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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. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Balanchine
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
2. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
3. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
4. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Joffrey
5. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
August Bournonville
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Margaret Sanger
6. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Diaghilev
Garth Fagan
Charles Weidman
Robert Joffrey
7. Pelvic contraction and release
Fokine
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
8. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Leon Bakst
Ginger Rogers
Charles Didelot
Fanny Elssler
9. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Theophile Gautier
Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. 1st Albrecht
Alvin Ailey
Ruth St. Denis
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
11. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Charles Didelot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Laban
12. Brought ballet to Paris
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Debussy
Mary Wigman
13. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Louis Horst
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Didelot
Loie Fuller
14. Known for brilliant divertissments
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fanny Elssler
Margaret Sanger
15. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
Margaret Sanger
16. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alvin Ailey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nijinsky
17. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
18. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Mary Wigman
Debussy
19. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
Lucien Petipa
Doris Humphrey
20. African astheic choreography
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
21. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Diaghilev
22. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
23. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
24. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Louis Horst
25. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Choreographed La Sylphide
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Nijinsky
27. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Merce Cunningham
Dr. Louis Vernon
Doris Humphrey
Nijinsky
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
29. Afternoon of a Faun
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Rudolph Laban
Fokine
30. Acts of Light
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
31. Still/Here
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
32. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Massine
Bill T. Jones
33. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
34. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Twyla Tharp
35. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Nijinska
Milhaud
36. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
Pilobolus
37. Named the mother of modern dance
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
38. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Anton Dolin
39. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
40. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Diaghilev
Jose Limon
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
41. Father of classical ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
42. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Balanchine
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
43. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Jose Limon
Paul Taylor
44. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
45. In love with Carlotta Grisi
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
46. Brought ballet to the common person
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Louis Horst
47. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
48. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Nijinska
Ruby Keeler
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
49. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
Jean Baptiste Lande
50. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey