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Dance Famous People
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1. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
Suzanne Linglor
Paul Taylor
2. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
3. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fokine
4. African astheic choreography
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
5. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Philip Taglioni
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
6. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Dr. Louis Vernon
Loie Fuller
Jean Coralli
7. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
August Bournonville
Marius Petipa
8. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
9. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Balanchine
10. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
Loie Fuller
11. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Anna Pavlova
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
12. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Arthur Saint-Leon
Leon Bakst
Joe Goode
Theophile Gautier
13. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Anna Pavlova
Marius Petipa
14. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
15. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Didelot
16. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Fred Astaire
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Suzanne Linglor
17. 1st Albrecht
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Lucien Petipa
18. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Merce Cunningham
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
19. Writer of Giselle
Margaret Sanger
Jules Perrot
Twyla Tharp
Theophile Gautier
20. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
21. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
22. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
23. Father of Russian ballet
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mary Wigman
24. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Nijinska
Debussy
Charles Weidman
25. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Fred Astaire
Rudolph Nureyev
26. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Nijinska
27. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
28. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Loie Fuller
Massine
29. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
Leon Bakst
30. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Nijinska
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
31. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
32. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
33. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
34. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
35. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Suzanne Linglor
Louis Horst
Massine
Bill T. Jones
36. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinsky
37. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Martha Graham
Arthur Mitchell
38. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Charles Weidman
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Coralli
40. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
41. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
42. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
43. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Lucien Petipa
44. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Jean Coralli
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
45. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
Charles Weidman
46. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Marius Petipa
47. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
48. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fred Astaire
49. Petrouchka
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
50. Movement in hips
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell