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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. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
Pilobolus
Ginger Rogers
2. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Milhaud
Joe Goode
Louis Horst
Margaret Sanger
3. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Jules Perrot
Robert Joffrey
Ivanov
August Bournonville
4. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Anna Pavlova
Ruby Keeler
Jules Perrot
Debussy
5. Rite of Spring
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
6. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Balanchine
Massine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Philip Taglioni
7. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Mary Wigman
8. Acts of Light
Massine
Ivanov
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
9. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Fokine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alwin Nikolais
Robert Ellis Dunn
10. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Pilobolus
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
Jules Perrot
11. Known for brilliant divertissments
Arthur Saint-Leon
Milhaud
Diaghilev
Balanchine
12. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Leon Bakst
Twyla Tharp
Debussy
Rudolph Laban
13. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Massine
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
14. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Mary Wigman
Debussy
15. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Fanny Elssler
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Ivanov
16. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
George Balanchine
Nijinska
Balanchine
Arthur Saint-Leon
17. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Pilobolus
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
18. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Anton Dolin
19. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Nijinska
20. La Spectre de la Rose
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Arthur Mitchell
Folkine - Nijinsky
21. First lady of modern dance
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
22. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Margaret Sanger
Hanya Holm
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Nureyev
23. Noted for his use of African elements
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Massine
24. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire
25. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Arthur Saint-Leon
Margaret Sanger
26. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Debussy
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
Dr. Louis Vernon
27. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinska
28. Wrote against male dancers
George Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Mitchell
29. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Lucien Petipa
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
30. Impressionist music
Debussy
Suzanne Linglor
Louis Horst
Anton Dolin
31. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Alwin Nikolais
32. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
Anton Dolin
Anton Dolin
33. Choreographed La Sylphide
Alwin Nikolais
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Mary Wigman
34. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Diaghilev
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
35. Starred in Prince of Whales
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
Fanny Elssler
36. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Rudolph Laban
Dr. Louis Vernon
Suzanne Linglor
Fred Astaire
37. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Ivanov
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Arthur Saint-Leon
38. Brought ballet to the common person
Arthur Saint-Leon
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Charles Weidman
39. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
40. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Louis Horst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. Movement in hips
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
42. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
43. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Suzanne Linglor
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
44. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Jose Limon
Milhaud
Nijinsky
45. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Robert Joffrey
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Louis Horst
46. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
47. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Fred Astaire
Jean Baptiste Lande
Folkine - Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
48. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Jose Limon
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
49. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
50. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
Fanny Elssler