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Dance History
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1. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Africanist Aesthetic
Jeux - 1913
Philip Taglioni
Tensile Involvement - 1953
2. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Joe Goode
Massine
Diaghilev
Schizophrenia
3. 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
Charles Weidman
Gus Solomons Jr
Debussy
Tensile Involvement - 1953
4. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Grand Pas de Deux
Le Train Bleu - 1924
5. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Franco-Prussian War
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Jose Limon
Pelvic contraction and release
6. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Imperial Russian Ballet
Ballroom Dance
Still/Here - 1994
Arthur Saint Leon
7. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Avant-Garde
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
AIDS
Industrial Revolution
8. Inspired by Gautier's novel The Story of the Mummy - very complicated - spectacular - successful ballet - Aspica is the daughter - English Lord in sand storm goes into tomb & gets put into an opium dream where he becomes Tahor and saves Aspico from a
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Parade - 1917
Grand Pas de Deux
9. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert le Diable
10. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Percussive Movement
Swan Lake - 1895
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
11. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
John Cage
Cleopatre -1909
Stravinsky
Petipa Styles of Movement
12. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
Percussive Movement
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Joe Goode
13. 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.
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Foyer de la Danse
Buddy Dean Show
Africanist Aesthetic
14. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Carlotta Grisi
The Art of Making Dances
Jose Limon
Ballroom Dance
15. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Schizophrenia
The Nutcracker - 1892
Nicholas Brothers
HIV+
16. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Jockey Club
Bill T. Jones
Fall and Recovery
Daughter of the Pharaoh
17. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Robert le Diable
Isadora Duncan
Ted Shawn
18. 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
Charles Didelot
Hanya Holm
La Sylphide - 1832
Margaret Sanger
19. 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.
Les Noces - 1923
Eleo Pomare
Leon Bakst
Pilobolus
20. (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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Judson Church
Alvin Ailey
21. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Savoy Ballroom
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Rose Adagio
Mary Wigman
22. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Pablo Picasso
Petipa Styles of Movement
George Balanchine
Romantic Era
23. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
HIV+
Percussive Movement
Ballet Russes
Lion King - 1998
24. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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25. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Petrouchka - 1911
The Art of Making Dances
Prince of Wales
Mary Wigman
26. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Buddy Dean Show
Four Temperaments - 1946
Petrouchka - 1911
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
27. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Talley Beatty
Busby Berkeley
Judson Church
John Cage
28. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Scheherezade
Coppelia
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Martha Graham
29. From its very beginning the ballet was entirely dependent upon this individual; it was his ballet - under the direct supervision and guidance of a court minister appointed by this individual and answerable to him
Margaret Sanger
Tsar
AIDS
New York City Ballet
30. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
Robert Ellis Dunn
Katherine Dunham
HIV+
31. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Petipa Styles of Movement
Philip Taglioni
32. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Lincoln Kirstein
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Saint Leon
Denishawn
33. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Deeply There - 1998
Pelvic contraction and release
34. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Coca Chanel
Industrial Revolution
Ronald Brown
35. 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
Duet - 1957
Petrouchka - 1911
Tsar
36. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Donald McKayle
Ulysses Dove
Ronald Brown
Dance Theater of Harlem
37. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Foyer de la Danse
Marius Petipa
Cleopatre -1909
38. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Jeux - 1913
Tensile Involvement - 1953
La Sylphide - 1832
39. 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
Anna Pavlova
Political Asylum
Ruth St. Denis
Postmodern Dance
40. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Rose Adagio
Les Noces - 1923
The Nutcracker - 1892
D-Man in the Water - 1989
41. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Leon Bakst
Hanya Holm
Rite of Spring - 1913
42. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Savoy Ballroom
Political Asylum
Jules Perrot
43. (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
Marius Petipa
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Nureyev
44. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Milhaud
Avant-Garde
Louis Horst
45. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Deeply There - 1998
Percussive Movement
Divertissement
46. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Rose Adagio
Pablo Picasso
47. 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
Carlotta Grisi
Shirley Temple
Donald McKayle
August Bournonville
48. 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
Scheherezade
August Bournonville
Eleo Pomare
Robert Ellis Dunn
49. Started in NYC by Robert Joffrey - small company - repertoire was eclectic and contemporary - reconstructed works from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Financially weak - often folded - moved to LA then chicago
Joffrey Ballet
Jitterbug
Swan Lake - 1895
Denishawn
50. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Still/Here - 1994
Cleopatre -1909
Charles Weidman
Lindy Hop
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