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Dance Famous People
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1. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Paul Taylor
Charles Weidman
Fred Astaire
Alvin Ailey
2. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
Bill T. Jones
3. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Bill T. Jones
4. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
Diaghilev
5. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Paul Taylor
Garth Fagan
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ivanov
6. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Massine
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
7. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
8. Afternoon of a Faun
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
9. 1st Albrecht
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Lucien Petipa
10. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Martha Graham
Nijinska
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
11. First lady of modern dance
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
12. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Charles Weidman
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
13. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
14. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Garth Fagan
15. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Ruth St. Denis
Suzanne Linglor
Pilobolus
16. Impressionist music
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
17. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
18. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
19. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
Debussy
20. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
21. Father of classical ballet
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
22. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
August Bournonville
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
23. African American modern Dance choreographer
Diaghilev
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
24. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
25. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
26. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Ruby Keeler
Busby Berkeley
August Bournonville
Leon Bakst
27. Brought ballet to the common person
Jules Perrot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Anna Pavlova
Nijinska
28. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Twyla Tharp
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn
29. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Laban
Milhaud
Nijinska
30. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Nijinska
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
31. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Lincoln Kirstein
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
32. Still/Here
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
33. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
Fokine
34. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Leon Bakst
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
Balanchine
35. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruby Keeler
Ivanov
Ginger Rogers
36. Agon - 1957
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
George Balanchine
Massine
37. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Folkine - Nijinsky
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
38. Pelvic contraction and release
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Ginger Rogers
39. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Alvin Ailey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
40. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
41. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
42. Acts of Light
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Fred Astaire
Martha Graham
43. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
Fanny Elssler
Nijinsky
44. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
Louis Horst
45. La Spectre de la Rose
Doris Humphrey
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Folkine - Nijinsky
46. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
47. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
Fanny Elssler
48. The art of making dances - 1959
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
August Bournonville
49. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Lincoln Kirstein
Debussy
Joe Goode
August Bournonville
50. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
Massine
Nijinsky