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Dance History
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1. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Africanist Aesthetic
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Talley Beatty
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
2. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Fanny Elssler
Jockey Club
Harlem
Aureole - 1962
3. 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.
Aureole - 1962
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Franco-Prussian War
4. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Foyer de la Danse
Agon - 1957
Jeux - 1913
5. 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
Hanya Holm
Anna Pavlova
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Avant-Garde
6. 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)
Denishawn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Prince of Wales
Doris Humphrey
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
Nicholas Brothers
The Art of Making Dances
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
8. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Giselle - 1841
Bill T. Jones
Deeply There - 1998
Jean Jacques Rousseau
9. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Fokine
Coppelia
Fall and Recovery
10. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
The Dying Swan - 1905
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Lincoln Kirstein
11. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Twyla Tharp
Political Asylum
Jose Limon
12. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Middle Class
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
19th Amendment
Loie Fuller
13. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Ruth St. Denis
Bill T. Jones
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Les Noces - 1923
14. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Hanya Holm
Jeux - 1913
Joffrey Ballet
Robert le Diable
15. 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
Pilobolus
Ballet Russes
The Nutcracker - 1892
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
16. 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
Katherine Dunham
Grand Pas de Deux
Swan Lake - 1895
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
17. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Ballroom Dance
Les Sylphides
Louis Horst
Les Noces - 1923
18. 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
Martha Graham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Four Temperaments - 1946
Africanist Aesthetic
19. 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`
Fokine
Katherine Dunham
Louis Horst
Marie Taglioni
20. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Coca Chanel
Pilobolus
21. 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
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Eleo Pomare
Ballet Russes
22. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Aureole - 1962
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Jean Baptiste Lande
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
23. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Still/Here - 1994
Eleo Pomare
Parade - 1917
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
24. Choreographed by Paul Taylor; Modern dance work in one act with choreography by Taylor - music by Handel - and lighting by T. Skelton. Premiered 4 Aug. 1962 at Connecticut College - New London - by the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Taylor - Elizabet
Rudolph Laban
Petrouchka - 1911
Savoy Ballroom
Aureole - 1962
25. 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
Margaret Sanger
Percussive Movement
Robert Ellis Dunn
Gus Solomons Jr
26. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
Judson Church
27. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
Arthur Mitchell
John Cage
28. 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
Massine
Tsar
Pablo Picasso
The Nutcracker - 1892
29. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham
Harlem
30. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Talley Beatty
Coca Chanel
Les Noces - 1923
HIV+
31. Choreography Deeply There
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Joe Goode
Isadora Duncan
Alvin Ailey
32. 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.
Coppelia
Ruby Keeler
Gus Solomons Jr
Loie Fuller
33. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
Louis Horst
Stravinsky
Avant-Garde
34. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Lindy Hop
Industrial Revolution
Jeux - 1913
35. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness
Les Sylphides
Arthur Saint Leon
Milhaud
Schizophrenia
36. 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)
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Marie Taglioni
Nicholas Brothers
Buddy Dean Show
37. 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
Coppelia
Jean Jacques Rousseau
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
38. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Busby Berkeley
Scheherezade
Russian Revolution
39. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Giselle - 1841
Garth Fagan
40. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Theophile Gautier
Philip Taglioni
Louis Horst
41. 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.
Garth Fagan
Massine
Louis Horst
Shirley Temple
42. Considered one of the greatest of African American choreographers - and also bears the titles dancer - educator - and dance company director. After studying under Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham - went on to do solo work and choreograph his own wo
Swan Lake - 1895
Marius Petipa
Talley Beatty
Petipa Styles of Movement
43. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Postmodern Dance
Arthur Mitchell
Romantic Era
Aureole - 1962
44. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Marius Petipa
Imperial Russian Ballet
Joe Goode
Mikhail Baryshnikov
45. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
Ulysses Dove
The Nutcracker - 1892
Savoy Ballroom
46. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Foyer de la Danse
47. 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
Nijinsky
August Bournonville
Cachucha
HIV+
48. 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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49. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Industrial Revolution
Louis Horst
Russian Revolution
Suzanne Linglor
50. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Isadora Duncan
Debussy
George Balanchine
Ronald Brown