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Dance Famous People
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1. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Arthur Saint-Leon
2. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
3. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
4. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
5. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
Leon Bakst
6. Brought ballet to Paris
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
7. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Doris Humphrey
Twyla Tharp
Robert Joffrey
Fanny Elssler
8. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Anton Dolin
Loie Fuller
9. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
10. Starred in Prince of Whales
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
11. Agon - 1957
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
12. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Suzanne Linglor
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
13. Afternoon of a Faun
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Massine
14. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Balanchine
Ivanov
Robert Joffrey
Pilobolus
15. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Nijinska
Dr. Louis Vernon
Mary Wigman
Jose Limon
16. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alvin Ailey
17. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Fokine
18. Brought ballet to the common person
Balanchine
Philip Taglioni
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
19. Noted for his use of African elements
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
20. Movement in hips
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
21. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinsky
22. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
23. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
24. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
25. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
26. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
27. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
Jean Baptiste Lande
28. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Nijinsky
Charles Didelot
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
29. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Dr. Louis Vernon
Doris Humphrey
Philip Taglioni
Marie Taglioni
30. Four Temperaments
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Ivanov
31. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Busby Berkeley
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
32. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jose Limon
Jean Coralli
33. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Ivanov
Ivanov
Lucien Petipa
Hanya Holm
34. 1st Albrecht
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
Loie Fuller
35. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Folkine - Nijinsky
Marie Taglioni
36. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
37. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Laban
38. African astheic choreography
Rudolph Laban
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Nijinska
39. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Pilobolus
August Bournonville
Hanya Holm
Alwin Nikolais
40. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Diaghilev
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
41. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Massine
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
42. Choreographed Lion King
Pilobolus
Lincoln Kirstein
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
43. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Debussy
44. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
45. La Spectre de la Rose
Jose Limon
Leon Bakst
Folkine - Nijinsky
Debussy
46. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Lucien Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
47. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Busby Berkeley
Margaret Sanger
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
48. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
Louis Horst
49. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
Hanya Holm
50. Apollo - 1928
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Nijinsky