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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. In love with Carlotta Grisi
Milhaud
Leon Bakst
Margaret Sanger
Theophile Gautier
2. Played Swanilda in Coppelia
Philip Taglioni
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
3. First female ballet choreographer of the 20th century
Margaret Sanger
Busby Berkeley
Mary Wigman
Nijinska
4. Composer for 'The Afternoon of a Faun'
Anton Dolin
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
5. Still/Here
Debussy
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
6. Eccentric individualist/American choreographer -embraced experimental approaches such as silence
Balanchine
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Twyla Tharp
7. Teaches people can do whatever they want choreographically as long as you explain your proces
Robert Ellis Dunn
Busby Berkeley
Jules Perrot
Ginger Rogers
8. Choreographed Deeply There in 1988 in response to the AIDS epidemic
Nijinska
Louis Horst
Doris Humphrey
Joe Goode
9. One act ballets - Narrative had adult emotions
Margaret Sanger
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Anna Pavlova
10. Leading dancer/choreographer for Ballet Russe
Fokine
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
Folkine - Nijinsky
11. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' - 'My Fair Lady' - and 'Camelot'
Hanya Holm
Nijinska
Ruth St. Denis
Folkine - Nijinsky
12. Considered the greatest male dancer of the romantic era
Charles Weidman
Rudolph Nureyev
Jules Perrot
Jose Limon
13. Choreographed Lion King
Alvin Ailey
Pilobolus
Fred Astaire
Garth Fagan
14. Invented the structure of the classic pas de deux
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Doris Humphrey
15. Writer of Giselle
Ivanov
Balanchine
Bill T. Jones
Theophile Gautier
16. Known for her 'Pagan' style of dance
Theophile Gautier
Fanny Elssler
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
17. AVANT GARDE -CHOREOGRAPHED AUREOLE
Paul Taylor
Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
Arthur Saint-Leon
18. Brought ballet to Paris
Diaghilev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Saint-Leon
19. Greatest contribution was his Kinetographic Laban (Labanotation) - a primary movement notation still used in dance today
Busby Berkeley
Lucien Petipa
Rudolph Laban
Alwin Nikolais
20. Apollo - 1928
Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
21. Launched careers of 5 great choreographers
Lucien Petipa
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Diaghilev
22. Professional tennis player Who was known for using ballet skills on the court
Suzanne Linglor
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
George Balanchine
23. D Man in the Water
Bill T. Jones
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
Debussy
24. Pioneer of modern dance in Germany
Mary Wigman
Leon Bakst
August Bournonville
Balanchine
25. Credited for innovation of expressionist dance
Mary Wigman
Philip Taglioni
Balanchine
Massine
26. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Paul Taylor
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Louis Horst
27. Director/founder of Ballet Russe
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Mary Wigman
28. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
Fokine
Anton Dolin
29. Defected from Russia to US -Greatest danseur of the 20th century.
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
30. Chance dance' - focusing on the dance itself and was not interested in telling a story (fliped a coin)
Pilobolus
Jean Coralli
Merce Cunningham
Bill T. Jones
31. Four Temperaments
Debussy
Alwin Nikolais
Balanchine
Lucien Petipa
32. Wrote against male dancers
Massine
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
33. Horeography didn't necessarily go with music - simply occupied at the same place and time -
Theophile Gautier
Robert Ellis Dunn
Merce Cunningham
Debussy
34. Choreographed La Sylphide
Balanchine
Pilobolus
Philip Taglioni
Louis Horst
35. Dancing couple that portrayed the American Depression Modern Style
Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ivanov
36. Noted for his use of African elements
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
37. REBELLED AGAINST IDEA THAT DANCE HAD TO HAVE MEANING
Debussy
Merce Cunningham
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. Brought ballet to the common person
Anna Pavlova
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
George Balanchine
Massine
39. Choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova
Busby Berkeley
Fokine
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
40. The art of making dances - 1959
Doris Humphrey
Milhaud
Bill T. Jones
Jean Coralli
41. Known for two ballet styles of Symphonic ballet: comedic and satirical
Massine
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
42. La Spectre de la Rose
Arthur Mitchell
Ginger Rogers
Folkine - Nijinsky
Pilobolus
43. Danced in Berkeley's movies - First movie dancing star of 1930's 42nd street led to her success
Marie Taglioni
Ruby Keeler
Massine
Nijinsky
44. Pelvic contraction and release
Debussy
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
45. Acts of Light
Charles Weidman
Fokine
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
46. PRINCIPLE OF FALL AND RECOVERY - KINETIC PANTOMIME
Charles Weidman
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
Robert Joffrey
47. Afternoon of a Faun
Hanya Holm
Nijinsky
Louis Horst
Charles Didelot
48. Visual artist who did much of the scenery for Ballet Russe
Mary Wigman
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Bill T. Jones
49. Modern dance company that started in 1971
Pilobolus
Anna Pavlova
Nijinska
Mary Wigman
50. Impressionist music
Debussy
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev