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Dance Famous People
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1. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Folkine - Nijinsky
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Diaghilev
2. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Marius Petipa
Massine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
3. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Ivanov
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
Busby Berkeley
4. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
5. Father of Russian ballet
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Didelot
6. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Marie Taglioni
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
7. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Arthur Mitchell
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
8. Writer of Giselle
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Martha Graham
9. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Milhaud
George Balanchine
Balanchine
10. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Suzanne Linglor
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Massine
11. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
12. Wrote against male dancers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
13. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Fokine
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
14. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
15. La Spectre de la Rose
Louis Horst
Folkine - Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Dr. Louis Vernon
16. Afternoon of a Faun
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Ginger Rogers
17. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
Paul Taylor
Massine
18. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
Garth Fagan
Massine
19. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
Anton Dolin
Lucien Petipa
20. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Alvin Ailey
Ginger Rogers
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
21. Starred in Prince of Whales
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
22. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Marie Taglioni
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
Jean Baptiste Lande
23. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
24. Four Temperaments
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
25. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Massine
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
26. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Fred Astaire
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
27. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
28. Petrouchka
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
George Balanchine
Fokine
29. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
30. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Dr. Louis Vernon
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
31. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Diaghilev
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
32. Choreographed Coppelia
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Milhaud
33. Pelvic contraction and release
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
34. Known for brilliant divertissments
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Twyla Tharp
Mary Wigman
35. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
36. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
37. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
38. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
Busby Berkeley
39. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Loie Fuller
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
40. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
Jules Perrot
41. Brought ballet to Paris
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Diaghilev
42. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Jose Limon
Rudolph Laban
Philip Taglioni
Margaret Sanger
43. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Doris Humphrey
44. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Massine
45. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Fred Astaire
Leon Bakst
Garth Fagan
Milhaud
46. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
47. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fokine
48. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Loie Fuller
Massine
49. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Debussy
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
50. D Man in the Water
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Jean Coralli