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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. 1st Albrecht
Charles Weidman
Mary Wigman
Margaret Sanger
Lucien Petipa
2. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Charles Weidman
3. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
Charles Didelot
4. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jose Limon
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
Fokine
5. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
Ruby Keeler
6. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Pilobolus
Dr. Louis Vernon
Joe Goode
Jules Perrot
7. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Busby Berkeley
Charles Weidman
Margaret Sanger
Fokine
8. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
Martha Graham
Nijinska
9. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
10. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
11. Brought ballet to Paris
Suzanne Linglor
Folkine - Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
12. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Pilobolus
Loie Fuller
Alvin Ailey
13. The art of making dances - 1959
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
George Balanchine
14. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
Debussy
15. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
16. Petrouchka
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Charles Didelot
Massine
17. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Fred Astaire
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
Nijinska
18. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Rudolph Nureyev
Jose Limon
Fokine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
19. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Ginger Rogers
20. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Joe Goode
21. Still/Here
Robert Joffrey
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Laban
22. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Dr. Louis Vernon
23. Noted for his use of African elements
Balanchine
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
24. Agon - 1957
Debussy
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
25. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
Jean Baptiste Lande
26. African astheic choreography
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
27. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Jean Coralli
28. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
29. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Fokine
Joe Goode
Marie Taglioni
Loie Fuller
30. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Diaghilev
Diaghilev
Pilobolus
Marius Petipa
31. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
32. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Ivanov
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
33. Known for brilliant divertissments
Rudolph Laban
Suzanne Linglor
Joe Goode
Arthur Saint-Leon
34. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
35. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
Fanny Elssler
36. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mikhail Baryshnikov
37. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
38. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
39. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Theophile Gautier
Jose Limon
Paul Taylor
Doris Humphrey
40. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
41. Movement in hips
Fred Astaire
Jose Limon
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
42. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Margaret Sanger
43. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
44. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
45. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
August Bournonville
46. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Fanny Elssler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
47. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
48. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fanny Elssler
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
49. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Mary Wigman
50. Rite of Spring
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Nijinsky