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Dance Famous People
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1. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Alvin Ailey
2. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
3. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
George Balanchine
Loie Fuller
4. Father of classical ballet
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Fokine
5. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Louis Horst
Fanny Elssler
Loie Fuller
Bill T. Jones
6. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
7. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Jean Baptiste Lande
Merce Cunningham
8. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Jean Jacques Rousseau
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
9. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Fokine
10. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Charles Weidman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
11. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Twyla Tharp
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
12. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Theophile Gautier
Jose Limon
13. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
14. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Charles Weidman
Ginger Rogers
15. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marius Petipa
August Bournonville
Charles Didelot
16. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
17. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Marie Taglioni
Massine
18. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Baptiste Lande
19. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Louis Horst
Louis Horst
20. Agon - 1957
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
21. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Busby Berkeley
Fanny Elssler
Jean Coralli
Arthur Saint-Leon
22. D Man in the Water
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
23. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
24. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
25. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Jose Limon
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
26. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Balanchine
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
27. Rite of Spring
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
28. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
29. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
August Bournonville
30. Brought ballet to the common person
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
George Balanchine
Anna Pavlova
31. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
32. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Suzanne Linglor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alwin Nikolais
33. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
34. Four Temperaments
Lucien Petipa
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
Debussy
35. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Lucien Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
36. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
37. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Rudolph Nureyev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marie Taglioni
Philip Taglioni
38. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
39. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Bill T. Jones
Massine
Milhaud
Fred Astaire
40. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
Massine
41. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Rudolph Nureyev
42. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Folkine - Nijinsky
43. Choreographed Coppelia
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jose Limon
Jean Baptiste Lande
44. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
Ginger Rogers
45. 1st Albrecht
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Lucien Petipa
Loie Fuller
46. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
47. Writer of Giselle
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
48. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
49. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Debussy
Anna Pavlova
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
50. African American modern Dance choreographer
Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones