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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alvin Ailey
Ruby Keeler
Alwin Nikolais
2. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
3. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
4. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Ginger Rogers
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Bill T. Jones
5. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn
6. Choreographed La Sylphide
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Joffrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
7. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Milhaud
Massine
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
8. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Laban
9. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
Nijinska
Ivanov
10. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
11. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
12. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Milhaud
13. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Joe Goode
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
Hanya Holm
14. Choreographed 'Revelations'
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Alvin Ailey
15. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alwin Nikolais
Rudolph Nureyev
16. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
17. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
Massine
18. African astheic choreography
Nijinska
Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
19. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
20. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Lincoln Kirstein
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
21. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
Marie Taglioni
22. Pelvic contraction and release
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Louis Horst
Doris Humphrey
23. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Philip Taglioni
Debussy
Fokine
Paul Taylor
24. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
25. Rite of Spring
Margaret Sanger
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
26. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Fanny Elssler
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
27. Agon - 1957
Ginger Rogers
Anna Pavlova
Louis Horst
Balanchine
28. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
29. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
Robert Ellis Dunn
30. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
Folkine - Nijinsky
Massine
31. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Martha Graham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
32. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
33. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruby Keeler
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
34. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hanya Holm
Massine
35. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Jean Coralli
36. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Fokine
Rudolph Laban
Ruth St. Denis
37. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Jean Baptiste Lande
38. Four Temperaments
Hanya Holm
Jean Baptiste Lande
Balanchine
Milhaud
39. Wrote against male dancers
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
40. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
41. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
42. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
43. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Rudolph Laban
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
Jose Limon
44. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
45. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
46. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
47. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Fokine
Martha Graham
Massine
Pilobolus
48. Petrouchka
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Jean Jacques Rousseau
49. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
George Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
50. Afternoon of a Faun
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
Robert Ellis Dunn