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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Still/Here
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
Robert Joffrey
2. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Laban
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
3. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Marius Petipa
Martha Graham
Robert Joffrey
4. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
5. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
6. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinsky
7. Writer of Giselle
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
8. Brought ballet to Paris
Fred Astaire
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
9. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Anton Dolin
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Rudolph Nureyev
10. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire
Alwin Nikolais
11. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
12. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham
Busby Berkeley
13. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
14. African American modern Dance choreographer
George Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Garth Fagan
15. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Massine
Arthur Saint-Leon
16. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Garth Fagan
Alvin Ailey
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
17. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
18. Choreographed Lion King
Rudolph Nureyev
Joe Goode
Garth Fagan
Nijinsky
19. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Fokine
20. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Fanny Elssler
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
21. Wrote against male dancers
Alwin Nikolais
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Paul Taylor
22. Afternoon of a Faun
Rudolph Laban
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinsky
23. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Garth Fagan
Martha Graham
August Bournonville
24. Agon - 1957
Alwin Nikolais
Suzanne Linglor
Balanchine
Marie Taglioni
25. Pelvic contraction and release
Ruth St. Denis
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
26. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Coralli
27. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Fanny Elssler
Doris Humphrey
Ruby Keeler
Charles Didelot
28. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Diaghilev
Margaret Sanger
George Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
29. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
30. Four Temperaments
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
31. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Lucien Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
32. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Lucien Petipa
Massine
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
33. Petrouchka
Pilobolus
Fokine
Jules Perrot
Balanchine
34. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
35. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
36. Known for brilliant divertissments
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Debussy
Mary Wigman
Nijinsky
Balanchine
38. La Spectre de la Rose
Busby Berkeley
Folkine - Nijinsky
Pilobolus
August Bournonville
39. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Charles Weidman
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
40. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Arthur Saint-Leon
Loie Fuller
Twyla Tharp
Debussy
41. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
42. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Loie Fuller
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
Fokine
43. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
Leon Bakst
44. Choreographed Jeux
Ruby Keeler
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
45. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Bill T. Jones
Nijinska
Martha Graham
Rudolph Nureyev
46. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
47. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Ginger Rogers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Charles Didelot
48. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Charles Didelot
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
49. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Suzanne Linglor
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
50. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Jose Limon
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus