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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. Petrouchka
Fokine
Joe Goode
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
Twyla Tharp
Mary Wigman
3. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
4. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
5. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Didelot
6. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Joe Goode
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
7. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
8. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Alwin Nikolais
Rudolph Laban
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
9. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Anton Dolin
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
10. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Jean Coralli
Martha Graham
Garth Fagan
11. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marie Taglioni
12. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
13. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Garth Fagan
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Diaghilev
14. La Spectre de la Rose
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
Folkine - Nijinsky
15. Noted for his use of African elements
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
16. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Laban
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ivanov
17. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
18. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
19. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Anton Dolin
Philip Taglioni
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
20. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
21. Father of Russian ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
Garth Fagan
Charles Didelot
22. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
Anton Dolin
23. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Milhaud
24. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
25. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Arthur Mitchell
Philip Taglioni
Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
26. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
27. 1st Albrecht
Marius Petipa
Lucien Petipa
Ginger Rogers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
28. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Twyla Tharp
George Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
29. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
30. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Paul Taylor
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
Diaghilev
31. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alvin Ailey
32. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Debussy
Arthur Mitchell
33. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
Jose Limon
34. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
35. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Busby Berkeley
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
36. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Joe Goode
Pilobolus
Theophile Gautier
37. Choreographed Lion King
Pilobolus
Garth Fagan
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
38. Starred in Prince of Whales
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
39. Still/Here
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
40. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Philip Taglioni
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
Suzanne Linglor
41. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Fanny Elssler
Paul Taylor
Fokine
Marius Petipa
42. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
43. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Paul Taylor
Margaret Sanger
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
44. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
45. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
46. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Hanya Holm
Leon Bakst
Anton Dolin
Massine
47. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
48. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
49. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
Loie Fuller
Alvin Ailey
50. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm