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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
Jules Perrot
2. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
3. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
Pilobolus
4. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Lincoln Kirstein
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
5. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Debussy
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Nijinska
6. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Alwin Nikolais
Rudolph Nureyev
Martha Graham
Nijinska
7. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Debussy
Twyla Tharp
8. Choreographed Lion King
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Garth Fagan
Massine
9. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
10. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
11. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
12. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
13. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Folkine - Nijinsky
14. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Jules Perrot
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
15. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
Balanchine
16. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Leon Bakst
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
17. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Suzanne Linglor
18. African astheic choreography
Balanchine
Rudolph Laban
Doris Humphrey
Doris Humphrey
19. Choreographed La Sylphide
Milhaud
Lucien Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Dr. Louis Vernon
20. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Pilobolus
Suzanne Linglor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jules Perrot
21. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
22. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
Lincoln Kirstein
23. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
August Bournonville
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
24. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Fanny Elssler
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Busby Berkeley
25. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Leon Bakst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
26. Wrote against male dancers
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
Theophile Gautier
27. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Marius Petipa
Jean Baptiste Lande
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
28. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
George Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
Lucien Petipa
Merce Cunningham
29. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman
30. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
31. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
Pilobolus
32. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Louis Horst
Margaret Sanger
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
33. Rite of Spring
Balanchine
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinsky
34. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
George Balanchine
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
35. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Jean Coralli
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
36. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Fred Astaire
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Alwin Nikolais
37. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Merce Cunningham
38. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
Leon Bakst
39. Brought ballet to Paris
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
40. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Massine
Bill T. Jones
41. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Alwin Nikolais
Mikhail Baryshnikov
42. Choreographed Jeux
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Nijinska
43. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
44. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Folkine - Nijinsky
45. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
Alwin Nikolais
Paul Taylor
46. Acts of Light
Martha Graham
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Mary Wigman
47. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Pilobolus
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
48. Movement in hips
Debussy
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Saint-Leon
Paul Taylor
49. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Charles Weidman
Arthur Mitchell
50. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Ivanov
Robert Joffrey
Jose Limon
Busby Berkeley