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Choreographers
YGK These Choreographers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First dancer invited to perform at the White House | Martha Graham |
| The "contraction" and "release" movement style developed by Martha Graham | Graham technique |
| Martha Graham's first major success and 1958 concert-length ballet | Clytemnestra |
| Two choreographers who were members of Martha Graham's namesake dance company | Merce Cunningham and Erick Hawkins |
| Choreographer of the four-minute ballet The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova | Michel Fokine |
| Source of the music for Michel Fokine's The Dying Swan | “The Swan” from The Carnival of the Animals |
| Early Michel Fokine work based on the music of Frédéric Chopin | Les Sylphides |
| Ballets Russes choreographer who mentored Vaslav Nijinsky and created Petrushka | Michel Fokine |
| Dancer and choreographer who debuted in the 1953 film Kiss Me Kate | Bob Fosse |
| Signature elements of Bob Fosse’s choreography style | Turned-in knees, rolled shoulders, and “jazz hands” |
| Musicals choreographed by Bob Fosse | The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Chicago, and Pippin |
| Bob Fosse film role described as a forerunner to Michael Jackson's dance style | The Snake in The Little Prince |
| Choreographer who conceived and directed the original West Side Story | Jerome Robbins |
| Jerome Robbins' breakthrough ballet about three sailors in New York City | Fancy Free |
| Broadway shows Jerome Robbins assisted as an uncredited “show doctor” | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Funny Girl |
| Founder of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) and the School of American Ballet | George Balanchine |
| The person who invited George Balanchine to the United States | Lincoln Kirstein |
| The holiday tradition George Balanchine established at the New York City Ballet | Annually staging The Nutcracker |
| First major star of the NYCB and Native American prima ballerina | Maria Tallchief |
| Greatest male dancer of his era who choreographed The Afternoon of a Faun | Vaslav Nijinsky |
| Mental health condition diagnosed in Vaslav Nijinsky in 1919 | Schizophrenia |
| Choreographer who formed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 | Alvin Ailey |
| Alvin Ailey’s best-known work based on his Texas upbringing | Revelations |
| The three parts of Alvin Ailey's Revelations | “Pilgrim of Sorrow,” “Take Me to the Water,” and “Move Members, Move” |
| The final number of Revelations that recreates a joyous church service | “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham” |
| Dance teacher to French King Louis XIV often credited with codifying the five basic feet positions | Pierre Beauchamp |
| The system of dance notation used until the late 1700s named for its creator | Beauchamp-Feuillet notation |
| Choreographer of Rodeo and the "dream ballet" in Oklahoma! | Agnes de Mille |
| Agnes de Mille ballet based on the life of Lizzie Borden | Fall River Legend |
| Creator of "crossover ballets" like Deuce Coupe and Push Comes to Shove | Twyla Tharp |
| Musical groups or artists whose music Twyla Tharp used for Broadway musicals | The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Frank Sinatra |
| Films Twyla Tharp collaborated on with director Milos Forman | Hair, Ragtime, and Amadeus |
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