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Dance Famous People
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1. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Paul Taylor
2. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Arthur Saint-Leon
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Mary Wigman
3. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Ivanov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
5. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
6. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
7. Father of classical ballet
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Laban
8. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
9. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Paul Taylor
10. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
11. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Folkine - Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
12. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
Charles Weidman
Debussy
13. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Ivanov
August Bournonville
14. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alwin Nikolais
15. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Alvin Ailey
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
16. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Anna Pavlova
Pilobolus
Anton Dolin
Alwin Nikolais
17. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
18. D Man in the Water
Merce Cunningham
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
19. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Joe Goode
Philip Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
20. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jules Perrot
Fred Astaire
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
21. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Debussy
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
22. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Jean Baptiste Lande
23. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Garth Fagan
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
24. Four Temperaments
Alwin Nikolais
Leon Bakst
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
25. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Fokine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Marie Taglioni
26. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
27. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
28. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
Anna Pavlova
Margaret Sanger
29. Choreographed Lion King
Alvin Ailey
Garth Fagan
Milhaud
Pilobolus
30. Brought ballet to the common person
Marius Petipa
Twyla Tharp
Anna Pavlova
August Bournonville
31. Apollo - 1928
Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
Louis Horst
32. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
33. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Balanchine
34. Petrouchka
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Laban
35. Acts of Light
Balanchine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Paul Taylor
36. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pilobolus
37. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
38. Noted for his use of African elements
Ruth St. Denis
Folkine - Nijinsky
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
39. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
40. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Pilobolus
Joe Goode
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
41. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
Fred Astaire
Ruby Keeler
42. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
43. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Milhaud
44. Rite of Spring
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Twyla Tharp
45. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Suzanne Linglor
Hanya Holm
46. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Marie Taglioni
47. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
48. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
49. Known for brilliant divertissments
Martha Graham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
50. African American modern Dance choreographer
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
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