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Dance Famous People
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1. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Debussy
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
Fanny Elssler
2. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Lucien Petipa
August Bournonville
Massine
Ivanov
3. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
Lincoln Kirstein
4. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Weidman
Massine
5. D Man in the Water
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
6. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Nijinska
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
7. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
8. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
9. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
10. Still/Here
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
11. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
Suzanne Linglor
12. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Bill T. Jones
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
13. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Debussy
George Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Theophile Gautier
14. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Anna Pavlova
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
15. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Charles Didelot
16. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Ivanov
17. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Marie Taglioni
Garth Fagan
Mikhail Baryshnikov
18. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Joe Goode
19. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
20. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Dr. Louis Vernon
21. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
Dr. Louis Vernon
22. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Anton Dolin
Fokine
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
23. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Marie Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
24. Named the mother of modern dance
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
George Balanchine
Hanya Holm
25. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Charles Weidman
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
26. Brought ballet to the common person
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
Anna Pavlova
Bill T. Jones
27. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Merce Cunningham
28. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
Jean Coralli
Ruth St. Denis
29. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
30. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
31. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
George Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
32. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
33. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
34. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
Folkine - Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
35. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Fokine
Nijinsky
Fred Astaire
Margaret Sanger
36. Known for brilliant divertissments
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
37. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Rudolph Nureyev
Marie Taglioni
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Nijinsky
Jean Coralli
Loie Fuller
39. Choreographed Coppelia
Fokine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
40. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Fanny Elssler
Leon Bakst
41. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
42. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
Dr. Louis Vernon
43. Petrouchka
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
Hanya Holm
44. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
45. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
Loie Fuller
46. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
47. African astheic choreography
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Fanny Elssler
48. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
49. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Ivanov
50. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais