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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alvin Ailey
2. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinsky
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
3. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Marius Petipa
4. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Suzanne Linglor
Margaret Sanger
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
5. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Balanchine
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
6. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
7. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Twyla Tharp
Lincoln Kirstein
Anna Pavlova
Margaret Sanger
8. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Garth Fagan
Massine
Louis Horst
9. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
August Bournonville
Alwin Nikolais
10. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
11. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Mary Wigman
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
12. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Marius Petipa
Massine
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
13. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
14. Named the mother of modern dance
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Lucien Petipa
Mary Wigman
15. Still/Here
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fanny Elssler
16. Acts of Light
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Debussy
Arthur Saint-Leon
Martha Graham
17. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
18. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Loie Fuller
Bill T. Jones
19. Known for brilliant divertissments
Fanny Elssler
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
20. First lady of modern dance
Debussy
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
21. Petrouchka
Rudolph Laban
Leon Bakst
Fokine
Doris Humphrey
22. African astheic choreography
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Laban
Nijinska
Balanchine
23. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
24. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Jean Coralli
25. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
26. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
27. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
28. Starred in Prince of Whales
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Dolin
29. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Nureyev
30. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
Fanny Elssler
31. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
32. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
Ruth St. Denis
33. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Folkine - Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
Theophile Gautier
34. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
George Balanchine
35. Choreographed Coppelia
George Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
36. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Ruby Keeler
37. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Pilobolus
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
Anna Pavlova
38. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Jules Perrot
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler
39. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Massine
40. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
41. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Rudolph Nureyev
Busby Berkeley
Lincoln Kirstein
Jules Perrot
42. Choreographed Lion King
Folkine - Nijinsky
Suzanne Linglor
Diaghilev
Garth Fagan
43. Noted for his use of African elements
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
44. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Lincoln Kirstein
45. Brought ballet to the common person
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Weidman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
46. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
Debussy
47. Impressionist music
Debussy
August Bournonville
Anna Pavlova
Balanchine
48. Afternoon of a Faun
Paul Taylor
Leon Bakst
Fokine
Nijinsky
49. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Debussy
Martha Graham
Ivanov
Fokine
50. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Rudolph Laban
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell