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Dance Famous People
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1. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
2. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Folkine - Nijinsky
3. Named the mother of modern dance
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
4. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
5. Known for brilliant divertissments
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
6. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anton Dolin
7. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
8. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Robert Joffrey
Paul Taylor
9. Father of Russian ballet
Massine
Charles Didelot
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
10. Four Temperaments
Fanny Elssler
Ivanov
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
11. Agon - 1957
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
Fokine
Balanchine
12. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
Massine
13. Choreographed Lion King
Marius Petipa
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
14. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Jean Coralli
15. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
16. African astheic choreography
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
Jules Perrot
17. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
August Bournonville
Philip Taglioni
Jose Limon
Paul Taylor
18. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
August Bournonville
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
19. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Martha Graham
Charles Weidman
20. Impressionist music
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Jules Perrot
Fokine
21. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
22. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Ruby Keeler
23. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Jules Perrot
Charles Weidman
Paul Taylor
Jose Limon
24. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Suzanne Linglor
Ruby Keeler
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
25. Pelvic contraction and release
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
Massine
26. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jules Perrot
Fred Astaire
Rudolph Laban
Ginger Rogers
27. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
28. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
29. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
30. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Charles Didelot
Nijinska
Massine
Balanchine
31. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Milhaud
Margaret Sanger
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
32. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
Garth Fagan
Doris Humphrey
33. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
34. Choreographed Jeux
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Nijinska
35. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Charles Weidman
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
36. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
Marie Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
37. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Laban
George Balanchine
38. The art of making dances - 1959
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
Doris Humphrey
39. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
40. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
41. Choreographed Coppelia
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
42. Starred in Prince of Whales
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
43. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
44. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Ivanov
Nijinska
45. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Leon Bakst
46. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Philip Taglioni
47. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
48. Apollo - 1928
Hanya Holm
Jose Limon
Balanchine
August Bournonville
49. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Milhaud
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
50. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Loie Fuller
Garth Fagan
Louis Horst