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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. Father of Russian ballet
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Debussy
2. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
3. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Balanchine
Nijinska
Lucien Petipa
Margaret Sanger
4. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
5. 1st Albrecht
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Laban
Lucien Petipa
Nijinsky
6. Acts of Light
Nijinska
Marie Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Martha Graham
7. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
8. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Paul Taylor
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
9. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jose Limon
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Robert Joffrey
10. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
11. Choreographed Jeux
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
Fanny Elssler
12. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Hanya Holm
Folkine - Nijinsky
Balanchine
13. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
Loie Fuller
14. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
15. Afternoon of a Faun
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
16. Choreographed Coppelia
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
17. Father of classical ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
18. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Ruby Keeler
Arthur Mitchell
Jose Limon
Mary Wigman
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
20. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
Massine
21. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Ginger Rogers
22. Brought ballet to Paris
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Milhaud
23. Petrouchka
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
24. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Fokine
25. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Loie Fuller
Fokine
26. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
27. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Nijinska
Ivanov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Theophile Gautier
28. Agon - 1957
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Balanchine
29. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
30. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Massine
31. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Robert Ellis Dunn
Suzanne Linglor
Bill T. Jones
Jose Limon
32. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
33. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Rudolph Laban
George Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
34. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
35. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
36. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
37. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Arthur Saint-Leon
38. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
39. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
40. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
41. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Loie Fuller
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Merce Cunningham
42. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Baptiste Lande
Louis Horst
43. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
August Bournonville
Lincoln Kirstein
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
44. Noted for his use of African elements
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
45. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Charles Didelot
Charles Didelot
Arthur Mitchell
Doris Humphrey
46. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
47. Wrote against male dancers
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
48. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Louis Horst
Twyla Tharp
Ruby Keeler
Hanya Holm
49. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
Fokine
50. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Marie Taglioni