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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Coppelia
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
2. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Fokine
Rudolph Laban
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
3. Agon - 1957
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Doris Humphrey
4. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Margaret Sanger
5. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Fokine
6. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Coralli
Hanya Holm
7. Impressionist music
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Bill T. Jones
8. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Arthur Mitchell
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
9. Rite of Spring
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
10. Noted for his use of African elements
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Ruth St. Denis
11. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Marie Taglioni
Diaghilev
12. Named the mother of modern dance
Hanya Holm
Louis Horst
Mary Wigman
Jose Limon
13. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Jose Limon
14. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Milhaud
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Arthur Saint-Leon
15. The art of making dances - 1959
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Debussy
George Balanchine
16. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Jean Coralli
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
17. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Ivanov
Jean Jacques Rousseau
18. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
19. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Paul Taylor
20. Choreographed Jeux
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Debussy
21. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Paul Taylor
Arthur Mitchell
22. Still/Here
Milhaud
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
23. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
24. Writer of Giselle
Fokine
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
25. Father of classical ballet
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Ruby Keeler
Hanya Holm
26. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
27. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
Charles Didelot
28. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
29. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Anton Dolin
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Nijinska
30. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
31. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
32. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Ginger Rogers
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
33. African astheic choreography
Nijinska
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
34. Father of Russian ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
Debussy
35. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Philip Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Fred Astaire
36. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Debussy
37. Brought ballet to Paris
Marie Taglioni
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
38. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Louis Horst
Fanny Elssler
Jules Perrot
Jean Baptiste Lande
39. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Margaret Sanger
40. Choreographed Lion King
Nijinsky
George Balanchine
Garth Fagan
Rudolph Nureyev
41. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire
Suzanne Linglor
42. Known for brilliant divertissments
Loie Fuller
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
43. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
44. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Nijinska
Balanchine
45. Pelvic contraction and release
Debussy
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Lincoln Kirstein
46. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ginger Rogers
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
47. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Dr. Louis Vernon
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Robert Ellis Dunn
48. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Loie Fuller
Massine
Margaret Sanger
49. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Doris Humphrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
50. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
Garth Fagan