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Dance Famous People
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1. Known for brilliant divertissments
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Anton Dolin
George Balanchine
Fokine
3. Pelvic contraction and release
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
Louis Horst
Balanchine
4. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
5. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
6. Father of Russian ballet
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
7. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Lincoln Kirstein
8. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
9. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Mary Wigman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
10. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Suzanne Linglor
11. Choreographed La Sylphide
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Philip Taglioni
Charles Didelot
12. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Marie Taglioni
Charles Didelot
13. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
Anna Pavlova
14. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dr. Louis Vernon
15. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
George Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
16. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Joe Goode
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
Martha Graham
17. Brought ballet to the common person
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
Anna Pavlova
18. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
19. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Laban
Jules Perrot
20. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
21. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Alvin Ailey
Suzanne Linglor
Debussy
Garth Fagan
22. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
23. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
24. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Massine
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Theophile Gautier
25. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Wrote against male dancers
Alvin Ailey
Dr. Louis Vernon
Theophile Gautier
Folkine - Nijinsky
27. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Marie Taglioni
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
28. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Charles Weidman
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Milhaud
29. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Martha Graham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
30. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Anton Dolin
Folkine - Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
31. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Louis Horst
Massine
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
32. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Debussy
Fanny Elssler
33. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Lucien Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
34. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
Loie Fuller
Jules Perrot
35. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Arthur Mitchell
Loie Fuller
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
36. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
George Balanchine
Fanny Elssler
37. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Mary Wigman
38. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Garth Fagan
Pilobolus
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
Debussy
40. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Martha Graham
41. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
42. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Ruby Keeler
Lincoln Kirstein
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
43. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Marius Petipa
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Hanya Holm
44. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Ginger Rogers
Massine
45. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Pilobolus
46. Noted for his use of African elements
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
47. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Busby Berkeley
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
48. Still/Here
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
49. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Loie Fuller
Nijinsky
50. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
George Balanchine
Paul Taylor