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Dance Famous People
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1. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Fanny Elssler
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
3. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Charles Didelot
Nijinska
August Bournonville
Margaret Sanger
4. Afternoon of a Faun
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Nijinsky
Debussy
5. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
Lincoln Kirstein
6. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
7. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Hanya Holm
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
8. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Louis Horst
9. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
10. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Garth Fagan
Fokine
August Bournonville
Jules Perrot
11. 1st Albrecht
Busby Berkeley
Lucien Petipa
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
12. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
13. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
14. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
15. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
16. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
Doris Humphrey
17. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Busby Berkeley
18. Choreographed La Sylphide
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Philip Taglioni
Balanchine
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
20. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Ivanov
Charles Weidman
21. Choreographed Jeux
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Ruby Keeler
Folkine - Nijinsky
22. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Milhaud
Suzanne Linglor
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
23. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa
24. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Nijinsky
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Jean Baptiste Lande
25. La Spectre de la Rose
Mary Wigman
Folkine - Nijinsky
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
26. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
27. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Lucien Petipa
Milhaud
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
28. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
29. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Folkine - Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
30. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Loie Fuller
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
Ginger Rogers
31. African astheic choreography
Arthur Saint-Leon
Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Joe Goode
32. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Lincoln Kirstein
33. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Pilobolus
Rudolph Laban
Fokine
Mary Wigman
34. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Ivanov
35. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Joe Goode
36. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
Louis Horst
Merce Cunningham
37. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Paul Taylor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Theophile Gautier
Ruby Keeler
38. Choreographed Coppelia
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
39. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Arthur Mitchell
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
40. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Martha Graham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Garth Fagan
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
41. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
42. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Fokine
43. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
Jose Limon
44. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
45. Brought ballet to the common person
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
46. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Fanny Elssler
47. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Jules Perrot
48. African American modern Dance choreographer
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Jean Baptiste Lande
49. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
Twyla Tharp
50. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Ivanov
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot