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Dance Famous People
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1. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
Ruby Keeler
2. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
Balanchine
3. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
4. Choreographed Lion King
Garth Fagan
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
5. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Jules Perrot
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
Charles Didelot
6. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
Loie Fuller
Milhaud
7. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Charles Didelot
Ruby Keeler
August Bournonville
8. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
9. Brought ballet to Paris
Jose Limon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Balanchine
Diaghilev
10. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
11. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Garth Fagan
Margaret Sanger
Jean Baptiste Lande
12. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mary Wigman
13. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Massine
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
14. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Ruth St. Denis
Garth Fagan
George Balanchine
15. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
16. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
17. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Bill T. Jones
Anna Pavlova
Theophile Gautier
Massine
18. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Theophile Gautier
Lincoln Kirstein
Philip Taglioni
Diaghilev
19. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
20. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Debussy
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
21. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot
Fokine
22. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Busby Berkeley
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
23. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
24. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Theophile Gautier
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
25. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
26. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Suzanne Linglor
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
27. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Suzanne Linglor
Lincoln Kirstein
Balanchine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
28. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Charles Weidman
Margaret Sanger
Ginger Rogers
Nijinska
29. African American modern Dance choreographer
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Bill T. Jones
30. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Fokine
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
31. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Marius Petipa
32. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Fokine
Fred Astaire
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
33. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Charles Didelot
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
34. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Jean Baptiste Lande
Balanchine
Milhaud
Ginger Rogers
35. Noted for his use of African elements
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Suzanne Linglor
36. Choreographed La Sylphide
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
37. Impressionist music
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
Debussy
Pilobolus
38. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marie Taglioni
39. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Fokine
40. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Jean Baptiste Lande
41. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Ginger Rogers
Robert Joffrey
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
42. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
43. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
44. Writer of Giselle
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
45. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
Lincoln Kirstein
46. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Fokine
Fred Astaire
47. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Busby Berkeley
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
Ruby Keeler
48. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Charles Weidman
Massine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
49. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Joe Goode
Marius Petipa
Folkine - Nijinsky
Loie Fuller
50. La Spectre de la Rose
Merce Cunningham
Folkine - Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
Robert Joffrey
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