7. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Robert Joffrey
Anton Dolin
8. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
9. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Pilobolus
Twyla Tharp
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
10. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
11. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Loie Fuller
Jules Perrot
12. Choreographed Lion King
Nijinska
Garth Fagan
Milhaud
Fokine
13. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Ruby Keeler
Suzanne Linglor
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
14. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Balanchine
August Bournonville
Ivanov
15. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
Massine
Marius Petipa
16. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Debussy
Jose Limon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
17. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
18. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Massine
Pilobolus
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
19. Apollo - 1928
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Philip Taglioni
20. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Mikhail Baryshnikov
21. Petrouchka
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Pilobolus
22. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
23. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Debussy
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Baptiste Lande
24. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Diaghilev
25. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
26. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Alwin Nikolais
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
27. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
28. Father of Russian ballet
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
29. Afternoon of a Faun
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
30. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
Massine
31. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Diaghilev
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
32. D Man in the Water
Martha Graham
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
33. The art of making dances - 1959
Louis Horst
Doris Humphrey
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
34. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Balanchine
Massine
Nijinska
Nijinska
35. Four Temperaments
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
Dr. Louis Vernon
Balanchine
36. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Paul Taylor
August Bournonville
Nijinska
Martha Graham
37. First lady of modern dance
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
38. Starred in Prince of Whales
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Joe Goode
39. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Ginger Rogers
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
40. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Lucien Petipa
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
41. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
Marius Petipa
Jose Limon
42. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Alwin Nikolais
43. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Balanchine
44. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
45. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Jose Limon
Alwin Nikolais
Lincoln Kirstein
Arthur Mitchell
46. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
47. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
48. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa
49. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Dr. Louis Vernon
50. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anna Pavlova
Suzanne Linglor