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Dance Famous People
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1. Agon - 1957
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
2. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
3. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
4. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
5. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Saint-Leon
Anna Pavlova
6. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
7. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
8. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Leon Bakst
Fanny Elssler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
9. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
10. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Twyla Tharp
Nijinsky
11. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Massine
Robert Joffrey
12. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
13. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
Louis Horst
14. La Spectre de la Rose
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fokine
15. Rite of Spring
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Mitchell
Marie Taglioni
Nijinsky
16. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Pilobolus
17. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Massine
18. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
19. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
20. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
21. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Margaret Sanger
Milhaud
Ivanov
22. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
August Bournonville
George Balanchine
23. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruby Keeler
Margaret Sanger
24. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
25. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Fred Astaire
Doris Humphrey
Leon Bakst
Robert Joffrey
26. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Ivanov
Anna Pavlova
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
27. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
28. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Jose Limon
29. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Lincoln Kirstein
August Bournonville
30. Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
31. Writer of Giselle
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
32. First lady of modern dance
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
33. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
Mikhail Baryshnikov
34. African American modern Dance choreographer
Pilobolus
Debussy
Bill T. Jones
Fred Astaire
35. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
36. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ginger Rogers
37. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Massine
38. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
39. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
40. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Louis Horst
41. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Louis Horst
Joe Goode
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
42. D Man in the Water
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Martha Graham
43. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Anton Dolin
Philip Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
44. Four Temperaments
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Balanchine
45. Choreographed 'Revelations'
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
46. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
47. Father of classical ballet
Hanya Holm
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
48. Named the mother of modern dance
Debussy
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
49. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Leon Bakst
50. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
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