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Dance Famous People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Petrouchka
Pilobolus
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
2. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Folkine - Nijinsky
Merce Cunningham
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
3. Named the mother of modern dance
Mary Wigman
Fokine
Pilobolus
Merce Cunningham
4. Afternoon of a Faun
Ginger Rogers
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Martha Graham
5. Performed Monkshood Farewell
Pilobolus
Marius Petipa
Paul Taylor
Milhaud
6. Becomes chief ballet master after Petipa
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
Ivanov
7. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Nijinsky
8. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Bill T. Jones
Balanchine
Nijinsky
Rudolph Laban
9. Choreographed 'Revelations'
Anton Dolin
Nijinska
Alvin Ailey
Robert Ellis Dunn
10. First black man (hired by Balanchine to perform at NYCB) to break race barrier
Milhaud
Twyla Tharp
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
11. Fall and recovery' technique-dancers learned to be proficient in balancing and ceding to the pull of gravity.
Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
12. One of the most prolific jazz composers of the 20th century
Dr. Louis Vernon
Bill T. Jones
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
13. First lady of modern dance
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Arthur Mitchell
Balanchine
14. Apollo - 1928
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
Balanchine
Suzanne Linglor
15. La Spectre de la Rose
Philip Taglioni
Debussy
Folkine - Nijinsky
Arthur Saint-Leon
16. Points in Space -Composer: John Cage(partner) -Taught by Martha Graham
Philip Taglioni
Rudolph Laban
Merce Cunningham
Balanchine
17. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
Arthur Mitchell
Margaret Sanger
18. Choreographed Jeux
Nijinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fred Astaire
Bill T. Jones
19. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
20. Director of St. Petersburg Ballet School in 1738
Alwin Nikolais
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ivanov
Paul Taylor
21. Impressionist music
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Debussy
August Bournonville
22. His theory of 'decentrailization' involved inhibiting the dancer with abstract props and costumes so that the dancer could discover themselves.
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
Marie Taglioni
Martha Graham
23. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Balanchine
Philip Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Pilobolus
24. Starred in Prince of Whales
Garth Fagan
Anton Dolin
Fokine
Jose Limon
25. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
26. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
27. Listed as choreographer of Giselle because He was widely respected
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Coralli
Arthur Mitchell
Bill T. Jones
28. Pelvic contraction and release
Marius Petipa
Lincoln Kirstein
Louis Horst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
29. Liked to use special effects (mirrors) and many dancers for complex kaleidoscope figures - created the 'dancing camera' effect and monorail
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
30. French - Composed music for Le Train Bleu
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Fokine
31. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Balanchine
Fred Astaire
32. Combined spiritual with the theatrical
Debussy
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Ruth St. Denis
33. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German dance to U.S. but Americanized her technique.
Hanya Holm
Debussy
Garth Fagan
Louis Horst
34. Brought ballet to Paris
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
Diaghilev
Jules Perrot
35. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Philip Taglioni
Balanchine
Joe Goode
Balanchine
36. Wrote autobiography Confessions
Balanchine
Charles Weidman
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philip Taglioni
37. 1st Albrecht
Lucien Petipa
Nijinska
Nijinska
Anton Dolin
38. The art of making dances - 1959
Marius Petipa
Loie Fuller
Doris Humphrey
Lucien Petipa
39. Wrote against male dancers
Mary Wigman
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
40. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Loie Fuller
Leon Bakst
Suzanne Linglor
Doris Humphrey
41. Founded American Dance Theater in New York City
Alvin Ailey
Merce Cunningham
Nijinsky
Diaghilev
42. Developed new ways to use light and movement in her choreography
Ginger Rogers
Doris Humphrey
Loie Fuller
Lincoln Kirstein
43. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
44. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Louis Horst
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint-Leon
45. Choreographed Parade & Three-Cornered Hat
Fokine
Massine
Doris Humphrey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
46. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Diaghilev
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
47. Noted for his use of African elements
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
48. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Doris Humphrey
Suzanne Linglor
Pilobolus
Nijinska
49. First male dancer to make an impression in U.S.
Diaghilev
Mary Wigman
Rudolph Nureyev
Fred Astaire
50. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Philip Taglioni
Marius Petipa
Louis Horst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi