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Dance History
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1. 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.
Denishawn
Duet - 1957
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Nijinsky
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Foyer de la Danse
Nicholas Brothers
Russian Revolution
Jose Limon
3. 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
Massine
Pelvic contraction and release
Lincoln Kirstein
Percussive Movement
4. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Paul Taylor
Charles Didelot
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Harlem
5. 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)
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nicholas Brothers
Margaret Sanger
6. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Massine
Deeply There - 1998
Jules Perrot
7. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Eleo Pomare
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Rose Adagio
Bill T. Jones
8. Predominately black - but whites attended - social dances were done - had to change the floor every three years because of the intense dancing - many whites went to go watch Black People Dance
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
August Bournonville
Robert le Diable
Savoy Ballroom
9. 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
Tchaikovsky
Dance Theater of Harlem
Pablo Picasso
Marius Petipa
10. 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
Nijinska
Petrouchka - 1911
Debussy
Parade - 1917
11. Works to question the complexities of real life
Nijinska
Carlotta Grisi
Margaret Sanger
Postmodern Dance
12. 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
Eleo Pomare
Merce Cunningham
John Cage
Fanny Elssler
13. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
Parade - 1917
Savoy Ballroom
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
14. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
The Dying Swan - 1905
August Bournonville
Margaret Sanger
Jean Baptiste Lande
15. Choreography Deeply There
Shirley Temple
Talley Beatty
Joe Goode
Postmodern Dance
16. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality
The Art of Making Dances
Foyer de la Danse
La Sylphide - 1832
Denishawn
17. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Katherine Dunham
Grand Pas de Deux
Milhaud
18. Radically new or original
Joe Goode
Avant-Garde
Nicholas Brothers
Rudolph Laban
19. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Les Noces - 1923
The Nutcracker - 1892
Fall and Recovery
Charles Weidman
20. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Louis Horst
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
21. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Anton Dolin
19th Amendment
22. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Swan Lake - 1895
Jeux - 1913
Dr. Louis Vernon
Prince of Wales
23. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)
Still/Here - 1994
Giselle - 1841
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Cachucha
24. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
George Balanchine
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Suzanne Linglor
25. 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
Anton Dolin
Foyer de la Danse
Katherine Dunham
Acts of Light - 1981
26. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Imperial Russian Ballet
Margaret Sanger
Le Train Bleu - 1924
27. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Jules Perrot
Lion King - 1998
Merce Cunningham
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
28. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nijinska
Anna Pavlova
Black Swan Pas de Deux
29. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Savoy Ballroom
Still/Here - 1994
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
30. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Robert Joffrey
Savoy Ballroom
George Balanchine
HIV+
31. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
32. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Deeply There - 1998
Tchaikovsky
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Joe Goode
33. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Grand Pas de Deux
Ulysses Dove
Russian Revolution
Loie Fuller
34. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Cachucha
Coca Chanel
Black Swan Pas de Deux
35. 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
Parade - 1917
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nicholas Brothers
Ivanov
36. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Dance Theater of Harlem
Hanya Holm
AIDS
Donald McKayle
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
Political Asylum
Jean Baptiste Lande
American Ballet Theater
Jitterbug
38. One of the major figures in the development of modern dance - an American dancer - choreographer and teacher who created more than 150 works on a wide range of subjects from ancient Greek to modern American; contraction and release
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Arthur Saint Leon
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
39. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Four Temperaments - 1946
Judson Church
Donald McKayle
Katherine Dunham
40. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Denishawn
Garth Fagan
Donald McKayle
Theophile Gautier
41. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Rose Adagio
Hip-hop
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Bill T. Jones
42. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Jose Limon
Scheherezade
Rudolph Laban
43. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
Leon Bakst
44. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Parade - 1917
Diaghilev
Agon - 1957
Tensile Involvement - 1953
45. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Diaghilev
Les Sylphides
Aureole - 1962
Stravinsky
46. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Gus Solomons Jr
Aureole - 1962
Ruth St. Denis
47. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Giselle - 1841
Fall and Recovery
Middle Class
Mary Wigman
48. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Industrial Revolution
Hanya Holm
Percussive Movement
Four Temperaments - 1946
49. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Busby Berkeley
Nicholas Brothers
Petipa Styles of Movement
Cleopatre -1909
50. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Alvin Ailey
Buddy Dean Show
Cachucha
Tsar