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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. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
2. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
Mary Wigman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
3. African astheic choreography
Arthur Saint-Leon
Folkine - Nijinsky
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
4. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
Massine
Pilobolus
5. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Louis Horst
Busby Berkeley
Balanchine
Charles Didelot
6. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Garth Fagan
7. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
8. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
9. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
10. Impressionist music
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
Balanchine
Massine
11. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Fred Astaire
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
12. 1st Albrecht
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
Paul Taylor
13. Noted for his use of African elements
Alvin Ailey
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
14. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
15. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Martha Graham
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Charles Didelot
16. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Theophile Gautier
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
Nijinska
17. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
Robert Joffrey
Fred Astaire
18. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
19. Father of classical ballet
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
20. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Milhaud
21. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Debussy
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
Loie Fuller
22. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
23. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Massine
Jules Perrot
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Weidman
24. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Bill T. Jones
Folkine - Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
25. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Milhaud
Fokine
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
26. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
27. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Jules Perrot
28. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Garth Fagan
Anna Pavlova
Alvin Ailey
29. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
30. Afternoon of a Faun
Louis Horst
Marie Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
Nijinsky
31. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Paul Taylor
32. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire
Robert Ellis Dunn
33. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
34. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Ruth St. Denis
Garth Fagan
Robert Ellis Dunn
Louis Horst
35. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
Jules Perrot
36. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Debussy
Balanchine
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
37. La Spectre de la Rose
Rudolph Nureyev
Alwin Nikolais
Folkine - Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
38. Choreographed Lion King
Balanchine
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Garth Fagan
39. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Marie Taglioni
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Massine
40. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Jose Limon
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
41. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
42. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Baptiste Lande
43. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Jean Coralli
44. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
Leon Bakst
45. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Doris Humphrey
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Rudolph Laban
46. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Charles Weidman
47. Choreographed Jeux
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
48. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Charles Didelot
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
49. Agon - 1957
Nijinsky
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
50. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Ivanov
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm