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Dance Famous People
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1. D Man in the Water
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ivanov
2. Choreographed Jeux
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinsky
3. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
4. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
5. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
6. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Massine
Merce Cunningham
7. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Ivanov
Massine
Jules Perrot
Jose Limon
8. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Anton Dolin
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
9. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Fred Astaire
August Bournonville
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
10. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Anton Dolin
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Nijinsky
11. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Laban
Alvin Ailey
12. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Rudolph Nureyev
Marie Taglioni
Mary Wigman
13. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
14. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Laban
Diaghilev
15. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
16. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
17. Noted for his use of African elements
Margaret Sanger
Marius Petipa
Joe Goode
Alvin Ailey
18. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Twyla Tharp
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
19. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
20. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Pilobolus
Nijinska
Charles Didelot
Jean Jacques Rousseau
21. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
22. Known for brilliant divertissments
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
23. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
24. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Massine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
25. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Leon Bakst
Doris Humphrey
Louis Horst
Debussy
26. Petrouchka
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
27. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Charles Weidman
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
28. Acts of Light
Pilobolus
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Jean Jacques Rousseau
29. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
30. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Fred Astaire
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
31. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
32. Choreographed Coppelia
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
33. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Margaret Sanger
Fanny Elssler
Robert Joffrey
Alwin Nikolais
34. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
35. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Martha Graham
36. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Fanny Elssler
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
37. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Louis Horst
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
Martha Graham
38. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Massine
39. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
40. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
August Bournonville
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Leon Bakst
41. Writer of Giselle
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
42. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Loie Fuller
43. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Fanny Elssler
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Jean Baptiste Lande
44. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Joe Goode
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
45. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
George Balanchine
Ginger Rogers
Fokine
Diaghilev
46. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Arthur Mitchell
Ginger Rogers
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
47. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
48. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fanny Elssler
Ginger Rogers
49. Brought ballet to the common person
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
50. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
Marie Taglioni
Dr. Louis Vernon