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Dance Famous People
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1. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
2. Financed Balanchine to come to US - helped found New York City Ballet - served as general director
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Ginger Rogers
Balanchine
3. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Fokine
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
4. Choreographed Jeux
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
5. Movement in hips
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
6. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
7. D Man in the Water
Arthur Saint-Leon
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Debussy
8. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Massine
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
Philip Taglioni
9. Co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
Jean Coralli
Balanchine
George Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
10. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Jose Limon
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Nureyev
Merce Cunningham
11. Choreographed La Sylphide
Fokine
Nijinska
Philip Taglioni
Ivanov
12. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
13. Acts of Light
Fokine
Milhaud
Jose Limon
Martha Graham
14. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
15. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Fokine
Milhaud
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
16. Noted for his use of African elements
Arthur Mitchell
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
17. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
Rudolph Nureyev
Joe Goode
18. Writer of Giselle
Rudolph Nureyev
Joe Goode
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
19. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
20. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Alwin Nikolais
Debussy
Margaret Sanger
Merce Cunningham
21. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Robert Joffrey
Alvin Ailey
Balanchine
Nijinska
22. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Bill T. Jones
Nijinsky
Charles Weidman
Fokine
23. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint-Leon
Busby Berkeley
24. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Joffrey
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
25. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Anton Dolin
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
26. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Jean Coralli
Loie Fuller
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
27. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
28. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
August Bournonville
29. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Massine
Alvin Ailey
30. Known for brilliant divertissments
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint-Leon
31. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Fred Astaire
Jean Baptiste Lande
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
32. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Loie Fuller
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
33. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
34. African American modern Dance choreographer
Busby Berkeley
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Hanya Holm
35. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Martha Graham
Pilobolus
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
36. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Dr. Louis Vernon
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint-Leon
Robert Ellis Dunn
37. United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Marius Petipa
Doris Humphrey
Margaret Sanger
Diaghilev
38. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Pilobolus
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
39. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Anton Dolin
Balanchine
40. Brought ballet to Paris
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Massine
41. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Fred Astaire
Balanchine
Ivanov
Joe Goode
42. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
43. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Fanny Elssler
Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Nijinsky
44. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Dr. Louis Vernon
45. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Massine
Alwin Nikolais
46. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Nijinska
Marie Taglioni
Folkine - Nijinsky
Mary Wigman
47. Apollo - 1928
Fokine
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
48. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
Garth Fagan
Marius Petipa
49. Wrote against male dancers
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
50. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Balanchine