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1940s-50s jive dance

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Jitterbug

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Defected from the Bolshoi Ballet in 1974

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Mikhail Baryshnikov (Misha)

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Defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1961

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Rudolph Nureyev

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Theater Baryshnikov directed from 1980-89

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American Ballet Theater

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

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Vaslav Nijinsky

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George Balanchine established this theater

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New York City Ballet

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British ballet theater

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Royal Ballet

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Joffrey Ballet’s current home

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Chicago

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St. Petersburg ballet theater

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Kirov

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Moscow Square ballet theater

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Bolshoi

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Peter Tschaikovsky ballets

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Swan Lake ;Sleeping Beauty

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other Stravinsky ballets (i.e. besides Petrushka)

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Firebird; The Rite of Spring

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1911 Igor Stravinsky puppet ballet

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Petrushka

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Andelusian (gypsy) dance

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Flamenco

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Sailor’s dance

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hornpipe

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British ballerina known as Margot Hookham

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Margot Fonteyn

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3/4 time Viennese dance

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Waltz

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Court dance of Louis XIV

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Minuet

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“Vulgar” French dance

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Can Can

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20
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Tango relative

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Mambo

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21
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Italian dance

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Tarantella

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22
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Spanish dance with castanets

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Fandango

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23
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Spanish dance with one hand over head

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Bolero

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Polish national dance

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Mazurka

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Cuban line dance
Conga
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Brazilian dances
Lambada and Samba
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Bohemian dance
Polka
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English-Irish dance
Jig
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Argentine (seductive) dance
Tango
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Court dance
Pavan
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_Dying Swan_ ballerina
Anna Pavlova
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Ballet move extending one leg straight back 90 degrees
Arabesque
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Ballet move bending at the knee
Plié
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Number of classical ballet positions
Five
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Radio City Music Hall dancers
Rockettes
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Denishawn Dance school founders
Ted Shawn and Ruth st. Denis
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_The Tap Dance Kid_ star
Savion Glover
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_Dance Party_ host
Arthur Murray
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Fred Astaire's sister
Adele Astaire
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_Top Hat_ and _The Gay Divorcee_ dancer
Fred Astaire
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Famous burlesque stripper
Gypsy Rose Lee
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Famous fan dancer
Sally Rand
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Black St. Louis born dancer who lived in France
Josephine Baker
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Tap dancer who danced with Shirley Temple
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
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Ballerina who defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1970
Natalia Makarova
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Singin' in the Rain dancer and choreographer
Gene Kelly
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Ballet dance for two
Pas de deux
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Classic 1948 ballet film
_The Red Shoes_
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_West Side Story_ and _Fiddler on the Roof_ choreographer
Jerome Robbins
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Choreographer of _Rodeo_ and _Oklahoma!_
Agnes de Mille
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_Appalachian Spring_ choreographer
Martha Graham
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Vernon Castle's ballroom dancing partner
Irene (Foote) Castle
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movie _Hair_ choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Maria Tallchief's husband
George Balanchine
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_Afternoon of a Faun_ choreographer
Vaslav Nijinsky
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Chicago Ballet founder
Maria Tallchief
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American Dance Theater founder
Alvin Ailey
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Moscow School of Dance founder
Isadora Duncan
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Native Amerian ballerinas from Oklahoma
Maria and Marjorie Tallchief
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Impressario who founded Ballet Russe
Sergei Diaghilev
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_Grand Hotel_ choreographer
Tommy Tune

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