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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
2. Apollo - 1928
Philip Taglioni
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
Fanny Elssler
3. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Busby Berkeley
Paul Taylor
Bill T. Jones
4. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
5. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
6. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Rudolph Nureyev
Marie Taglioni
Jules Perrot
Paul Taylor
7. Pelvic contraction and release
Dr. Louis Vernon
Anton Dolin
Arthur Saint-Leon
Louis Horst
8. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Twyla Tharp
Mary Wigman
9. Choreographed La Sylphide
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Philip Taglioni
10. Brought ballet to the common person
Nijinsky
Anna Pavlova
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marius Petipa
11. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Massine
Debussy
12. Named the mother of modern dance
Jose Limon
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Alwin Nikolais
13. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Ruby Keeler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
14. Choreographed Lion King
Theophile Gautier
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
Fred Astaire
15. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
16. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Lincoln Kirstein
Alvin Ailey
Twyla Tharp
Leon Bakst
17. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
18. Father of Russian ballet
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
Nijinska
19. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Milhaud
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
20. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Fred Astaire
Charles Didelot
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
21. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Jean Baptiste Lande
Merce Cunningham
22. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Jose Limon
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
23. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Robert Joffrey
Charles Weidman
Anna Pavlova
Alwin Nikolais
24. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Ginger Rogers
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Pilobolus
25. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
Massine
Busby Berkeley
26. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
27. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Garth Fagan
Robert Joffrey
28. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Pilobolus
Milhaud
Arthur Saint-Leon
29. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Paul Taylor
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
30. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
31. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Diaghilev
Loie Fuller
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
32. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Leon Bakst
Ginger Rogers
Pilobolus
Lincoln Kirstein
33. Agon - 1957
Jules Perrot
Ivanov
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
34. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
35. La Spectre de la Rose
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
36. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
August Bournonville
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mary Wigman
George Balanchine
37. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Marius Petipa
Robert Joffrey
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
38. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
39. Petrouchka
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Fokine
Marius Petipa
40. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
41. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
42. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Ivanov
Fokine
Jean Coralli
Louis Horst
43. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
44. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Massine
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
45. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Alvin Ailey
Ruby Keeler
Charles Weidman
Mary Wigman
46. First lady of modern dance
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
47. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
Jose Limon
48. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
Charles Weidman
49. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Ivanov
Pilobolus
50. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine