SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Dance Famous People
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Marie Taglioni
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
2. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Fanny Elssler
3. Afternoon of a Faun
Busby Berkeley
Margaret Sanger
Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
4. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Martha Graham
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
5. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Nijinsky
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
6. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Suzanne Linglor
Lucien Petipa
7. Named the mother of modern dance
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mary Wigman
8. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Dr. Louis Vernon
Doris Humphrey
9. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Ivanov
10. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
11. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
George Balanchine
12. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Suzanne Linglor
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
13. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
14. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
15. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Nijinska
Lincoln Kirstein
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
16. Wrote against male dancers
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. 1st Albrecht
Ginger Rogers
Charles Weidman
Lucien Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
18. Known for brilliant divertissments
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Hanya Holm
Massine
Paul Taylor
Lincoln Kirstein
20. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
August Bournonville
Margaret Sanger
21. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
22. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Alvin Ailey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
Theophile Gautier
23. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
24. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
August Bournonville
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
Garth Fagan
25. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
26. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
27. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
Ginger Rogers
28. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
29. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
Suzanne Linglor
30. Acts of Light
Ruby Keeler
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
Martha Graham
31. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
32. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
Charles Weidman
33. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Louis Horst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Leon Bakst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
34. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Rudolph Nureyev
Margaret Sanger
Doris Humphrey
Louis Horst
35. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Debussy
36. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Jean Coralli
37. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Loie Fuller
Bill T. Jones
38. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Marie Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
Ruby Keeler
Robert Joffrey
40. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
41. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Margaret Sanger
Mary Wigman
August Bournonville
Pilobolus
42. Father of classical ballet
Jose Limon
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
43. Choreographed Coppelia
Martha Graham
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
44. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
45. African astheic choreography
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Debussy
46. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
47. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
48. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Paul Taylor
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
49. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Diaghilev
Ivanov
50. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Ginger Rogers
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman