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Dance Organizations and Their Founders

Description: This quiz will test your knowledge about the founders of various dance organizations.
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Who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater?

  1. Alvin Ailey

  2. Judith Jamison

  3. Carmen de Lavallade

  4. Pearl Primus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alvin Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958.

Who founded the Martha Graham Dance Company?

  1. Martha Graham

  2. Erick Hawkins

  3. Merce Cunningham

  4. Paul Taylor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Martha Graham founded the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1926.

Who founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company?

  1. Merce Cunningham

  2. John Cage

  3. Robert Rauschenberg

  4. Jasper Johns


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Merce Cunningham founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1953.

Who founded the Paul Taylor Dance Company?

  1. Paul Taylor

  2. Carolyn Brown

  3. Daniel Nagrin

  4. Bettie de Jong


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Paul Taylor founded the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954.

Who founded the Joffrey Ballet?

  1. Robert Joffrey

  2. Gerald Arpino

  3. Rudolf Nureyev

  4. Mikhail Baryshnikov


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Robert Joffrey founded the Joffrey Ballet in 1956.

Who founded the American Ballet Theatre?

  1. Lincoln Kirstein

  2. George Balanchine

  3. Jerome Robbins

  4. Antony Tudor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lincoln Kirstein founded the American Ballet Theatre in 1939.

Who founded the New York City Ballet?

  1. George Balanchine

  2. Jerome Robbins

  3. Lincoln Kirstein

  4. Peter Martins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

George Balanchine founded the New York City Ballet in 1948.

Who founded the San Francisco Ballet?

  1. Lew Christensen

  2. William Christensen

  3. Harold Christensen

  4. Val Caniparoli


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lew Christensen founded the San Francisco Ballet in 1933.

Who founded the Boston Ballet?

  1. E. Virginia Williams

  2. George Balanchine

  3. Jerome Robbins

  4. Mikko Nissinen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

E. Virginia Williams founded the Boston Ballet in 1963.

Who founded the Pennsylvania Ballet?

  1. Barbara Weisberger

  2. Benjamin Harkarvy

  3. Robert Weiss

  4. Angel Corella


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Barbara Weisberger founded the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1963.

Who founded the Houston Ballet?

  1. Nina Youshkevitch

  2. James Clouser

  3. Stanton Welch

  4. Christopher Bruce


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nina Youshkevitch founded the Houston Ballet in 1955.

Who founded the Pacific Northwest Ballet?

  1. Kent Stowell

  2. Francia Russell

  3. Peter Boal

  4. Ronald Hynd


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kent Stowell founded the Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1972.

Who founded the Royal Ballet?

  1. Ninette de Valois

  2. Frederick Ashton

  3. Robert Helpmann

  4. Margot Fonteyn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ninette de Valois founded the Royal Ballet in 1931.

Who founded the Bolshoi Ballet?

  1. Yuri Grigorovich

  2. Maya Plisetskaya

  3. Rudolf Nureyev

  4. Mikhail Baryshnikov


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yuri Grigorovich founded the Bolshoi Ballet in 1964.

Who founded the Kirov Ballet?

  1. Marius Petipa

  2. Lev Ivanov

  3. George Balanchine

  4. Jerome Robbins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Marius Petipa founded the Kirov Ballet in 1869.

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