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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Hanya Holm
2. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
3. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Paul Taylor
4. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Lincoln Kirstein
5. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Paul Taylor
6. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ivanov
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Fred Astaire
7. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anna Pavlova
Joe Goode
8. Brought ballet to the common person
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
Nijinska
9. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
Jean Baptiste Lande
10. First lady of modern dance
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Suzanne Linglor
11. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
12. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Anton Dolin
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
13. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
August Bournonville
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Laban
Mary Wigman
14. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev
Joe Goode
15. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
Ginger Rogers
Nijinsky
16. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
17. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Pilobolus
Ginger Rogers
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
18. Petrouchka
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fokine
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
19. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
Doris Humphrey
August Bournonville
20. Choreographed Lion King
Mary Wigman
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Anna Pavlova
21. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
22. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
23. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Joe Goode
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
24. Impressionist music
Debussy
Balanchine
Fokine
Folkine - Nijinsky
25. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Massine
Robert Joffrey
Alwin Nikolais
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Apollo - 1928
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
27. Acts of Light
Ivanov
Martha Graham
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey
28. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
29. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Debussy
George Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
30. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
31. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Jose Limon
32. The art of making dances - 1959
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
33. La Spectre de la Rose
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
Martha Graham
Folkine - Nijinsky
34. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Arthur Saint-Leon
35. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Lucien Petipa
August Bournonville
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
36. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
Lucien Petipa
37. African American modern Dance choreographer
Massine
Robert Joffrey
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
38. Named the mother of modern dance
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Garth Fagan
Mary Wigman
39. African astheic choreography
Nijinska
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
40. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
41. D Man in the Water
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
42. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
43. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ruth St. Denis
44. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
45. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
46. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
47. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
48. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
August Bournonville
Mary Wigman
Jose Limon
Anton Dolin
49. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Nijinsky
Ginger Rogers
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
50. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Jose Limon
Bill T. Jones
Fokine