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Choose a famous person from the approved list below and discuss the following details:

· The personal history of the person:

Where they were born, when they were born, education, dance training, marriages/relation- ships, etc.

· What changes to the culture or changes to the art world were credited to this person?

· What (if any) effect did they have on religion and politics?

· What dance style did they create? What effect did this style have on society or the dance world?

· Who influenced this person? Who did this person influence?

For this paper you will not need headings other than the paper’s main heading on the first page.

Approved individuals:

Ted Shawn Ruth St. Denis

Martha Graham Isadora Duncan Tatsumi Hijikata Kazuo Ono

Raymundo Irineu Serra Mikhail Baryshnikov Gregory Hines

Gene Kelly Fred Astair Ginger Rogers Savion Glover

George Balanchine Michel Fokine Enrico Cecchetti Anna Soklov Anna Pavlova

Alvin Ailey

Sitting Bull (Jumping Badger) Shirley Temple

Akaji Maro and his Butoh Company, Dai Rakuda Kan

Okuni and her Creation of Kabuki Dance Theater

Wovoka (Jack Wilson) and the Ghost Dance Cult

Jean Georges Noverre Rudolf Nureyev Sammy Davis, Jr.

Michael Jackson Patrick Swayze