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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. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
Jean Baptiste Lande
Loie Fuller
2. Father of classical ballet
Garth Fagan
Martha Graham
Anna Pavlova
Marius Petipa
3. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Philip Taglioni
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
4. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Milhaud
Fokine
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
5. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
6. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Massine
Ginger Rogers
Marius Petipa
7. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Joffrey
8. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Jean Coralli
9. Petrouchka
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
Balanchine
Fokine
10. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
11. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
12. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
13. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
Massine
14. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
15. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
16. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
17. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
18. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Alvin Ailey
Ginger Rogers
19. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
20. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
George Balanchine
August Bournonville
Debussy
Pilobolus
21. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
Jean Coralli
George Balanchine
22. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
23. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruby Keeler
Pilobolus
24. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Alwin Nikolais
Ruby Keeler
Marie Taglioni
Massine
25. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
26. Movement in hips
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
27. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Martha Graham
28. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Twyla Tharp
Ruth St. Denis
29. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
30. Four Temperaments
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
31. Rite of Spring
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
Massine
Nijinsky
32. Choreographed La Sylphide
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Philip Taglioni
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
33. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
34. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
Fokine
35. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fokine
36. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Ginger Rogers
Jules Perrot
37. La Spectre de la Rose
Rudolph Nureyev
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Folkine - Nijinsky
38. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Pilobolus
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
Massine
39. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
40. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
41. Choreographed Coppelia
Massine
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
42. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Massine
43. African American modern Dance choreographer
Paul Taylor
Lucien Petipa
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
44. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
Fokine
Rudolph Laban
45. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
46. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Fokine
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
47. Wrote against male dancers
Lucien Petipa
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
48. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Loie Fuller
Busby Berkeley
49. Still/Here
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Fokine
50. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn