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1
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1940s-50s jive dance

A

Jitterbug

2
Q

Defected from the Bolshoi Ballet in 1974

A

Mikhail Baryshnikov (Misha)

3
Q

Defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1961

A

Rudolph Nureyev

4
Q

Theater Baryshnikov directed from 1980-89

A

American Ballet Theater

5
Q

Ukranian-born dancer who came to the U.S. in 1916

A

Vaslav Nijinsky

6
Q

George Balanchine established this theater

A

New York City Ballet

7
Q

British ballet theater

A

Royal Ballet

8
Q

Joffrey Ballet’s current home

A

Chicago

9
Q

St. Petersburg ballet theater

A

Kirov

10
Q

Moscow Square ballet theater

A

Bolshoi

11
Q

Peter Tschaikovsky ballets

A

Swan Lake ;Sleeping Beauty

12
Q

other Stravinsky ballets (i.e. besides Petrushka)

A

Firebird; The Rite of Spring

13
Q

1911 Igor Stravinsky puppet ballet

A

Petrushka

14
Q

Andelusian (gypsy) dance

A

Flamenco

15
Q

Sailor’s dance

A

hornpipe

16
Q

British ballerina known as Margot Hookham

A

Margot Fonteyn

17
Q

3/4 time Viennese dance

A

Waltz

18
Q

Court dance of Louis XIV

A

Minuet

19
Q

“Vulgar” French dance

A

Can Can

20
Q

Tango relative

A

Mambo

21
Q

Italian dance

A

Tarantella

22
Q

Spanish dance with castanets

A

Fandango

23
Q

Spanish dance with one hand over head

A

Bolero

24
Q

Polish national dance

A

Mazurka

25
Q

Cuban line dance

A

Conga

26
Q

Brazilian dances

A

Lambada and Samba

27
Q

Bohemian dance

A

Polka

28
Q

English-Irish dance

A

Jig

29
Q

Argentine (seductive) dance

A

Tango

30
Q

Court dance

A

Pavan

31
Q

Dying Swan ballerina

A

Anna Pavlova

32
Q

Ballet move extending one leg straight back 90 degrees

A

Arabesque

33
Q

Ballet move bending at the knee

A

Plié

34
Q

Number of classical ballet positions

A

Five

35
Q

Radio City Music Hall dancers

A

Rockettes

36
Q

Denishawn Dance school founders

A

Ted Shawn and Ruth st. Denis

37
Q

The Tap Dance Kid star

A

Savion Glover

38
Q

Dance Party host

A

Arthur Murray

39
Q

Fred Astaire’s sister

A

Adele Astaire

40
Q

Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee dancer

A

Fred Astaire

41
Q

Famous burlesque stripper

A

Gypsy Rose Lee

42
Q

Famous fan dancer

A

Sally Rand

43
Q

Black St. Louis born dancer who lived in France

A

Josephine Baker

44
Q

Tap dancer who danced with Shirley Temple

A

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

45
Q

Ballerina who defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1970

A

Natalia Makarova

46
Q

Singin’ in the Rain dancer and choreographer

A

Gene Kelly

47
Q

Ballet dance for two

A

Pas de deux

48
Q

Classic 1948 ballet film

A

The Red Shoes

49
Q

West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof choreographer

A

Jerome Robbins

50
Q

Choreographer of Rodeo and Oklahoma!

A

Agnes de Mille

51
Q

Appalachian Spring choreographer

A

Martha Graham

52
Q

Vernon Castle’s ballroom dancing partner

A

Irene (Foote) Castle

53
Q

movie Hair choreographer

A

Twyla Tharp

54
Q

Maria Tallchief’s husband

A

George Balanchine

55
Q

Afternoon of a Faun choreographer

A

Vaslav Nijinsky

56
Q

Chicago Ballet founder

A

Maria Tallchief

57
Q

American Dance Theater founder

A

Alvin Ailey

58
Q

Moscow School of Dance founder

A

Isadora Duncan

59
Q

Native Amerian ballerinas from Oklahoma

A

Maria and Marjorie Tallchief

60
Q

Impressario who founded Ballet Russe

A

Sergei Diaghilev

61
Q

Grand Hotel choreographer

A

Tommy Tune

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