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Dance Famous People
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1. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
2. Choreographed Coppelia
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
3. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dr. Louis Vernon
4. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Fred Astaire
Jules Perrot
5. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
6. Starred in Prince of Whales
Lincoln Kirstein
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
7. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Loie Fuller
8. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Lincoln Kirstein
Bill T. Jones
9. Choreographed Lion King
Louis Horst
Garth Fagan
Twyla Tharp
Rudolph Nureyev
10. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
11. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Garth Fagan
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
12. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Margaret Sanger
13. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
14. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Marius Petipa
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
15. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Massine
Leon Bakst
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
16. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Loie Fuller
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
17. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Suzanne Linglor
Ivanov
18. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Jules Perrot
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
19. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Coralli
Suzanne Linglor
20. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
21. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
22. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
23. Father of classical ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
24. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Dr. Louis Vernon
Debussy
Diaghilev
Philip Taglioni
25. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Pilobolus
26. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Massine
George Balanchine
Joe Goode
Ruth St. Denis
27. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Hanya Holm
Charles Didelot
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
28. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
29. African American modern Dance choreographer
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Milhaud
30. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
George Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Debussy
31. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
Marius Petipa
Garth Fagan
32. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
August Bournonville
33. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Lucien Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
34. The art of making dances - 1959
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
35. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
36. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Mary Wigman
Twyla Tharp
Charles Didelot
Alvin Ailey
37. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Mary Wigman
George Balanchine
Folkine - Nijinsky
38. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Charles Weidman
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Twyla Tharp
39. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Paul Taylor
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
40. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
41. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Paul Taylor
Alwin Nikolais
42. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
43. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Charles Didelot
44. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
45. Brought ballet to the common person
Charles Weidman
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
Anna Pavlova
46. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
47. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
48. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
49. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
50. Four Temperaments
Ivanov
Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham