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Dance Famous People
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1. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Diaghilev
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinska
2. Impressionist music
Margaret Sanger
Leon Bakst
Debussy
Doris Humphrey
3. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
4. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Ginger Rogers
5. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rudolph Nureyev
6. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Margaret Sanger
George Balanchine
Fokine
7. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Lucien Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Leon Bakst
8. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
Leon Bakst
9. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
Bill T. Jones
10. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
Jules Perrot
Fokine
11. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Garth Fagan
Charles Weidman
Bill T. Jones
12. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Theophile Gautier
Suzanne Linglor
Charles Didelot
Jose Limon
13. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Paul Taylor
14. Known for brilliant divertissments
Louis Horst
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
15. Choreographed Coppelia
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
16. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Massine
17. Choreographed Lion King
Fanny Elssler
Nijinska
Garth Fagan
Charles Weidman
18. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
19. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
20. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
Massine
21. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
22. Wrote against male dancers
Leon Bakst
Debussy
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
23. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ginger Rogers
24. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
25. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Jules Perrot
26. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
27. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Louis Horst
George Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
28. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
29. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
30. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruby Keeler
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
31. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
32. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
33. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
34. Father of classical ballet
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
35. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Alvin Ailey
George Balanchine
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
36. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Ivanov
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
37. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Alwin Nikolais
38. Four Temperaments
Diaghilev
Garth Fagan
Massine
Balanchine
39. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
40. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
41. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
42. Agon - 1957
Suzanne Linglor
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
43. The art of making dances - 1959
Twyla Tharp
Garth Fagan
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
44. In love with Carlotta Grisi
August Bournonville
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
Charles Weidman
45. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Marie Taglioni
Jean Jacques Rousseau
46. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
47. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Ellis Dunn
48. Movement in hips
Hanya Holm
Ginger Rogers
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Mitchell
49. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Debussy
Louis Horst
Milhaud
50. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
Ivanov