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Dance Famous People
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1. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
2. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Robert Ellis Dunn
Debussy
Louis Horst
Theophile Gautier
3. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Twyla Tharp
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
4. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
Arthur Mitchell
5. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Ruth St. Denis
Doris Humphrey
Charles Weidman
Balanchine
6. African American modern Dance choreographer
August Bournonville
Nijinsky
Bill T. Jones
Garth Fagan
7. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Louis Horst
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Bill T. Jones
8. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Ruby Keeler
Nijinska
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
9. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
Fokine
10. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinsky
11. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
12. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Merce Cunningham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruby Keeler
Jules Perrot
13. African astheic choreography
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
Balanchine
14. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Marius Petipa
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinska
Martha Graham
15. Petrouchka
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
16. Starred in Prince of Whales
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
17. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Robert Joffrey
Fanny Elssler
Fred Astaire
Merce Cunningham
18. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Jules Perrot
Diaghilev
Fokine
19. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
20. Choreographed Lion King
August Bournonville
Mary Wigman
Pilobolus
Garth Fagan
21. Still/Here
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Marie Taglioni
22. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
23. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Busby Berkeley
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
Jean Jacques Rousseau
24. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
25. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
26. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
27. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
Jose Limon
28. Pelvic contraction and release
Debussy
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
Nijinska
29. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
Ruby Keeler
30. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Louis Horst
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
31. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
Margaret Sanger
32. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
33. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Rudolph Laban
Busby Berkeley
Lincoln Kirstein
Jules Perrot
34. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jules Perrot
Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
35. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lucien Petipa
36. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Lucien Petipa
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
37. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Fokine
Nijinska
Ivanov
Nijinsky
38. Noted for his use of African elements
Merce Cunningham
Massine
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
39. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
40. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Lincoln Kirstein
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
41. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Margaret Sanger
Bill T. Jones
Busby Berkeley
42. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Charles Weidman
Nijinska
Nijinsky
43. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Anna Pavlova
Busby Berkeley
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
44. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fokine
45. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
Paul Taylor
Debussy
46. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
August Bournonville
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
47. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
48. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Jean Baptiste Lande
Nijinska
49. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Anna Pavlova
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
Arthur Mitchell
50. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Balanchine
Folkine - Nijinsky
Ruby Keeler
Pilobolus