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Dance History
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1. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Suzanne Linglor
Lincoln Kirstein
Jose Limon
2. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Ruby Keeler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
3. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Middle Class
Scheherezade
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Louis Horst
Garth Fagan
5. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Robert Ellis Dunn
The Nutcracker - 1892
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Carlotta Grisi
6. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
Scheherezade
Bill T. Jones
Fanny Elssler
7. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Apollo - 1928
Paul Taylor
Alwin Nikolais
8. Wrote 'The Art of Making Dances' in 1931 - Fall and Recovery - inspired by Bach and used his work in many piece - choreographed pieces without music - Passacaglia and fugue in C minor (showed fall and recovery)
Harlem
Doris Humphrey
George Balanchine
Prince of Wales
9. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Suzanne Linglor
Petrouchka - 1911
Lion King - 1998
Ulysses Dove
10. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Petrouchka - 1911
Duet - 1957
The Art of Making Dances
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
11. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Shirley Temple
Marius Petipa
Robert le Diable
Pilobolus
12. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Massine
Lindy Hop
La Sylphide - 1832
Jean Baptiste Lande
13. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
AIDS
Les Noces - 1923
Romantic Era
The Art of Making Dances
14. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Mary Wigman
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
New York City Ballet
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
15. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Tchaikovsky
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Donald McKayle
Ivanov
16. Student of Mary Wigman. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German modern to U.S. but Americanized her technique. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
New York City Ballet
Rite of Spring - 1913
17. Predominately black - but whites attended - social dances were done - had to change the floor every three years because of the intense dancing - many whites went to go watch Black People Dance
Les Sylphides
Petrouchka - 1911
Savoy Ballroom
Katherine Dunham
18. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Ruby Keeler
Massine
Tap Dance
Bill T. Jones
19. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
Alwin Nikolais
Imperial Russian Ballet
Dance Theater of Harlem
Giselle - 1841
20. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ballet Russes
Grand Pas de Deux
21. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Pelvic contraction and release
Ulysses Dove
Petrouchka - 1911
Robert Joffrey
22. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Hip-hop
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Still/Here - 1994
Arthur Saint Leon
23. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
HIV+
Anton Dolin
George Balanchine
Dr. Louis Vernon
24. 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.
Shirley Temple
Parade - 1917
Prince of Wales
Jean Jacques Rousseau
25. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Ruby Keeler
Cleopatre -1909
Tsar
Percussive Movement
26. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Ronald Brown
The Dying Swan - 1905
Deeply There - 1998
27. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Gus Solomons Jr
Industrial Revolution
Rite of Spring - 1913
Petrouchka - 1911
28. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Ted Shawn
Martha Graham
29. Ballet with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed 1916-1917 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The ballet premiered on Friday - May 18th - 1917 at the Thaa
Eleo Pomare
New York City Ballet
HIV+
Parade - 1917
30. A ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance. The Ballets Russes became one of the most influential b
Ballet Russes
Tsar
Isadora Duncan
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
31. Reform Russian Ballet - choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova (2 minutes long) - accused of being influenced by Isadora Duncan - teacher & choreographer rather than a refined dancer
Percussive Movement
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
32. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Bill T. Jones
Fokine
Ballet Russes
33. Choreographed by Filippino Taglioni and performed by one of the greatest ballerinas of the 19th century Marie Taglioni. One of the most famous Romantic Ballets. - First true romantic ballet
Theophile Gautier
La Sylphide - 1832
Arthur Mitchell
Denishawn
34. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Scheherezade
Tap Dance
Political Asylum
AIDS
35. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Acts of Light - 1981
Pablo Picasso
Leon Bakst
The Nutcracker - 1892
36. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Franco-Prussian War
HIV+
Parade - 1917
Carlotta Grisi
37. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Pablo Picasso
Talley Beatty
Russian Revolution
Robert Ellis Dunn
38. Founded the Gus Solomons Company/Dance - whose repertoire consisted of detailed and analytical compositions that were conceived as 'melted architecture' - drawing from experience as an architecture student at MIT
Gus Solomons Jr
Diaghilev
Petipa Styles of Movement
Choreographers who died of AIDS
39. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Denishawn
Theophile Gautier
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Les Noces - 1923
40. Different styles: 1. hoofers: Gregory Hines - Savion Glover - intricate footwork 2. class acts: Fred Astaire - Ginger Rodgers - refined and elegant 3. flash acts: tap with acrobatics 4. soft shoe: skimming floor - producing soft & muted steps
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Tap Dance
41. In charge of new Paris Opera; under his direction - Paris Opera made a profit for the only time in its existence; slashed salaries of ballerinas to force them into mistresshood for fellow Jockey's
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alvin Ailey
Donald McKayle
Hanya Holm
42. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Bill T. Jones
Deeply There - 1998
Rite of Spring - 1913
43. Published in London Times 1914 - want to make 'ballet a fully expressive art that mirrored life' - new movement for each dance - no mime (Petipa used so that the audience always understood) - use entire body (to be expressive) - no divertissement (no
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44. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Harlem
August Bournonville
Fall and Recovery
45. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Still/Here - 1994
Les Sylphides
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
46. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Postmodern Dance
Russian Revolution
Louis Horst
Charles Weidman
47. Studio behind the stage at the Paris Opera which is now used as a rehearsal stage and a reception venue but which was notorious in the 19th century (during the reign of Dr Varon) as the salon where members of the Jockey Club could meet dancers.
Anton Dolin
Percussive Movement
Foyer de la Danse
Gus Solomons Jr
48. Famous ballerina who formed her own company and toured 1910 - famous for portraying birds - insects - and plants - brought ballet (aristocratic art) to the common person (high schools - etc.)
Theophile Gautier
Anna Pavlova
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Doris Humphrey
49. 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)
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Swan Lake - 1895
Buddy Dean Show
Giselle - 1841
50. 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
Russian Revolution
Louis Horst
George Balanchine
Daughter of the Pharaoh