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Dance History
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1. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Nicholas Brothers
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Pelvic contraction and release
Milhaud
2. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Divertissement
Martha Graham
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
3. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Ruth St. Denis
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Tchaikovsky
4. Radically new or original
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Avant-Garde
Daughter of the Pharaoh
5. 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
Giselle - 1841
Lindy Hop
Pilobolus
Acts of Light - 1981
6. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Coppelia
Rose Adagio
Donald McKayle
Rite of Spring - 1913
7. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Buddy Dean Show
19th Amendment
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rose Adagio
8. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Anton Dolin
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Robert Ellis Dunn
American Ballet Theater
9. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Ballet Russes
Philip Taglioni
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Russian Revolution
10. 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
Romantic Era
Rose Adagio
Ruth St. Denis
11. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Percussive Movement
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Schizophrenia
Swan Lake - 1895
12. 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.
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
Shirley Temple
Nijinska
13. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Rudolph Laban
Buddy Dean Show
Joe Goode
14. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Jean Coralli
Marie Taglioni
Tchaikovsky
AIDS
15. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
The Nutcracker - 1892
Tap Dance
16. (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
Alvin Ailey
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Apollo - 1928
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
17. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Giselle - 1841
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Theophile Gautier
Political Asylum
18. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Theophile Gautier
Debussy
HIV+
19. 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
American Ballet Theater
La Sylphide - 1832
Four Temperaments - 1946
Dance Theater of Harlem
20. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Jean Coralli
Loie Fuller
Scheherezade
Katherine Dunham
21. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Lincoln Kirstein
Pelvic contraction and release
Joe Goode
Giselle - 1841
22. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Robert Joffrey
New York City Ballet
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
23. 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
Tap Dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Tsar
24. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Schizophrenia
Duet - 1957
John Cage
Jitterbug
25. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Denishawn
Bill T. Jones
Nicholas Brothers
Anton Dolin
26. Works to question the complexities of real life
Middle Class
Postmodern Dance
Parade - 1917
Ballet Russes
27. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Pilobolus
Robert le Diable
28. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
August Bournonville
Judson Church
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Jeux - 1913
29. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
30. (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
August Bournonville
Jose Limon
Marius Petipa
Nicholas Brothers
31. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Duet - 1957
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Fokine
32. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Agon - 1957
Franco-Prussian War
Le Train Bleu - 1924
33. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Talley Beatty
Debussy
34. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Les Sylphides
Diaghilev
35. 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
Tchaikovsky
Leon Bakst
Robert Joffrey
36. 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
Jeux - 1913
19th Amendment
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Nureyev
37. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
La Sylphide - 1832
19th Amendment
American Ballet Theater
Jose Limon
38. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Garth Fagan
Joe Goode
Fokine
39. 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
Postmodern Dance
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Dance Theater of Harlem
40. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Fokine
Jitterbug
Louis Horst
Tsar
41. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Prince of Wales
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Tchaikovsky
Harlem
42. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Avant-Garde
Schizophrenia
Ballet Russes
43. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Carlotta Grisi
Rudolph Laban
Nijinska
Stravinsky
44. 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
Tchaikovsky
Katherine Dunham
Dance Theater of Harlem
Lincoln Kirstein
45. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Martha Graham
Marie Taglioni
Jean Baptiste Lande
AIDS
46. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Jules Perrot
Still/Here - 1994
Lindy Hop
Judson Church
47. 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
Ulysses Dove
Margaret Sanger
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Talley Beatty
48. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Duet - 1957
American Ballet Theater
Gas-lighting and curtain
49. 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
Denishawn
Tsar
Rudolph Laban
Pablo Picasso
50. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Denishawn
Les Noces - 1923
Schizophrenia
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