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Dance Famous People
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1. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Ruby Keeler
2. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Diaghilev
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
Jose Limon
3. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Doris Humphrey
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Martha Graham
4. Agon - 1957
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
5. Writer of Giselle
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
6. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Ruby Keeler
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
7. Apollo - 1928
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Jose Limon
Balanchine
8. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
9. Known for brilliant divertissments
Rudolph Nureyev
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
10. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Ruby Keeler
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
11. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Jose Limon
Massine
12. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Lucien Petipa
13. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Rudolph Laban
Fred Astaire
Debussy
Margaret Sanger
14. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
Debussy
Twyla Tharp
15. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Jean Coralli
16. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Leon Bakst
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
August Bournonville
17. Noted for his use of African elements
Jean Coralli
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
18. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Garth Fagan
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Merce Cunningham
19. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Jose Limon
Massine
20. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Debussy
21. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
22. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Massine
Milhaud
23. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
Arthur Mitchell
24. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
25. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
26. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
27. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Laban
Ivanov
Diaghilev
28. Choreographed Coppelia
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
29. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Anna Pavlova
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
30. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
31. Movement in hips
Fred Astaire
Arthur Mitchell
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Baptiste Lande
32. Afternoon of a Faun
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Balanchine
33. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Charles Weidman
Loie Fuller
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
34. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ginger Rogers
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
35. Impressionist music
Garth Fagan
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Margaret Sanger
36. The art of making dances - 1959
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
37. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
38. Starred in Prince of Whales
Anton Dolin
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
Robert Joffrey
39. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Louis Horst
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
40. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
41. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Margaret Sanger
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
August Bournonville
42. 1st Albrecht
Debussy
Lucien Petipa
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
43. African American modern Dance choreographer
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
44. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Suzanne Linglor
Arthur Saint-Leon
45. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Loie Fuller
46. La Spectre de la Rose
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
47. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Fanny Elssler
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
48. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Martha Graham
Dr. Louis Vernon
Merce Cunningham
Lincoln Kirstein
49. Acts of Light
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Dr. Louis Vernon
Paul Taylor
50. Choreographed Jeux
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Weidman
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
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