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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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1. Rite of Spring
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
2. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Lucien Petipa
Jose Limon
August Bournonville
3. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
Arthur Mitchell
4. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Twyla Tharp
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Fred Astaire
5. Impressionist music
George Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Jules Perrot
6. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Doris Humphrey
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
7. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Hanya Holm
Charles Didelot
Marie Taglioni
Debussy
8. Still/Here
Suzanne Linglor
Fred Astaire
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
9. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
10. Choreographed Jeux
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Suzanne Linglor
Nijinsky
11. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
Debussy
Marius Petipa
12. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Marius Petipa
13. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Lincoln Kirstein
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
14. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alwin Nikolais
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham
15. Brought ballet to Paris
Martha Graham
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
16. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Alwin Nikolais
Louis Horst
Rudolph Laban
Robert Joffrey
17. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Arthur Mitchell
Suzanne Linglor
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
18. Afternoon of a Faun
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
19. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Fred Astaire
Charles Weidman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Twyla Tharp
20. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Margaret Sanger
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
21. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Paul Taylor
22. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Suzanne Linglor
Marius Petipa
23. Petrouchka
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
24. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
25. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Jacques Rousseau
26. African American modern Dance choreographer
Lucien Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Garth Fagan
27. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Fred Astaire
28. Movement in hips
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Balanchine
29. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Arthur Mitchell
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
30. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Jose Limon
Rudolph Laban
31. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Nijinsky
George Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dr. Louis Vernon
32. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Folkine - Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
33. Four Temperaments
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
34. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Marius Petipa
Ginger Rogers
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
35. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
36. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Doris Humphrey
37. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Massine
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
38. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Bill T. Jones
Massine
Diaghilev
Jean Baptiste Lande
39. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rudolph Nureyev
40. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
41. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Ginger Rogers
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
Bill T. Jones
42. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
43. Known for brilliant divertissments
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
44. D Man in the Water
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
Bill T. Jones
45. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Lucien Petipa
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
46. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
47. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Ruth St. Denis
Ruby Keeler
George Balanchine
48. First lady of modern dance
Rudolph Laban
Ruth St. Denis
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
49. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Jose Limon
Joe Goode
50. Wrote against male dancers
Rudolph Laban
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud