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Dance History
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1. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Gas-lighting and curtain
Tsar
Middle Class
Alwin Nikolais
2. Alwin Nikolais - had a lot of ribbons - very involved in the sounds - wearing skin colored clothes - drum music - elastic ropes and strings - all across stage
Jockey Club
Louis Horst
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
3. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Agon - 1957
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Denishawn
Merce Cunningham
4. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
19th Amendment
The Dying Swan - 1905
Fanny Elssler
Ruth St. Denis
5. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Anna Pavlova
Africanist Aesthetic
Prince of Wales
Cleopatre -1909
6. Studio behind the stage at the Paris Opera which is now used as a rehearsal stage and a reception venue but which was notorious in the 19th century (during the reign of Dr Varon) as the salon where members of the Jockey Club could meet dancers.
Coppelia
Foyer de la Danse
Tchaikovsky
Coca Chanel
7. Choreographed by Petipa & Ivanov - Odette (under a spell) & Odile look alike - Prince Siegfried (Odette saves other swans & tells him her tale) - his mother throws a ball for him to find a wife - Odile shows up as Odette & Prince commits his love to
Fokine
Nicholas Brothers
Swan Lake - 1895
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
8. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Loie Fuller
Rose Adagio
Joffrey Ballet
Duet - 1957
9. Confirmed that Balanchine was an experimentalist - Africanist principles in his rhythmic scores - turns not resolved as in ballet - they just stop - take 'one' counts rather than 'and' counts
Petrouchka - 1911
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Les Sylphides
Apollo - 1928
10. 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
Mary Wigman
Tap Dance
Pablo Picasso
Schizophrenia
11. 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
Donald McKayle
Robert Joffrey
Tsar
Margaret Sanger
12. 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)
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
Nicholas Brothers
Doris Humphrey
13. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Pilobolus
Charles Didelot
Ronald Brown
Jean Baptiste Lande
14. 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
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Political Asylum
Lindy Hop
Dance Theater of Harlem
15. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Jose Limon
Harlem
Mary Wigman
Romantic Era
16. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Duet - 1957
Lion King - 1998
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
17. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Philip Taglioni
Divertissement
Coca Chanel
Still/Here - 1994
18. 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
Robert Joffrey
Eleo Pomare
Katherine Dunham
Margaret Sanger
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
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
AIDS
Marius Petipa
Romantic Era
20. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Anna Pavlova
Stravinsky
Hip-hop
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
21. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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22. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Apollo - 1928
Buddy Dean Show
Judson Church
Joffrey Ballet
23. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Romantic Era
Massine
Arthur Saint Leon
Giselle - 1841
24. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
New York City Ballet
Tchaikovsky
Jeux - 1913
Four Temperaments - 1946
25. 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
Scheherezade
Pablo Picasso
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Divertissement
26. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Robert le Diable
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Harlem
AIDS
27. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Percussive Movement
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Louis Horst
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
28. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
La Sylphide - 1832
Robert Joffrey
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
The Nutcracker - 1892
29. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Ruby Keeler
Robert Ellis Dunn
Martha Graham
Jockey Club
30. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Leon Bakst
Middle Class
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jean Jacques Rousseau
31. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Denishawn
Schizophrenia
New York City Ballet
32. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Lindy Hop
33. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Cachucha
Marius Petipa
34. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Fokine
Scheherezade
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Merce Cunningham
35. 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
Romantic Era
Dance Theater of Harlem
19th Amendment
Middle Class
36. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Ballet Russes
Milhaud
Jules Perrot
Tchaikovsky
37. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Harlem
Busby Berkeley
Gas-lighting and curtain
New York City Ballet
38. 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
Parade - 1917
Arthur Saint Leon
Ulysses Dove
Savoy Ballroom
39. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Milhaud
Imperial Russian Ballet
Agon - 1957
Percussive Movement
40. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Garth Fagan
Jean Baptiste Lande
Africanist Aesthetic
Robert Joffrey
41. Student of Mary Wigman. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German modern to U.S. but Americanized her technique. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Diaghilev
Massine
Hanya Holm
Arthur Saint Leon
42. 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
Les Sylphides
Joffrey Ballet
Gus Solomons Jr
Imperial Russian Ballet
43. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ulysses Dove
Tsar
Agon - 1957
Ronald Brown
44. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
AIDS
Charles Weidman
Busby Berkeley
Divertissement
45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
The Dying Swan - 1905
HIV+
Rose Adagio
Lindy Hop
46. Choreographed by Filippino Taglioni and performed by one of the greatest ballerinas of the 19th century Marie Taglioni. One of the most famous Romantic Ballets. - First true romantic ballet
Africanist Aesthetic
Katherine Dunham
Middle Class
La Sylphide - 1832
47. 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)
Giselle - 1841
Nijinsky
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Leon Bakst
48. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Avant-Garde
Industrial Revolution
Anna Pavlova
Mikhail Baryshnikov
49. 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
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Laban
Garth Fagan
Aureole - 1962
50. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Massine
Les Noces - 1923
Lion King - 1998