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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Father of Russian ballet
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
2. Impressionist music
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
Massine
Ivanov
3. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Charles Didelot
4. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alvin Ailey
5. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Ruby Keeler
6. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anton Dolin
7. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Pilobolus
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
8. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fred Astaire
9. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Folkine - Nijinsky
10. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Charles Weidman
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
11. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Charles Didelot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
Milhaud
12. Father of classical ballet
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
13. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Ivanov
14. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
15. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
16. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
17. Choreographed Lion King
Hanya Holm
Robert Joffrey
Garth Fagan
Milhaud
18. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
19. First lady of modern dance
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Louis Horst
Nijinska
20. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jose Limon
Marie Taglioni
Robert Joffrey
Jules Perrot
21. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Ginger Rogers
Charles Weidman
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
22. Rite of Spring
Charles Weidman
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Milhaud
23. Known for brilliant divertissments
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
24. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
25. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Massine
Loie Fuller
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
26. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Dr. Louis Vernon
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
27. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
28. Apollo - 1928
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
29. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
30. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Nijinsky
Fanny Elssler
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
31. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
32. Named the mother of modern dance
Margaret Sanger
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
33. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Nijinska
34. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Pilobolus
Nijinska
Dr. Louis Vernon
Martha Graham
35. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
36. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Rudolph Laban
Anna Pavlova
37. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Massine
Massine
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
38. Wrote against male dancers
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
39. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Joe Goode
40. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
41. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Charles Weidman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Robert Ellis Dunn
42. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
Jose Limon
Louis Horst
43. D Man in the Water
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
44. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
45. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
46. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Laban
47. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Ivanov
48. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Ivanov
49. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Ruth St. Denis
Dr. Louis Vernon
Debussy
Hanya Holm
50. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Doris Humphrey
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Milhaud