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WorksheetsFamous Male Dancers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did George Balanchine receive the Kennedy Center Honors Award?
a)
1988
b)
1968
c)
1971
d)
1978
2.
Who was Fred Astaire's dance partner?
a)
Shirley Temple
b)
Gina Rogers
c)
Ginger Rogers
d)
Jennifer Rogers
3.
What city was the ballet company that George Balanchine worked for?
a)
Chicago
b)
Dallas
c)
New York
d)
New Orleans
4.
Who starred in the films White Knights and Turning Point
a)
George Balanchine
b)
Arthur Miller
c)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
d)
Alvin Ailey
5.
Michael Fokine create the "dying swan" role for who?
a)
Anna Klump
b)
Anna Pavlova
c)
Ginger Rogers
d)
Shirley Temple
6.
Najinsky retired from dance at what age?
a)
19
b)
16
c)
39
d)
29
7.
Who is Rudolf Nureyev best known for partnering with ?
a)
Dame Judy Dench
b)
Dame Anna Pavlova
c)
Dame Margot Fonteyn
d)
Dame Shirley Temple
8.
How many Hollywood motion pictures did Bojangles star in?
a)
14
b)
24
c)
34
d)
4
9.
Which one of these did Jerome Robbins choregraph
a)
Firebird
b)
In the Heights
c)
West Side Story
d)
Romeo & Juliet
10.
What year did Arthur Mitchell join the NYC ballet?
a)
1926
b)
1946
c)
1956
d)
1966
11.
What year did Bob Fosse win the Academy Award?
a)
1963
b)
1953
c)
1973
d)
1933
12.
What movie did Fosse win the award for?
a)
All That Jazz
b)
Firebird
c)
Cabaret
d)
Chicago
13.
Who founded the Dance Theater of Harlem
a)
George Balanchine
b)
Arthur Mitchell
c)
Alvin Ailey
d)
Jerome Robbins
14.
Who founded the American Dance Theater
a)
Alvin Ailey
b)
Arthur Mitchell
c)
Jerome Robbins
d)
George Balanchine
15.
This set of works was choreographed to African American spirituals
a)
Firebird
b)
All That Jazz
c)
Revelations
d)
Corinthians
16.
Jerome Robbins started his career dancing for who?
a)
Vaslav Najinksy
b)
Bojangles
c)
George Balanchine
d)
Arthur Mitchell
17.
If you saw Bojangles in a movie, who was usually by his side?
a)
Judy Garland
b)
Liza Minelli
c)
Shirley Temple
d)
Anna Pavlova
18.
What was of the name of the show Robbins first danced in
a)
Firebird
b)
All That Jazz
c)
Keep of the Grass
d)
Moulin Rouge
19.
Nijinsky was best known for his?
a)
Turns
b)
Leaps
c)
Hair
d)
Clothes
20.
Balanchine was born where?
a)
USA
b)
Greece
c)
Mexico
d)
Russia
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