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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man






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






3. 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`






4. Work written at a time when one of Jones' company dancers - Demian Acquavella - nicknamed D-Man - was suffering from AIDS; a celebratory - affectionate work about the company defiantly remaining joyful - loving - productive - and cohesive in the face






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






6. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler






7. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france






8. 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






9. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.






10. High energy act of two African american brothers - Fayard and Harold - had a 'flash act' consisting of an acrobatic tap style - were in movies - only African Americans encouraged to mingle with audience (by audeince demand)






11. 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






12. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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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16. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle






17. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American






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






19. 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






20. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action






21. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre






22. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France






23. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'






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






25. 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






26. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance






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






28. 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






29. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.






30. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime






31. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare






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






33. 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






34. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom






35. 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






36. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is






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






38. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989






39. 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






40. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles






41. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops






42. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual






43. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS






44. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.






45. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)






46. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)






47. Choreography Deeply There






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






49. 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.






50. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company