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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Wrote against male dancers
Nijinsky
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
2. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Garth Fagan
Margaret Sanger
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
3. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Ruth St. Denis
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Diaghilev
Suzanne Linglor
5. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
George Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
6. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Debussy
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
7. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
8. Still/Here
Joe Goode
Ruby Keeler
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
9. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jules Perrot
10. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
11. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
Alwin Nikolais
12. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Paul Taylor
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinska
Jules Perrot
13. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Nijinsky
Nijinska
14. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Dr. Louis Vernon
Milhaud
Twyla Tharp
15. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Anton Dolin
16. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
17. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
18. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Garth Fagan
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
19. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jose Limon
Massine
Leon Bakst
20. African American modern Dance choreographer
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Charles Weidman
Jose Limon
21. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Pilobolus
August Bournonville
Rudolph Laban
Ginger Rogers
22. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
23. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
August Bournonville
Merce Cunningham
24. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Anton Dolin
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Hanya Holm
25. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Charles Didelot
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Debussy
26. Choreographed La Sylphide
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Philip Taglioni
27. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
28. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
29. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Marie Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
Debussy
30. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Louis Horst
Charles Didelot
31. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Nijinsky
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Fanny Elssler
32. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Milhaud
33. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Margaret Sanger
Suzanne Linglor
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
34. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
35. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Doris Humphrey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
36. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Bill T. Jones
Lincoln Kirstein
Debussy
Marius Petipa
37. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Massine
Lucien Petipa
38. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Ivanov
Nijinsky
39. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Nijinska
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
40. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
Twyla Tharp
Robert Joffrey
41. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
42. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Paul Taylor
43. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Pilobolus
Fokine
Nijinska
Martha Graham
44. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Martha Graham
Bill T. Jones
45. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Lincoln Kirstein
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
46. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
George Balanchine
47. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Jean Jacques Rousseau
48. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
49. Noted for his use of African elements
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Nijinsky
50. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
Balanchine
August Bournonville