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Dance Famous People
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1. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Massine
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
2. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
3. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
4. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Diaghilev
Margaret Sanger
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
5. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
6. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dr. Louis Vernon
Massine
7. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Fred Astaire
Massine
8. La Spectre de la Rose
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Folkine - Nijinsky
9. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Massine
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
Ginger Rogers
10. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fokine
11. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
12. Named the mother of modern dance
Dr. Louis Vernon
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
13. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
14. Apollo - 1928
Rudolph Laban
Leon Bakst
Margaret Sanger
Balanchine
15. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
16. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
19. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
20. Brought ballet to the common person
Merce Cunningham
Anna Pavlova
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
21. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
August Bournonville
Margaret Sanger
Leon Bakst
22. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Debussy
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
23. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Milhaud
Jose Limon
Charles Weidman
Philip Taglioni
24. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
25. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Joe Goode
Ginger Rogers
Alvin Ailey
Philip Taglioni
26. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Ruth St. Denis
Joe Goode
Jose Limon
27. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Robert Joffrey
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
28. Impressionist music
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
29. Pelvic contraction and release
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
30. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
31. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
32. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
33. Acts of Light
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Martha Graham
Jose Limon
34. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Jose Limon
Diaghilev
Marie Taglioni
Leon Bakst
35. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Joe Goode
36. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
37. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
38. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Fanny Elssler
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
39. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
40. Choreographed 'Revelations'
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Folkine - Nijinsky
Nijinska
41. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Balanchine
Folkine - Nijinsky
42. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Fokine
43. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Debussy
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
44. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
45. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Jules Perrot
George Balanchine
46. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
47. Choreographed Lion King
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Garth Fagan
48. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Dr. Louis Vernon
49. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Ivanov
Nijinska
Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
50. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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