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Dance Famous People
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1. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Philip Taglioni
2. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Suzanne Linglor
Marie Taglioni
Massine
3. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
4. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
5. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
6. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Fokine
7. Still/Here
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
8. Acts of Light
Bill T. Jones
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
9. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
Lincoln Kirstein
10. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
11. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
12. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
13. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
14. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
15. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
Mary Wigman
16. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Milhaud
Lucien Petipa
17. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Leon Bakst
Paul Taylor
Massine
Pilobolus
18. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Diaghilev
Fanny Elssler
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
19. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
20. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
21. Known for brilliant divertissments
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
22. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Rudolph Laban
Twyla Tharp
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
23. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Nijinska
Milhaud
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
24. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Balanchine
Massine
Ginger Rogers
Milhaud
25. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
26. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Fokine
Louis Horst
Lucien Petipa
27. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Jose Limon
Ruby Keeler
28. Apollo - 1928
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
29. Petrouchka
Fred Astaire
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
30. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
31. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
32. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Fanny Elssler
33. Writer of Giselle
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
34. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Robert Joffrey
Milhaud
Anna Pavlova
Busby Berkeley
35. First lady of modern dance
Ivanov
Ruth St. Denis
Twyla Tharp
Nijinska
36. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Dr. Louis Vernon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
Massine
37. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
George Balanchine
38. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
Ivanov
Martha Graham
39. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Leon Bakst
Massine
40. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
George Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
41. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
42. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Debussy
43. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Alwin Nikolais
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
Massine
44. Brought ballet to the common person
Charles Weidman
Anna Pavlova
Folkine - Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
45. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bill T. Jones
46. Choreographed Coppelia
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
47. D Man in the Water
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
48. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Baptiste Lande
Milhaud
49. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Robert Joffrey
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
50. Pelvic contraction and release
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Louis Horst