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Dance Famous People
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1. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
2. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Twyla Tharp
3. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Philip Taglioni
Paul Taylor
Folkine - Nijinsky
4. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Lucien Petipa
Pilobolus
Arthur Saint-Leon
Joe Goode
5. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Merce Cunningham
Charles Didelot
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
6. Afternoon of a Faun
Ginger Rogers
August Bournonville
Nijinsky
Fokine
7. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
8. Petrouchka
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Pilobolus
Fokine
Philip Taglioni
9. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Dr. Louis Vernon
Leon Bakst
10. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire
Massine
Nijinsky
11. Choreographed Jeux
Massine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joe Goode
Nijinsky
12. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Lucien Petipa
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint-Leon
13. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Louis Horst
Mary Wigman
Jules Perrot
Milhaud
14. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fanny Elssler
Diaghilev
Marie Taglioni
15. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Massine
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
Merce Cunningham
16. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
August Bournonville
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
Arthur Saint-Leon
18. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Massine
Anton Dolin
Loie Fuller
19. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
20. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Bill T. Jones
Anna Pavlova
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
21. Impressionist music
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
Massine
Debussy
22. Movement in hips
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Mitchell
Fred Astaire
Theophile Gautier
23. Father of Russian ballet
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Fred Astaire
Charles Didelot
24. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Rudolph Nureyev
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
25. Choreographed Coppelia
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint-Leon
Mary Wigman
Robert Ellis Dunn
26. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
27. 1st Albrecht
Arthur Saint-Leon
Margaret Sanger
Merce Cunningham
Lucien Petipa
28. Apollo - 1928
Alwin Nikolais
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
Balanchine
29. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Theophile Gautier
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
Twyla Tharp
30. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Mitchell
31. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Arthur Saint-Leon
Philip Taglioni
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dr. Louis Vernon
32. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Doris Humphrey
Alwin Nikolais
33. Father of classical ballet
Nijinsky
Debussy
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
34. Brought ballet to Paris
Busby Berkeley
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
35. Choreographed Lion King
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
36. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Charles Didelot
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
Louis Horst
37. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Ivanov
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
Rudolph Laban
38. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Robert Joffrey
Lucien Petipa
Marius Petipa
39. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
40. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
41. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
42. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Twyla Tharp
Charles Weidman
Leon Bakst
Paul Taylor
43. Starred in Prince of Whales
Nijinsky
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
Rudolph Laban
44. African American modern Dance choreographer
Debussy
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
Jean Coralli
45. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
46. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
Milhaud
47. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Hanya Holm
Folkine - Nijinsky
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
48. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
49. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Paul Taylor
50. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst