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Dance History
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1. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Political Asylum
Judson Church
Charles Weidman
Tensile Involvement - 1953
2. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Les Noces - 1923
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian Revolution
Pilobolus
3. 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
19th Amendment
Acts of Light - 1981
Pablo Picasso
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
4. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Laban
Robert le Diable
Charles Weidman
5. 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
Talley Beatty
Ruth St. Denis
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Tchaikovsky
Scheherezade
New York City Ballet
Savoy Ballroom
7. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Katherine Dunham
Ruby Keeler
Giselle - 1841
Les Noces - 1923
8. 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
Merce Cunningham
Avant-Garde
Katherine Dunham
The Dying Swan - 1905
9. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Deeply There - 1998
Fanny Elssler
Paul Taylor
Divertissement
10. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Coppelia
Arthur Saint Leon
11. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Twyla Tharp
Anton Dolin
19th Amendment
Acts of Light - 1981
12. From its very beginning the ballet was entirely dependent upon this individual; it was his ballet - under the direct supervision and guidance of a court minister appointed by this individual and answerable to him
Tsar
Merce Cunningham
La Sylphide - 1832
Africanist Aesthetic
13. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
George Balanchine
Lion King - 1998
Bill T. Jones
14. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Shirley Temple
Ballet Russes
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
15. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Africanist Aesthetic
Still/Here - 1994
Scheherezade
Robert Ellis Dunn
16. One of the major figures in the development of modern dance - an American dancer - choreographer and teacher who created more than 150 works on a wide range of subjects from ancient Greek to modern American; contraction and release
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Charles Weidman
17. One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life - 1881-1973 - he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerfu
Isadora Duncan
Cleopatre -1909
Pablo Picasso
Giselle - 1841
18. Started in NYC by Robert Joffrey - small company - repertoire was eclectic and contemporary - reconstructed works from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Financially weak - often folded - moved to LA then chicago
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Giselle - 1841
Joffrey Ballet
Alwin Nikolais
19. 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
Paul Taylor
Africanist Aesthetic
Fokine
George Balanchine
20. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Merce Cunningham
Lindy Hop
Tchaikovsky
Charles Didelot
21. 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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Ted Shawn
Dance Theater of Harlem
Postmodern Dance
22. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Ballet Russes
Scheherezade
Savoy Ballroom
Coppelia
23. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Alwin Nikolais
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Carlotta Grisi
24. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Anton Dolin
Alvin Ailey
Margaret Sanger
25. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Foyer de la Danse
Black Swan Pas de Deux
D-Man in the Water - 1989
George Balanchine
26. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Jean Coralli
HIV+
Foyer de la Danse
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Denishawn
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Donald McKayle
28. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Apollo - 1928
Nijinska
Katherine Dunham
29. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Tchaikovsky
Lindy Hop
Katherine Dunham
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
30. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Gas-lighting and curtain
19th Amendment
Theophile Gautier
31. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Still/Here - 1994
Loie Fuller
The Art of Making Dances
Milhaud
32. 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
Schizophrenia
Duet - 1957
Talley Beatty
Tap Dance
33. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Ulysses Dove
The Nutcracker - 1892
Swan Lake - 1895
34. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Pablo Picasso
Les Noces - 1923
Joe Goode
HIV+
35. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Ruby Keeler
Ballroom Dance
36. 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)
Giselle - 1841
Garth Fagan
Paul Taylor
Lincoln Kirstein
37. 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)
Marius Petipa
Nicholas Brothers
Coca Chanel
The Nutcracker - 1892
38. 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.
The Nutcracker - 1892
Franco-Prussian War
Foyer de la Danse
Tchaikovsky
39. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Rite of Spring - 1913
Gas-lighting and curtain
Pelvic contraction and release
40. 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
Mary Wigman
Deeply There - 1998
Hanya Holm
Dance Theater of Harlem
41. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ted Shawn
Les Sylphides
Jose Limon
42. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Anna Pavlova
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Arthur Saint Leon
Jules Perrot
43. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Harlem
Massine
19th Amendment
Prince of Wales
44. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
The Nutcracker - 1892
19th Amendment
Coppelia
Tsar
45. 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
Doris Humphrey
Lincoln Kirstein
Scheherezade
Tchaikovsky
46. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Avant-Garde
Russian Revolution
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
47. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Debussy
48. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Stravinsky
The Nutcracker - 1892
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
49. 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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50. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Buddy Dean Show
Tap Dance
Still/Here - 1994
Deeply There - 1998