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Dance Famous People
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1. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Diaghilev
Marie Taglioni
Debussy
Alwin Nikolais
2. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
3. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Nijinska
Anna Pavlova
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
4. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Lincoln Kirstein
5. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
Suzanne Linglor
Arthur Mitchell
6. Choreographed La Sylphide
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Philip Taglioni
7. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Louis Horst
Robert Joffrey
Twyla Tharp
Milhaud
8. Brought ballet to Paris
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Balanchine
9. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
10. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
11. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Laban
Jean Coralli
Dr. Louis Vernon
12. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Joe Goode
Nijinska
13. Afternoon of a Faun
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
14. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Balanchine
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
15. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
16. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Jean Baptiste Lande
17. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Balanchine
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
18. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
19. Four Temperaments
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
20. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
21. First lady of modern dance
Massine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
22. Choreographed Jeux
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Jose Limon
23. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Milhaud
Louis Horst
24. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
Massine
25. Choreographed Coppelia
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fanny Elssler
26. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Martha Graham
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Ruby Keeler
27. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Laban
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Philip Taglioni
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
29. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Paul Taylor
Pilobolus
30. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Twyla Tharp
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
31. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
32. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
33. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
34. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
35. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
36. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
37. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Loie Fuller
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
38. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
Massine
Merce Cunningham
39. Father of classical ballet
Dr. Louis Vernon
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
40. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
41. 1st Albrecht
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
42. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Rudolph Laban
Busby Berkeley
Folkine - Nijinsky
43. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
44. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Ruby Keeler
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
45. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
46. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Martha Graham
Fokine
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
47. Writer of Giselle
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
48. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Busby Berkeley
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Joe Goode
49. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
August Bournonville
Rudolph Laban
Anton Dolin
50. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley