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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Theophile Gautier
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
2. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Massine
George Balanchine
Jules Perrot
Marie Taglioni
3. D Man in the Water
Marie Taglioni
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Nijinska
Jose Limon
Folkine - Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
5. Father of Russian ballet
Charles Didelot
Jose Limon
Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
6. Impressionist music
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Pilobolus
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
7. African American modern Dance choreographer
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
8. Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
Ivanov
Margaret Sanger
Anna Pavlova
9. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
10. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
Margaret Sanger
11. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Anna Pavlova
Fred Astaire
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
12. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Balanchine
Marie Taglioni
Ginger Rogers
Louis Horst
13. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
Joe Goode
August Bournonville
14. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joe Goode
Anton Dolin
15. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Jules Perrot
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
Ivanov
16. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
17. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
Loie Fuller
Dr. Louis Vernon
18. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Fokine
Massine
Pilobolus
Robert Ellis Dunn
19. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
Theophile Gautier
Jules Perrot
20. Still/Here
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Marie Taglioni
Charles Didelot
21. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Mary Wigman
Massine
Marius Petipa
Charles Weidman
22. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
Theophile Gautier
23. Choreographed Coppelia
Arthur Saint-Leon
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
Pilobolus
24. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Bill T. Jones
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
25. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
Fanny Elssler
Alwin Nikolais
26. Shortened skirt to show off pointe work - starred in La Sylphide
Martha Graham
Theophile Gautier
Marie Taglioni
Alwin Nikolais
27. Father of classical ballet
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
28. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Milhaud
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
29. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
Arthur Saint-Leon
Garth Fagan
30. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Laban
Ivanov
Jean Coralli
31. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Milhaud
32. Starred in Prince of Whales
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
Twyla Tharp
Marius Petipa
33. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Nijinsky
Jean Coralli
Pilobolus
Busby Berkeley
34. Apollo - 1928
Fokine
Balanchine
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
35. Noted for his use of African elements
Folkine - Nijinsky
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint-Leon
Alvin Ailey
36. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Ruth St. Denis
Alwin Nikolais
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Saint-Leon
37. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Alwin Nikolais
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
38. Named the mother of modern dance
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Jose Limon
39. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Ruth St. Denis
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
40. Class grew into Judson's Church Group
Robert Ellis Dunn
Marius Petipa
Debussy
Ginger Rogers
41. Choreographed Lion King
Martha Graham
Margaret Sanger
Garth Fagan
Balanchine
42. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Ivanov
Hanya Holm
Theophile Gautier
43. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Ivanov
Jules Perrot
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
44. Choreographed Jeux
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pilobolus
Nijinsky
45. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
46. 1st Albrecht
Rudolph Laban
Jean Coralli
Alvin Ailey
Lucien Petipa
47. Four Temperaments
Balanchine
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Rudolph Nureyev
48. The art of making dances - 1959
Robert Joffrey
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Margaret Sanger
49. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Ruby Keeler
Lincoln Kirstein
Diaghilev
Pilobolus
50. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Folkine - Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
Robert Joffrey