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Dance Famous People
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1. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
Anton Dolin
2. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
Leon Bakst
3. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Louis Horst
Jose Limon
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
4. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Mary Wigman
Theophile Gautier
5. Movement in hips
Joe Goode
Massine
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
6. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
7. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Suzanne Linglor
8. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
Anna Pavlova
9. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Louis Horst
10. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Nijinsky
Massine
Rudolph Laban
Ruth St. Denis
11. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Leon Bakst
Charles Didelot
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
12. Acts of Light
Rudolph Laban
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
Debussy
13. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Twyla Tharp
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
14. EVERYDAY DANCE MOVES INSPIRED FROM REAL LIFE
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
15. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
Philip Taglioni
Leon Bakst
16. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Martha Graham
Lincoln Kirstein
Theophile Gautier
Pilobolus
17. Brought ballet to Paris
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
18. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
19. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Debussy
Anton Dolin
Lucien Petipa
Pilobolus
20. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Didelot
Ruth St. Denis
Mary Wigman
21. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni
Milhaud
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
22. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Massine
Diaghilev
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
23. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
24. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Fokine
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
25. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Ginger Rogers
Ivanov
Diaghilev
26. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
27. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Fokine
Suzanne Linglor
Jose Limon
Paul Taylor
28. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Charles Didelot
Fred Astaire
Paul Taylor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
29. D Man in the Water
Margaret Sanger
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
30. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Fokine
Busby Berkeley
Merce Cunningham
Joe Goode
31. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
32. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
33. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Fanny Elssler
34. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Milhaud
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Hanya Holm
35. Choreographed Coppelia
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint-Leon
Paul Taylor
Rudolph Nureyev
36. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Diaghilev
Paul Taylor
August Bournonville
Debussy
37. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Pilobolus
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
38. African astheic choreography
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
Charles Didelot
Balanchine
39. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
Rudolph Laban
Arthur Saint-Leon
40. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Ginger Rogers
Busby Berkeley
41. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
42. Father of classical ballet
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Marius Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
43. Known for brilliant divertissments
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Philip Taglioni
Lincoln Kirstein
44. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
Jose Limon
Anna Pavlova
45. 1st Albrecht
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
Lucien Petipa
Robert Ellis Dunn
46. Four Temperaments
Ruth St. Denis
Theophile Gautier
Balanchine
Leon Bakst
47. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Balanchine
Debussy
Nijinsky
48. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Doris Humphrey
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
49. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
50. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Diaghilev
Bill T. Jones