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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Lion King
Jean Coralli
Garth Fagan
Jean Baptiste Lande
Dr. Louis Vernon
2. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Nijinska
Anna Pavlova
Massine
Jules Perrot
3. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Balanchine
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
4. Petrouchka
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
Jules Perrot
5. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Theophile Gautier
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
6. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Anton Dolin
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
7. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Jules Perrot
Marius Petipa
Leon Bakst
Charles Weidman
8. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Massine
August Bournonville
Balanchine
Balanchine
9. La Spectre de la Rose
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
Jules Perrot
Folkine - Nijinsky
10. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Anton Dolin
Massine
Fred Astaire
Ivanov
11. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Alwin Nikolais
12. Starred in Prince of Whales
Ivanov
Jean Baptiste Lande
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
13. Four Temperaments
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
14. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
15. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
16. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Ginger Rogers
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
17. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Ruby Keeler
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
18. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
Ginger Rogers
19. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Fokine
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
20. D Man in the Water
Rudolph Nureyev
Fanny Elssler
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
21. Choreographed Coppelia
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Arthur Saint-Leon
22. Noted for his use of African elements
Jean Coralli
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
23. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Arthur Mitchell
Alwin Nikolais
Mary Wigman
Margaret Sanger
24. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
Ruth St. Denis
Milhaud
25. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
Diaghilev
Charles Didelot
26. Movement in hips
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
Doris Humphrey
27. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Fred Astaire
Jose Limon
Hanya Holm
Rudolph Nureyev
28. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Ruth St. Denis
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
Jules Perrot
29. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Coralli
30. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Mitchell
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Twyla Tharp
31. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Mitchell
Busby Berkeley
Nijinska
32. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
33. The art of making dances - 1959
Jose Limon
Debussy
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
34. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Philip Taglioni
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anna Pavlova
Doris Humphrey
35. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Robert Ellis Dunn
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
36. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Joe Goode
Rudolph Laban
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
37. Rite of Spring
Jules Perrot
Massine
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
38. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Robert Joffrey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marius Petipa
39. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
40. Brought ballet to the common person
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
August Bournonville
Anna Pavlova
41. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
Marius Petipa
42. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
43. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Ruby Keeler
Diaghilev
Nijinska
Martha Graham
44. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
45. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
46. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Hanya Holm
Lucien Petipa
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
47. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Ginger Rogers
Debussy
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
48. Impressionist music
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Debussy
Anton Dolin
49. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
Fokine
50. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
Margaret Sanger
Marie Taglioni