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Dance Famous People
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1. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
August Bournonville
George Balanchine
2. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
3. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
Dr. Louis Vernon
4. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Massine
5. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
Massine
6. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
7. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
8. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
9. Wrote against male dancers
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
10. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Nijinska
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
11. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Garth Fagan
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jules Perrot
Lucien Petipa
12. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jose Limon
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
Jean Coralli
13. Known for brilliant divertissments
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
14. Still/Here
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
August Bournonville
Martha Graham
15. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Hanya Holm
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Debussy
16. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
17. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
18. Brought ballet to the common person
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
19. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Alwin Nikolais
20. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
George Balanchine
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
21. 1st Albrecht
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
Leon Bakst
22. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Alvin Ailey
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
23. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
24. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Joe Goode
25. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Diaghilev
Pilobolus
26. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
George Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jose Limon
Joe Goode
27. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Anna Pavlova
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
28. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Massine
Marius Petipa
29. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
30. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
31. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
32. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Diaghilev
33. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Lucien Petipa
Anton Dolin
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
34. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
35. Father of classical ballet
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
36. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Alvin Ailey
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
37. Movement in hips
Margaret Sanger
Martha Graham
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
38. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Margaret Sanger
39. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Jules Perrot
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
40. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Nijinsky
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
41. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Fred Astaire
Fokine
Ivanov
42. Acts of Light
Lucien Petipa
Martha Graham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
43. Choreographed Lion King
Theophile Gautier
Charles Didelot
Lucien Petipa
Garth Fagan
44. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Nijinska
45. Writer of Giselle
Joe Goode
Robert Joffrey
Ginger Rogers
Theophile Gautier
46. African astheic choreography
Fokine
Martha Graham
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
47. The art of making dances - 1959
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
48. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Joe Goode
49. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Paul Taylor
George Balanchine
50. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Robert Joffrey
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey