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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. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
2. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Fokine
3. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Milhaud
4. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
5. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Nijinsky
6. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Martha Graham
Paul Taylor
7. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
8. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
George Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
9. Choreographed Jeux
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
10. Acts of Light
Lincoln Kirstein
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
11. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Jean Baptiste Lande
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
12. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
13. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
George Balanchine
14. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
15. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Laban
Martha Graham
Mary Wigman
16. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
Robert Joffrey
17. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
18. African astheic choreography
George Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
19. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
20. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
21. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
22. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
23. Choreographed Coppelia
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
24. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Fanny Elssler
Garth Fagan
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
25. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Suzanne Linglor
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
26. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Joe Goode
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
27. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
28. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
29. Still/Here
Garth Fagan
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
30. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Anna Pavlova
George Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
31. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Massine
32. The art of making dances - 1959
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
33. Brought ballet to Paris
Balanchine
Debussy
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
34. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Lincoln Kirstein
Mary Wigman
35. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
36. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Philip Taglioni
Nijinska
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
38. Noted for his use of African elements
Lincoln Kirstein
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
40. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Massine
41. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Massine
Theophile Gautier
42. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
43. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
44. Choreographed Lion King
Mary Wigman
Garth Fagan
Ginger Rogers
Massine
45. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Merce Cunningham
Twyla Tharp
Joe Goode
Massine
46. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Massine
47. Impressionist music
August Bournonville
Debussy
Nijinska
Fred Astaire
48. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Debussy
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Coralli
Arthur Mitchell
49. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Laban
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
50. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Paul Taylor