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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Anna Pavlova
Hanya Holm
Fanny Elssler
2. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
3. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
4. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Margaret Sanger
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
5. African astheic choreography
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
6. The art of making dances - 1959
Fred Astaire
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
7. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
8. Noted for his use of African elements
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
9. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Balanchine
Ginger Rogers
Debussy
Louis Horst
10. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
11. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Joe Goode
Debussy
Massine
Alvin Ailey
12. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Massine
Fred Astaire
13. Choreographed Lion King
Balanchine
Garth Fagan
Fred Astaire
Folkine - Nijinsky
14. Petrouchka
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
15. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Twyla Tharp
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
16. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
17. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
Robert Joffrey
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
Garth Fagan
19. Apollo - 1928
Louis Horst
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
20. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
21. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
Fanny Elssler
Leon Bakst
22. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
Ivanov
Jose Limon
23. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Margaret Sanger
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
24. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
25. Named the mother of modern dance
Jules Perrot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
26. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Folkine - Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
27. Choreographed Coppelia
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Hanya Holm
Twyla Tharp
28. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
29. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Paul Taylor
Margaret Sanger
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ivanov
30. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
31. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fokine
32. Father of classical ballet
Rudolph Laban
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
33. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
34. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
35. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
36. Choreographed Jeux
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
37. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
38. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Twyla Tharp
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
40. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Joe Goode
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
41. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
George Balanchine
Marie Taglioni
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
42. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
43. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Ruby Keeler
Leon Bakst
44. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Hanya Holm
Robert Joffrey
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
45. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
46. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Paul Taylor
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
47. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
48. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
49. Acts of Light
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Martha Graham
Charles Didelot
50. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Louis Horst
Pilobolus
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa