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Dance History
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1. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Stravinsky
Philip Taglioni
Black Swan Pas de Deux
2. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Twyla Tharp
Cachucha
Nijinska
Aureole - 1962
3. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Arthur Mitchell
Franco-Prussian War
Debussy
Scheherezade
4. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Lincoln Kirstein
Ulysses Dove
Margaret Sanger
5. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
George Balanchine
Massine
Africanist Aesthetic
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
6. 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
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Jose Limon
7. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Jean Baptiste Lande
Four Temperaments - 1946
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Harlem
8. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Stravinsky
Robert Joffrey
New York City Ballet
9. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Percussive Movement
Romantic Era
Les Noces - 1923
Judson Church
10. 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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Hanya Holm
11. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Hanya Holm
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Coca Chanel
Tchaikovsky
12. 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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Schizophrenia
Ruth St. Denis
Political Asylum
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
Scheherezade
Tsar
Rudolph Laban
August Bournonville
14. (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
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Middle Class
The Nutcracker - 1892
15. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
Foyer de la Danse
Dance Theater of Harlem
Joe Goode
Alvin Ailey
16. 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
Tchaikovsky
Tsar
Debussy
Apollo - 1928
17. 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
Jules Perrot
La Sylphide - 1832
Swan Lake - 1895
18. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jitterbug
Garth Fagan
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
19. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Gus Solomons Jr
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Mary Wigman
20. 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
Busby Berkeley
Four Temperaments - 1946
Paul Taylor
Gus Solomons Jr
21. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Jose Limon
Scheherezade
Les Noces - 1923
Isadora Duncan
22. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
19th Amendment
Stravinsky
Rose Adagio
Ronald Brown
23. Petipa's assistant that takes over - choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutcracker - dies in 1901 - didn't produce anything more of importance except Swan Lake
Franco-Prussian War
Ivanov
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Agon - 1957
24. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Lion King - 1998
Anton Dolin
Scheherezade
Twyla Tharp
25. Taglioni's rival -Her dancing was 'warm and passionate' -Dance was earthy - temperamental - fiery - vuluptuous -Labeled Pagan -Danced folk dances - most famous was Cachucha - Spanish using castanet - twists and turns; Known for her flair and theatric
Fanny Elssler
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Divertissement
Milhaud
26. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Debussy
Denishawn
Ronald Brown
Alwin Nikolais
27. 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
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Pablo Picasso
Donald McKayle
28. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lindy Hop
Les Sylphides
Pilobolus
Dr. Louis Vernon
29. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Busby Berkeley
Milhaud
Divertissement
Jean Baptiste Lande
30. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Coca Chanel
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Laban
Prince of Wales
31. 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
Giselle - 1841
Anna Pavlova
Ted Shawn
Mary Wigman
32. (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
Mary Wigman
Africanist Aesthetic
Marius Petipa
Agon - 1957
33. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Daughter of the Pharaoh
The Nutcracker - 1892
Gus Solomons Jr
34. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Pelvic contraction and release
Martha Graham
Les Sylphides
Acts of Light - 1981
35. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Jean Baptiste Lande
Diaghilev
Joe Goode
36. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Middle Class
Debussy
Mary Wigman
HIV+
37. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Aureole - 1962
Petipa Styles of Movement
Mary Wigman
Franco-Prussian War
38. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Grand Pas de Deux
Fall and Recovery
Rose Adagio
39. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Loie Fuller
Middle Class
Franco-Prussian War
Duet - 1957
40. 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
Stravinsky
Marie Taglioni
Judson Church
41. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Arthur Saint Leon
Denishawn
Debussy
42. 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
Ivanov
Swan Lake - 1895
Tap Dance
Loie Fuller
43. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Divertissement
Talley Beatty
Ballroom Dance
Nijinska
44. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Busby Berkeley
Postmodern Dance
Rite of Spring - 1913
Garth Fagan
45. 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
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Gus Solomons Jr
46. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Aureole - 1962
Carlotta Grisi
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Petrouchka - 1911
47. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Joe Goode
Lindy Hop
The Art of Making Dances
Stravinsky
48. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Swan Lake - 1895
Joffrey Ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
49. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Russian Revolution
Divertissement
Joe Goode
Romantic Era
50. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Suzanne Linglor
Isadora Duncan
Imperial Russian Ballet
Louis Horst