People

Question 1

Pierre Beauchamps

Answer 1

Contributed to the development of ballet, including the five basic positions of the feet
Ballet tutor of King Louis of France

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Marie Taglioni

Answer 2

Italian ballet dancer whose fragile, delicate dancing typified the early 19th century Romantic style

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Marius Petipa

Answer 3

Dancer and choreographer at the Mariinsky Theatre

Influence on modern classical russian ballet

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August Bournonville

Answer 4

Dancer and choreographer
Directed the Royal Ballet
Established the danish style

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Lev Ivanov

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Russian ballet dancer
Choreographic assistant to Marius Petipa
Choreographer of the Imperial Russian Ballet
Specialized in character roles in St. Petersburg
Based his work on the structure and emotional content of the musical score

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Enrico Cecchetti

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Founded the cecchetti method

Danced for the Imperial Ballet

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Anna Pavlova

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Russian ballerina

Most celebrated dancer of her time

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Mikhail Barshnikov

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Preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970’s-1980’s

Noted dance director

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George Balanchine

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Works include The Nutcracker and Don Quixote

A pioneer in choreography for film and musical theatre