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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. Petrouchka
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
2. D Man in the Water
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Coralli
3. Afternoon of a Faun
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
4. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Fred Astaire
Balanchine
Loie Fuller
Nijinska
5. Choreographed Jeux
Merce Cunningham
Robert Joffrey
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
6. Wrote against male dancers
August Bournonville
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
7. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
8. The art of making dances - 1959
Debussy
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
August Bournonville
9. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
Bill T. Jones
Garth Fagan
10. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
11. Choreographed La Sylphide
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Fred Astaire
Philip Taglioni
12. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
13. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
14. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Martha Graham
15. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
16. Known for brilliant divertissments
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
17. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
Fanny Elssler
18. Named the mother of modern dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Coralli
Mary Wigman
19. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Marie Taglioni
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
Fokine
20. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
Fokine
21. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Charles Didelot
Martha Graham
Louis Horst
22. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
Lincoln Kirstein
23. 1st Albrecht
Alwin Nikolais
Anna Pavlova
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
24. Movement in hips
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
Arthur Mitchell
25. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Charles Didelot
Fanny Elssler
26. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Fanny Elssler
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
27. Writer of Giselle
Robert Joffrey
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
28. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Twyla Tharp
Milhaud
Fokine
29. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey
30. Brought ballet to Paris
Fokine
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
31. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
32. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Anna Pavlova
Margaret Sanger
33. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Ginger Rogers
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
34. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Loie Fuller
35. Rite of Spring
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
36. Father of Russian ballet
Jose Limon
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Robert Joffrey
37. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Suzanne Linglor
Fred Astaire
38. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Hanya Holm
Massine
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
39. Apollo - 1928
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Twyla Tharp
40. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
Suzanne Linglor
Balanchine
41. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Margaret Sanger
Merce Cunningham
42. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Ginger Rogers
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Jose Limon
43. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Loie Fuller
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
44. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
45. Father of classical ballet
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
46. Impressionist music
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
47. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
48. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Massine
Pilobolus
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
49. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
50. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
George Balanchine