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1. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Leon Bakst
Rose Adagio
The Dying Swan - 1905
Joffrey Ballet
2. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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3. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Leon Bakst
Still/Here - 1994
4. 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
Theophile Gautier
Eleo Pomare
Coppelia
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
5. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Still/Here - 1994
Ballroom Dance
Africanist Aesthetic
Theophile Gautier
6. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ballroom Dance
Fokine
Ruby Keeler
7. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Eleo Pomare
Petipa Styles of Movement
Ronald Brown
8. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Romantic Era
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Ivanov
Les Sylphides
9. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Daughter of the Pharaoh
19th Amendment
Petrouchka - 1911
10. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Foyer de la Danse
Debussy
Coca Chanel
Imperial Russian Ballet
11. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Savoy Ballroom
Tap Dance
Parade - 1917
12. Famous for her incredible technique - lightness - and ethereal presence -(1804-1884) -Introduced new costume design (bare neck/shoulders - tutu) -Perfected dancing en pointe -La Sylphide`
Marie Taglioni
Loie Fuller
Busby Berkeley
Tap Dance
13. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Judson Church
Coca Chanel
Suzanne Linglor
Joe Goode
14. 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.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Busby Berkeley
Ballet Russes
Foyer de la Danse
15. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Marie Taglioni
Ballroom Dance
Louis Horst
John Cage
16. Interrupted first flush of success of Coppelia and the included the siege of Paris - which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi - on her 17th birthday - but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier.
19th Amendment
Ivanov
Eleo Pomare
Franco-Prussian War
17. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Diaghilev
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jean Coralli
George Balanchine
18. Alwin Nikolais - had a lot of ribbons - very involved in the sounds - wearing skin colored clothes - drum music - elastic ropes and strings - all across stage
Talley Beatty
Middle Class
Agon - 1957
Tensile Involvement - 1953
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
Gus Solomons Jr
Nijinsky
Ronald Brown
Petrouchka - 1911
20. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Rose Adagio
Alvin Ailey
Ronald Brown
21. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Gas-lighting and curtain
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
22. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Petipa Styles of Movement
Theophile Gautier
Rose Adagio
Russian Revolution
23. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Fanny Elssler
Hanya Holm
Harlem
AIDS
24. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Franco-Prussian War
Jeux - 1913
Coca Chanel
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
25. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Cleopatre -1909
Percussive Movement
Hip-hop
26. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Hip-hop
Ruth St. Denis
Arthur Saint Leon
27. 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.
Fokine
Merce Cunningham
Shirley Temple
Four Temperaments - 1946
28. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Fokine
Jockey Club
Margaret Sanger
29. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Foyer de la Danse
Loie Fuller
Les Noces - 1923
Jean Baptiste Lande
30. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
The Nutcracker - 1892
Ballroom Dance
Rudolph Laban
Cleopatre -1909
31. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Marie Taglioni
Savoy Ballroom
Nicholas Brothers
Divertissement
32. 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
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Rite of Spring - 1913
Jeux - 1913
Ballet Russes
33. 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
Nijinsky
Joe Goode
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
34. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Ruby Keeler
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Diaghilev
35. 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
Parade - 1917
Duet - 1957
Buddy Dean Show
Diaghilev
36. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Jeux - 1913
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Harlem
Imperial Russian Ballet
37. Choreography Deeply There
Franco-Prussian War
Joe Goode
Busby Berkeley
Postmodern Dance
38. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
The Art of Making Dances
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Prince of Wales
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Anton Dolin
American Ballet Theater
40. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Fall and Recovery
Russian Revolution
Tap Dance
D-Man in the Water - 1989
41. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Philip Taglioni
Jitterbug
Marius Petipa
42. 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.
Leon Bakst
Tsar
Jules Perrot
Donald McKayle
43. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Gus Solomons Jr
Savoy Ballroom
Doris Humphrey
44. 1896-1976 - American - Choreographer - Developed 1930's film fantasy with his daredevil and genius dance design - developed the stage style musical film into a more involved multi-shot fantasy film style with overhead shots - use of tiered set desig
The Nutcracker - 1892
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
Robert Joffrey
45. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Petipa Styles of Movement
Anna Pavlova
Deeply There - 1998
Jockey Club
46. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Ulysses Dove
Margaret Sanger
Philip Taglioni
47. 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
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
Denishawn
Mary Wigman
48. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Charles Didelot
Denishawn
Hanya Holm
49. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Lindy Hop
Rose Adagio
Les Noces - 1923
50. 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.)
Anna Pavlova
19th Amendment
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Shirley Temple