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Dance History
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1. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Eleo Pomare
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alwin Nikolais
19th Amendment
2. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Jean Coralli
Rite of Spring - 1913
Debussy
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
3. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Denishawn
Fokine
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Mikhail Baryshnikov
4. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Duet - 1957
Industrial Revolution
Tap Dance
Tchaikovsky
5. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Fanny Elssler
Joe Goode
Coppelia
Swan Lake - 1895
6. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Fall and Recovery
Arthur Mitchell
Ted Shawn
Ulysses Dove
7. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Pablo Picasso
Loie Fuller
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
8. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Ruby Keeler
Industrial Revolution
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fokine
9. 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.
Talley Beatty
Cachucha
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Loie Fuller
10. 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
Cleopatre -1909
Philip Taglioni
Postmodern Dance
11. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Carlotta Grisi
Africanist Aesthetic
Eleo Pomare
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
12. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Diaghilev
New York City Ballet
Postmodern Dance
19th Amendment
13. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
Dr. Louis Vernon
Leon Bakst
14. 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
American Ballet Theater
HIV+
Ruby Keeler
Nijinsky
15. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Nijinsky
Lindy Hop
Margaret Sanger
16. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Fall and Recovery
Bill T. Jones
17. Works to question the complexities of real life
Denishawn
Swan Lake - 1895
Postmodern Dance
Cachucha
18. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
Marie Taglioni
Fall and Recovery
Diaghilev
19. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Alvin Ailey
Coppelia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Tsar
20. 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
American Ballet Theater
Jean Jacques Rousseau
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
21. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Talley Beatty
The Nutcracker - 1892
D-Man in the Water - 1989
22. 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
Donald McKayle
Arthur Mitchell
Gus Solomons Jr
Talley Beatty
23. 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
Nijinska
Debussy
Lindy Hop
Savoy Ballroom
24. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Ballet Russes
Lindy Hop
Cleopatre -1909
Les Sylphides
25. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Garth Fagan
Joffrey Ballet
Massine
Hanya Holm
26. 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`
Marie Taglioni
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wigman
Alwin Nikolais
27. 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.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joe Goode
La Sylphide - 1832
Charles Didelot
28. 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
Cleopatre -1909
Aureole - 1962
Savoy Ballroom
Hip-hop
29. 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
Robert le Diable
Apollo - 1928
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Political Asylum
30. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
August Bournonville
Merce Cunningham
31. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Swan Lake - 1895
Leon Bakst
Nicholas Brothers
Twyla Tharp
32. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Ulysses Dove
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
AIDS
33. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Tchaikovsky
Agon - 1957
Foyer de la Danse
Grand Pas de Deux
34. 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
Middle Class
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
The Art of Making Dances
35. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Alvin Ailey
Talley Beatty
Romantic Era
The Nutcracker - 1892
36. 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
Tsar
Coca Chanel
Paul Taylor
37. 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
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint Leon
Buddy Dean Show
38. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Ivanov
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Fanny Elssler
Robert le Diable
39. Choreographed by Paul Taylor; Modern dance work in one act with choreography by Taylor - music by Handel - and lighting by T. Skelton. Premiered 4 Aug. 1962 at Connecticut College - New London - by the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Taylor - Elizabet
Diaghilev
Savoy Ballroom
Dance Theater of Harlem
Aureole - 1962
40. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Swan Lake - 1895
Petipa Styles of Movement
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint Leon
41. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Parade - 1917
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Louis Horst
42. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Judson Church
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Ruby Keeler
Jitterbug
43. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Katherine Dunham
Robert le Diable
Theophile Gautier
Anton Dolin
44. (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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Denishawn
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Alvin Ailey
45. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Savoy Ballroom
Pilobolus
Harlem
Debussy
46. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Fall and Recovery
American Ballet Theater
47. 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
Marius Petipa
Eleo Pomare
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ruby Keeler
48. 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)
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
Doris Humphrey
Suzanne Linglor
49. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Busby Berkeley
Theophile Gautier
Schizophrenia
Tchaikovsky
50. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Massine
Deeply There - 1998
Aureole - 1962
Lion King - 1998