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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. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
2. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Paul Taylor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Robert Joffrey
Leon Bakst
3. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
4. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Ginger Rogers
Nijinska
5. Father of Russian ballet
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
6. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Paul Taylor
7. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Busby Berkeley
Martha Graham
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
8. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
9. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Massine
Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
Leon Bakst
10. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
11. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
12. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
13. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Garth Fagan
August Bournonville
14. Apollo - 1928
Pilobolus
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
15. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
16. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
Hanya Holm
Fokine
17. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
18. Four Temperaments
Charles Weidman
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
19. Still/Here
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Jose Limon
20. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
21. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
22. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Debussy
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
23. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ginger Rogers
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
Theophile Gautier
24. Movement in hips
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
25. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Loie Fuller
Folkine - Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
26. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
27. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
28. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
29. 1st Albrecht
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Lucien Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
30. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
31. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Debussy
Robert Joffrey
Twyla Tharp
Jean Coralli
32. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Hanya Holm
Massine
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
33. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
34. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
35. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Robert Joffrey
36. Wrote against male dancers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
37. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Mikhail Baryshnikov
38. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
39. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
40. D Man in the Water
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Ginger Rogers
August Bournonville
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
42. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Arthur Mitchell
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
43. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Jules Perrot
44. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Fred Astaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
45. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Leon Bakst
46. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
47. Petrouchka
Mary Wigman
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
48. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
Martha Graham
Ruth St. Denis
49. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Joe Goode
Margaret Sanger
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
50. Writer of Giselle
George Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman