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Dance Famous People
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1. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Nijinsky
August Bournonville
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
2. Turned profits by slashing salaries of ballerinas so jockey club friends could have them as mistresses
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
Dr. Louis Vernon
Paul Taylor
3. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Fokine
Louis Horst
Rudolph Laban
Jean Baptiste Lande
4. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Balanchine
Ivanov
Fokine
Pilobolus
5. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Milhaud
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
6. Rite of Spring
Nijinsky
Marius Petipa
Lucien Petipa
Fokine
7. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marie Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
Suzanne Linglor
8. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
9. Experimental filmmaker/movie director
Jules Perrot
Busby Berkeley
Marie Taglioni
Hanya Holm
10. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Rudolph Laban
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
11. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Joe Goode
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
Fred Astaire
12. Defected from Russia and asked for political asylum in Paris
Louis Horst
Diaghilev
Ginger Rogers
Rudolph Nureyev
13. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Ginger Rogers
Milhaud
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
14. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Coralli
Ginger Rogers
Charles Weidman
15. 1st Albrecht
Jules Perrot
Lucien Petipa
Alwin Nikolais
Doris Humphrey
16. The art of making dances - 1959
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
Balanchine
Paul Taylor
17. Choreographed La Sylphide
Philip Taglioni
Garth Fagan
Debussy
Jules Perrot
18. Afternoon of a Faun
Ginger Rogers
Nijinsky
Fokine
Fanny Elssler
19. Acts of Light
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
George Balanchine
Martha Graham
20. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
Marius Petipa
Jean Jacques Rousseau
21. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Ginger Rogers
Charles Didelot
22. Choreographed Lion King
Mary Wigman
Balanchine
Garth Fagan
Rudolph Nureyev
23. Died of AIDS -created his own company
Doris Humphrey
Robert Joffrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Doris Humphrey
24. Noted for his use of African elements
Charles Weidman
Alvin Ailey
Joe Goode
Doris Humphrey
25. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Bill T. Jones
Diaghilev
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
26. Choreographed Coppelia
Twyla Tharp
Ivanov
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
27. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
28. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Doris Humphrey
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
29. Father of classical ballet
Marius Petipa
Milhaud
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
30. Sleeping Beauty (1912)- very expensive and unsuccessful
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
Pilobolus
Doris Humphrey
31. Pelvic contraction and release
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
32. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Marius Petipa
33. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Theophile Gautier
Arthur Saint-Leon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
34. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Massine
Debussy
Diaghilev
35. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Massine
Marius Petipa
36. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Margaret Sanger
Diaghilev
Folkine - Nijinsky
Paul Taylor
37. Musician who had an impact on Modern Dance -Created choreography at Merce Cunningham's Studio
Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Twyla Tharp
Charles Didelot
38. Directed the Paris Opera until he died from AIDS 1993
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Nureyev
Balanchine
Garth Fagan
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Pilobolus
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
Charles Didelot
40. He was a 'quadruple threat' he created the choreography - the lighting - the costumes and the music all himself -Tensile Involvement
Balanchine
Balanchine
Fokine
Alwin Nikolais
41. Father of Russian ballet
Diaghilev
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
42. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Balanchine
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Massine
43. Still/Here
Robert Joffrey
Fokine
Anton Dolin
Bill T. Jones
44. La Spectre de la Rose
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ginger Rogers
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
45. Designed costumes and set of Afternoon of a Faune
Massine
Jean Coralli
Massine
Leon Bakst
46. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer
Jose Limon
Ivanov
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
47. Impressionist music
Arthur Saint-Leon
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
48. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Balanchine
Debussy
Rudolph Nureyev
Jose Limon
49. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Alvin Ailey
Milhaud
Philip Taglioni
50. Choreographed Giselle but not given credit
Philip Taglioni
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot