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Dance Famous People
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1. African astheic choreography
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Balanchine
2. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Fokine
George Balanchine
3. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Charles Weidman
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
5. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Fred Astaire
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
Lincoln Kirstein
6. Choreographed La Sylphide
Marius Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Philip Taglioni
7. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
8. Writer of Giselle
Paul Taylor
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
9. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Milhaud
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
10. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Loie Fuller
Charles Didelot
11. Rite of Spring
Leon Bakst
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
12. Impressionist music
Lincoln Kirstein
Massine
Massine
Debussy
13. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
Jose Limon
Charles Weidman
14. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
15. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Busby Berkeley
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
16. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Mary Wigman
Ruby Keeler
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
17. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Philip Taglioni
18. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Fanny Elssler
19. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Baptiste Lande
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
20. Four Temperaments
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
21. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Folkine - Nijinsky
22. Choreographed Coppelia
George Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Suzanne Linglor
Nijinsky
23. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Lincoln Kirstein
24. Apollo - 1928
Marie Taglioni
Leon Bakst
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
25. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
26. Acts of Light
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
27. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
28. Choreographed Jeux
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
29. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Pilobolus
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
Martha Graham
30. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Leon Bakst
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
31. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Arthur Mitchell
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
Fanny Elssler
32. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
Robert Joffrey
Ivanov
33. African American modern Dance choreographer
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
Margaret Sanger
34. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
35. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Charles Didelot
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
36. Starred in Prince of Whales
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
Ginger Rogers
Anton Dolin
37. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
38. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Suzanne Linglor
39. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
40. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Arthur Saint-Leon
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
41. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Fokine
42. Choreographed Lion King
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
43. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Garth Fagan
Pilobolus
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
44. 1st Albrecht
Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
Lucien Petipa
Robert Joffrey
45. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
Martha Graham
46. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Marie Taglioni
47. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Marius Petipa
Twyla Tharp
Jean Coralli
Fokine
48. Wrote against male dancers
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn
49. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Laban
Charles Didelot
Busby Berkeley
50. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis