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Dance History
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1. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Milhaud
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
August Bournonville
D-Man in the Water - 1989
2. Choreography Deeply There
Deeply There - 1998
Joe Goode
Buddy Dean Show
Paul Taylor
3. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Apollo - 1928
Jules Perrot
Louis Horst
The Art of Making Dances
4. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Parade - 1917
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
5. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Tchaikovsky
Acts of Light - 1981
Cachucha
Katherine Dunham
6. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Ruth St. Denis
Duet - 1957
Mikhail Baryshnikov
7. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Jockey Club
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
8. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Nicholas Brothers
Jules Perrot
Garth Fagan
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
9. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Buddy Dean Show
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ballroom Dance
Pilobolus
10. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Paul Taylor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
11. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Coca Chanel
Still/Here - 1994
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
12. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Joffrey Ballet
Rudolph Laban
Savoy Ballroom
13. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
The Art of Making Dances
Eleo Pomare
Martha Graham
Katherine Dunham
14. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Massine
Eleo Pomare
Jean Baptiste Lande
15. 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`
Mikhail Baryshnikov
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Marie Taglioni
Acts of Light - 1981
16. 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)
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Doris Humphrey
Gas-lighting and curtain
Jules Perrot
17. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Dance Theater of Harlem
Daughter of the Pharaoh
John Cage
Gas-lighting and curtain
18. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Jeux - 1913
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Fokine
Milhaud
19. (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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Marius Petipa
Petrouchka - 1911
Joffrey Ballet
20. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Milhaud
La Sylphide - 1832
Political Asylum
Les Noces - 1923
21. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Les Noces - 1923
George Balanchine
Margaret Sanger
Hanya Holm
22. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
American Ballet Theater
Mary Wigman
Stravinsky
Milhaud
23. 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
Donald McKayle
Martha Graham
Avant-Garde
Black Swan Pas de Deux
24. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Alvin Ailey
Katherine Dunham
Diaghilev
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
25. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Industrial Revolution
Arthur Saint Leon
Petipa Styles of Movement
Daughter of the Pharaoh
26. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Harlem
Les Sylphides
Jean Baptiste Lande
Lindy Hop
27. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Leon Bakst
Anna Pavlova
Ronald Brown
Carlotta Grisi
28. 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
Les Sylphides
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Rudolph Laban
Percussive Movement
29. 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.
Loie Fuller
Cachucha
Petrouchka - 1911
Divertissement
30. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Industrial Revolution
Louis Horst
Robert Ellis Dunn
31. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Agon - 1957
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Philip Taglioni
Russian Revolution
32. 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
Bill T. Jones
Twyla Tharp
Schizophrenia
Carlotta Grisi
33. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Schizophrenia
Isadora Duncan
Joe Goode
34. 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.
Judson Church
Leon Bakst
Rose Adagio
Robert le Diable
35. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is
Paul Taylor
Romantic Era
Merce Cunningham
Still/Here - 1994
36. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
AIDS
The Nutcracker - 1892
Robert le Diable
Agon - 1957
37. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Rite of Spring - 1913
Coca Chanel
38. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Joffrey Ballet
Talley Beatty
Paul Taylor
39. 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
Harlem
Busby Berkeley
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
D-Man in the Water - 1989
40. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Hip-hop
Rite of Spring - 1913
Divertissement
41. Sharp powerful movement; angle
La Sylphide - 1832
Percussive Movement
Cachucha
Theophile Gautier
42. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Ivanov
Savoy Ballroom
Anna Pavlova
Coca Chanel
43. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Tchaikovsky
Theophile Gautier
Robert le Diable
44. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Divertissement
Nijinsky
Scheherezade
45. 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
Jules Perrot
Jockey Club
Busby Berkeley
Daughter of the Pharaoh
46. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Franco-Prussian War
Robert Joffrey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
47. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
New York City Ballet
Fanny Elssler
Robert le Diable
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
48. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Arthur Saint Leon
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Fall and Recovery
Bill T. Jones
49. (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
Joffrey Ballet
Acts of Light - 1981
Alvin Ailey
Fall and Recovery
50. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Louis Horst