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Dance History
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1. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Tap Dance
Nicholas Brothers
New York City Ballet
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
2. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Scheherezade
Nijinsky
Nicholas Brothers
3. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Leon Bakst
Coppelia
AIDS
Agon - 1957
4. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Milhaud
Deeply There - 1998
Cleopatre -1909
5. 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
Katherine Dunham
Rose Adagio
Eleo Pomare
Schizophrenia
6. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Nijinsky
Jules Perrot
Debussy
7. Marius Petipa - 4 fairies for Aurora - did not invite the evil fairy - put a spell on Aurora @ 16 she would prick her finger on a spindle & fall asleep for 100 years - End of Act I pricks her finger - Act III is the wedding (divertissement - Grand Pa
Martha Graham
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Avant-Garde
Jules Perrot
8. 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.
Jean Coralli
Charles Didelot
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Arthur Saint Leon
9. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958); Established the Choreographic Institute in Zurich - Founded branches across Europe - Kinetographie Laban=labanotation - primary movement - notation stilled used today in dance - Conte
Rudolph Laban
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Charles Didelot
10. 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
Jose Limon
Pablo Picasso
Rite of Spring - 1913
Foyer de la Danse
11. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Charles Weidman
Lion King - 1998
Cleopatre -1909
12. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
19th Amendment
Alwin Nikolais
Harlem
Rudolph Laban
13. 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
Alvin Ailey
Romantic Era
Busby Berkeley
14. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Alwin Nikolais
Africanist Aesthetic
Industrial Revolution
15. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Milhaud
Nicholas Brothers
Doris Humphrey
Garth Fagan
16. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
August Bournonville
La Sylphide - 1832
Coppelia
17. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
Pilobolus
Mikhail Baryshnikov
18. 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.
Loie Fuller
Carlotta Grisi
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
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
Carlotta Grisi
19th Amendment
Margaret Sanger
Swan Lake - 1895
20. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Four Temperaments - 1946
Massine
Industrial Revolution
21. 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
Charles Didelot
Lion King - 1998
Pablo Picasso
22. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Africanist Aesthetic
Prince of Wales
Rose Adagio
Duet - 1957
23. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Ronald Brown
Charles Weidman
The Dying Swan - 1905
Russian Revolution
24. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Ronald Brown
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Hip-hop
The Dying Swan - 1905
25. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Ballroom Dance
Imperial Russian Ballet
Avant-Garde
26. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Talley Beatty
Denishawn
Paul Taylor
Ulysses Dove
27. 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
Paul Taylor
Margaret Sanger
Tsar
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
28. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Rudolph Nureyev
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Ballroom Dance
Cachucha
29. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Dance Theater of Harlem
Gas-lighting and curtain
Ronald Brown
Robert Ellis Dunn
30. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jose Limon
Katherine Dunham
Charles Weidman
31. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Busby Berkeley
Duet - 1957
32. American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City - she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the
Marius Petipa
Aureole - 1962
Pelvic contraction and release
Margaret Sanger
33. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Deeply There - 1998
Katherine Dunham
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Philip Taglioni
34. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Romantic Era
Divertissement
Jitterbug
35. 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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36. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Romantic Era
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Cleopatre -1909
Parade - 1917
37. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Ivanov
Jean Coralli
Four Temperaments - 1946
38. 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
Jockey Club
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Parade - 1917
Nijinsky
39. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Russian Revolution
Acts of Light - 1981
Stravinsky
Harlem
40. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Jockey Club
Merce Cunningham
Rose Adagio
Robert Joffrey
41. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Divertissement
Les Noces - 1923
Ronald Brown
42. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Fokine
Twyla Tharp
HIV+
Ballroom Dance
43. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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44. Nijinsky choreographed - in the forest - nymphs shows up to flirt with the Faun - one of them drops her scarf - they all leave - and he masturbates into the scarf
Isadora Duncan
Merce Cunningham
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Fanny Elssler
45. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Africanist Aesthetic
The Nutcracker - 1892
Lindy Hop
Diaghilev
46. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Suzanne Linglor
Ruby Keeler
Lincoln Kirstein
47. (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
Savoy Ballroom
Marius Petipa
Ballet Russes
Industrial Revolution
48. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Ruby Keeler
Marie Taglioni
Imperial Russian Ballet
Tsar
49. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Marius Petipa
Coca Chanel
Africanist Aesthetic
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
Ballroom Dance
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Theophile Gautier
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
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