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Dance Famous People
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1. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Nureyev
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
2. Introduced flying wires - raised the standard of pointe work
Charles Didelot
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
3. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
4. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Fanny Elssler
Mary Wigman
Busby Berkeley
Ruby Keeler
5. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
Robert Joffrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
6. First lady of modern dance
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
7. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
Lucien Petipa
8. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Folkine - Nijinsky
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Garth Fagan
9. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Coralli
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Hanya Holm
10. Afternoon of a Faun
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
Nijinsky
11. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Philip Taglioni
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
12. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
Suzanne Linglor
13. African astheic choreography
Bill T. Jones
Robert Ellis Dunn
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
14. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
Ivanov
George Balanchine
15. Writer of Giselle
Theophile Gautier
Margaret Sanger
Marius Petipa
Bill T. Jones
16. Choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutracker & Swan Lake
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Saint-Leon
Ivanov
August Bournonville
17. Agon - 1957
Leon Bakst
Balanchine
Ruth St. Denis
Jean Jacques Rousseau
18. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Mary Wigman
Lucien Petipa
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
19. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Debussy
Lincoln Kirstein
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
20. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Bill T. Jones
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Marius Petipa
21. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
22. Petrouchka
Fokine
Pilobolus
Leon Bakst
Robert Joffrey
23. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Massine
24. La Spectre de la Rose
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Arthur Saint-Leon
Folkine - Nijinsky
25. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
Debussy
26. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
27. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Pilobolus
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
28. Brought ballet to the common person
Fanny Elssler
Ruby Keeler
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
29. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
30. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
Balanchine
31. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Philip Taglioni
Busby Berkeley
Massine
George Balanchine
32. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Joffrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Hanya Holm
33. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Fokine
Fred Astaire
Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
34. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Folkine - Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Milhaud
Busby Berkeley
35. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
36. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Alwin Nikolais
38. Pelvic contraction and release
Charles Didelot
Nijinska
Alwin Nikolais
Louis Horst
39. Brought ballet to Paris
Nijinsky
Hanya Holm
Diaghilev
Balanchine
40. The art of making dances - 1959
August Bournonville
Pilobolus
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
41. Named the mother of modern dance
Paul Taylor
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
42. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Doris Humphrey
Ivanov
Paul Taylor
Dr. Louis Vernon
43. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
Ruth St. Denis
44. Father of Russian ballet
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Didelot
Jules Perrot
Theophile Gautier
45. Starred in Prince of Whales
Martha Graham
Jose Limon
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
46. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
47. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Rudolph Nureyev
Leon Bakst
Philip Taglioni
Mikhail Baryshnikov
48. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
49. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Leon Bakst
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
50. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Loie Fuller
Dr. Louis Vernon
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