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Dance Famous People
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1. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Leon Bakst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolph Nureyev
George Balanchine
2. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Charles Weidman
Rudolph Laban
Paul Taylor
3. African astheic choreography
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Ruby Keeler
4. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
5. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Anna Pavlova
Ivanov
6. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
7. Father of classical ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
8. Impressionist music
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Charles Weidman
Loie Fuller
9. Agon - 1957
Marie Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
10. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
11. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Nijinska
12. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Debussy
Doris Humphrey
13. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
14. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Joe Goode
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
15. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Charles Didelot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Martha Graham
Arthur Mitchell
16. Named the mother of modern dance
Jean Coralli
Fokine
Garth Fagan
Mary Wigman
17. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Margaret Sanger
George Balanchine
18. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
19. D Man in the Water
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
20. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Joe Goode
21. Noted for his use of African elements
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
22. Acts of Light
Leon Bakst
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Fanny Elssler
23. Father of Russian ballet
Garth Fagan
Alwin Nikolais
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
24. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
25. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Lincoln Kirstein
26. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
27. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Fred Astaire
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
28. First lady of modern dance
George Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
29. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinska
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Balanchine
30. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Theophile Gautier
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
31. Still/Here
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
August Bournonville
32. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Jose Limon
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Pilobolus
33. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Marie Taglioni
Charles Weidman
34. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Merce Cunningham
35. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
36. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Balanchine
Balanchine
37. Petrouchka
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Massine
Garth Fagan
38. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Debussy
August Bournonville
Mikhail Baryshnikov
39. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Balanchine
40. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
41. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Martha Graham
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Coralli
Leon Bakst
42. Apollo - 1928
Nijinska
George Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
43. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
44. Afternoon of a Faun
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Debussy
Nijinsky
45. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
August Bournonville
46. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Ivanov
47. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
48. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
George Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
49. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Folkine - Nijinsky
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
50. La Spectre de la Rose
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky