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Dance History
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1. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Industrial Revolution
New York City Ballet
Philip Taglioni
Louis Horst
2. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Ruby Keeler
Petipa Styles of Movement
Hip-hop
Jules Perrot
3. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Jockey Club
Anna Pavlova
Choreographers who died of AIDS
4. Choreography Deeply There
Duet - 1957
Robert le Diable
Four Temperaments - 1946
Joe Goode
5. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Leon Bakst
Divertissement
6. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
AIDS
Buddy Dean Show
The Dying Swan - 1905
Mikhail Baryshnikov
7. 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
Merce Cunningham
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
HIV+
Lincoln Kirstein
8. 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.
Philip Taglioni
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
9. 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
Debussy
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Jules Perrot
D-Man in the Water - 1989
10. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Africanist Aesthetic
Grand Pas de Deux
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
11. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Nijinska
Gas-lighting and curtain
Bill T. Jones
Black Swan Pas de Deux
12. 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
Diaghilev
Shirley Temple
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
13. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Avant-Garde
Carlotta Grisi
Nicholas Brothers
14. 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.
Isadora Duncan
Ivanov
Denishawn
Franco-Prussian War
15. Workers who earned enough money to be able to become consumer of art and material goods following the Industrial Revolution; escapism became a huge hit when the Depression hit to escape harsh reality
Russian Revolution
Deeply There - 1998
George Balanchine
Middle Class
16. 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
HIV+
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Tap Dance
Lindy Hop
17. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Leon Bakst
Doris Humphrey
Judson Church
18. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Arthur Mitchell
Jitterbug
Prince of Wales
Rudolph Nureyev
19. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Stravinsky
Ballet Russes
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Philip Taglioni
20. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Merce Cunningham
Political Asylum
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
21. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Merce Cunningham
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Carlotta Grisi
22. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Middle Class
Anton Dolin
Foyer de la Danse
Doris Humphrey
23. 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)
Nicholas Brothers
Paul Taylor
Carlotta Grisi
Still/Here - 1994
24. 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.
Donald McKayle
Industrial Revolution
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
25. Famous ballerina who formed her own company and toured 1910 - famous for portraying birds - insects - and plants - brought ballet (aristocratic art) to the common person (high schools - etc.)
Buddy Dean Show
Carlotta Grisi
Anna Pavlova
Loie Fuller
26. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Diaghilev
The Art of Making Dances
Ted Shawn
Africanist Aesthetic
27. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Alvin Ailey
Massine
28. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Coca Chanel
Apollo - 1928
Eleo Pomare
29. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Loie Fuller
Anton Dolin
Rudolph Laban
30. 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.
Deeply There - 1998
Shirley Temple
AIDS
Talley Beatty
31. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Cleopatre -1909
Ronald Brown
Arthur Mitchell
Fokine
32. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
19th Amendment
Ulysses Dove
Hip-hop
33. 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
Ballroom Dance
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Ballet Russes
Paul Taylor
34. Beginning of modern dance - danced with bare feet - wore flowing Greek-style robe - died being strangled from a long-flowing scarf caught in a car wheel
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Diaghilev
La Sylphide - 1832
35. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Katherine Dunham
Suzanne Linglor
Lincoln Kirstein
36. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Donald McKayle
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
37. 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.
Ruth St. Denis
Loie Fuller
Postmodern Dance
Duet - 1957
38. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
New York City Ballet
Tap Dance
Garth Fagan
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
39. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Jules Perrot
Parade - 1917
The Dying Swan - 1905
Milhaud
40. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Joe Goode
Four Temperaments - 1946
41. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
John Cage
Lindy Hop
42. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Apollo - 1928
19th Amendment
Agon - 1957
Postmodern Dance
43. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Anton Dolin
Debussy
Fall and Recovery
Merce Cunningham
44. (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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Nijinska
Marius Petipa
Scheherezade
45. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Philip Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
46. 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
Ruby Keeler
Fokine
Joe Goode
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
47. 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
Katherine Dunham
Dr. Louis Vernon
New York City Ballet
Parade - 1917
48. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Martha Graham
Charles Didelot
Percussive Movement
Jean Coralli
49. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
AIDS
Romantic Era
Nijinska
Massine
50. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Russian Revolution
Mary Wigman
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Four Temperaments - 1946