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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance






2. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm






3. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.






4. (1822-1910) created the first ballet that would later be classified as classical ballet. He also held the position of Ballet Master in Chief to the Imperial Tsar in 1869. created Don Quixote and La Bayadere and many other works. Though he did not cho






5. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play






6. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses






7. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.






8. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi






9. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring






10. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did






11. French composer; uses harmony to reinforce stasis; Prelude to Afternoon of a Fawn (half man - half goat - simulated masturbation); concert work that became a ballet






12. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.






13. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying






14. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem






15. Contemporary of Duncan's. Design orientation. Known for manipulation of costumes that would make flowing patterns and dance was non-emotional. Also did light design.






16. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts






17. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS






18. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)






19. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot






20. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered






21. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement






22. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer






23. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'






24. Music that combines spoken street dialect with cuts (samples) from older records and bears the influences of social politics - male boasting - and comic lyrics carried forward from blues - R&b - soul and rock and roll






25. A Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the black experience - notable productions include Missa Luba in 1965 - Blues for the Jungle in 1966 (portraying life in Harlem) - Las Desenamorad






26. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture






27. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality






28. Choreographed by Petipa & Ivanov - Odette (under a spell) & Odile look alike - Prince Siegfried (Odette saves other swans & tells him her tale) - his mother throws a ball for him to find a wife - Odile shows up as Odette & Prince commits his love to






29. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -


30. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime






31. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis






32. Inspired by Gautier's novel The Story of the Mummy - very complicated - spectacular - successful ballet - Aspica is the daughter - English Lord in sand storm goes into tomb & gets put into an opium dream where he becomes Tahor and saves Aspico from a






33. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s






34. Designer. Influenced by Greek and Asian art. Costumes and sets full of bold colors. Decorative motifs that employed perspective painting. Successful with ballet. 'sophisticated eclecticism'. Teacher.






35. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)






36. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long






37. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement






38. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century






39. Created the well-known Denishawn school with his wife Ruth St. Denis. They taught dancers diverse styles - With his wife they set up the foundations for the principal of Musical Visualization 'a concept that called for movement equivalents to the tim






40. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.






41. Confirmed that Balanchine was an experimentalist - Africanist principles in his rhythmic scores - turns not resolved as in ballet - they just stop - take 'one' counts rather than 'and' counts






42. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)






43. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent






44. Petipa's assistant that takes over - choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutcracker - dies in 1901 - didn't produce anything more of importance except Swan Lake






45. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17






46. Pilobolus - human jousting horses






47. Waddling on their heels - legs straight - tap dance transition step - dances are about weight and being grounded - not defying gravity - jumps are about coming down - rather than going up - connection of Africanist dance & American modern dance






48. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man






49. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids






50. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities