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Dance Famous People
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1. Brought ballet to Paris
Theophile Gautier
Diaghilev
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
2. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Balanchine
Massine
Bill T. Jones
3. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
George Balanchine
Martha Graham
4. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Mary Wigman
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Leon Bakst
5. Movement in hips
Massine
Charles Weidman
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
6. Choreographed Coppelia
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
7. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Nijinska
8. Choregraphed (the sleeping beauty and nutcracker - swan lake)
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
Marius Petipa
9. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Balanchine
Balanchine
Milhaud
Marie Taglioni
10. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Marie Taglioni
Fokine
Balanchine
Jules Perrot
11. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Bill T. Jones
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Coralli
Jean Jacques Rousseau
12. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rudolph Nureyev
Suzanne Linglor
Charles Didelot
13. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
Debussy
14. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Robert Joffrey
Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
Twyla Tharp
15. Acts of Light
Fokine
Fred Astaire
Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
16. African American modern Dance choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Suzanne Linglor
Alvin Ailey
17. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
August Bournonville
Rudolph Nureyev
18. Choreographed Lion King
Nijinska
Margaret Sanger
Debussy
Garth Fagan
19. Impressionist music
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
20. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Balanchine
Joe Goode
21. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Ruth St. Denis
Busby Berkeley
22. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
23. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Martha Graham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Margaret Sanger
24. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
25. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Debussy
Fanny Elssler
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
26. La Spectre de la Rose
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Folkine - Nijinsky
Garth Fagan
27. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Massine
Fokine
Debussy
28. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
29. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Ruth St. Denis
August Bournonville
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinsky
30. Still/Here
Nijinska
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
31. Rite of Spring
Twyla Tharp
Jean Coralli
Theophile Gautier
Nijinsky
32. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Anna Pavlova
Alwin Nikolais
Marie Taglioni
33. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Philip Taglioni
Jean Coralli
Debussy
Massine
34. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
Louis Horst
35. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
36. Noted for his use of African elements
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
37. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Garth Fagan
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
Bill T. Jones
38. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
Massine
Garth Fagan
39. Known for brilliant divertissments
Jules Perrot
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev
Robert Joffrey
40. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
41. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Merce Cunningham
42. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
43. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Margaret Sanger
Diaghilev
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
44. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Jose Limon
Diaghilev
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
45. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
46. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Pilobolus
47. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Milhaud
Suzanne Linglor
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
48. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ivanov
Mary Wigman
49. Pelvic contraction and release
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
Pilobolus
Jean Coralli
50. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Ruby Keeler
Alwin Nikolais
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot