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Dance History
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1. Published in London Times 1914 - want to make 'ballet a fully expressive art that mirrored life' - new movement for each dance - no mime (Petipa used so that the audience always understood) - use entire body (to be expressive) - no divertissement (no
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2. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Cleopatre -1909
Parade - 1917
Coca Chanel
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
3. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Shirley Temple
Harlem
Alwin Nikolais
Pablo Picasso
4. 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
Lion King - 1998
Marius Petipa
Dance Theater of Harlem
Franco-Prussian War
5. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Pilobolus
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Robert Joffrey
6. 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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Nijinska
Hanya Holm
Tchaikovsky
7. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
Les Noces - 1923
Rite of Spring - 1913
8. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Imperial Russian Ballet
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Petrouchka - 1911
9. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Acts of Light - 1981
Imperial Russian Ballet
Katherine Dunham
The Nutcracker - 1892
10. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Theophile Gautier
Lindy Hop
Giselle - 1841
11. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Franco-Prussian War
Philip Taglioni
Tap Dance
Jean Jacques Rousseau
12. 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
Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Margaret Sanger
Fanny Elssler
13. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Prince of Wales
Louis Horst
Petrouchka - 1911
Mikhail Baryshnikov
14. 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
Jeux - 1913
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Coca Chanel
15. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Katherine Dunham
New York City Ballet
Tchaikovsky
Four Temperaments - 1946
16. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Dance Theater of Harlem
Paul Taylor
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Louis Horst
17. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Debussy
Marie Taglioni
18. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Imperial Russian Ballet
Les Sylphides
Charles Weidman
Alvin Ailey
19. Marius Petipa - 4 fairies for Aurora - did not invite the evil fairy - put a spell on Aurora @ 16 she would prick her finger on a spindle & fall asleep for 100 years - End of Act I pricks her finger - Act III is the wedding (divertissement - Grand Pa
Jeux - 1913
Avant-Garde
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Anton Dolin
20. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Ted Shawn
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Russian Revolution
21. 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
Charles Weidman
Ulysses Dove
Charles Didelot
22. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Suzanne Linglor
Rose Adagio
Prince of Wales
New York City Ballet
23. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Hanya Holm
Franco-Prussian War
Fall and Recovery
24. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Fanny Elssler
Hanya Holm
Joe Goode
25. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Fokine
Petipa Styles of Movement
Carlotta Grisi
Tap Dance
26. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Diaghilev
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ruby Keeler
27. 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
Agon - 1957
Rudolph Laban
La Sylphide - 1832
Black Swan Pas de Deux
28. 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
Jockey Club
Martha Graham
Louis Horst
Africanist Aesthetic
29. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Gas-lighting and curtain
Rudolph Laban
Robert Ellis Dunn
Bill T. Jones
30. 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)
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Franco-Prussian War
Grand Pas de Deux
Nicholas Brothers
31. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Scheherezade
The Art of Making Dances
Tensile Involvement - 1953
32. 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
Agon - 1957
HIV+
Parade - 1917
Talley Beatty
33. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Ivanov
The Art of Making Dances
Petrouchka - 1911
Africanist Aesthetic
34. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Schizophrenia
Grand Pas de Deux
Jockey Club
Romantic Era
35. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Cachucha
Political Asylum
36. 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
Leon Bakst
The Art of Making Dances
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
37. (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
HIV+
Twyla Tharp
Alvin Ailey
Pelvic contraction and release
38. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Carlotta Grisi
Swan Lake - 1895
Bill T. Jones
39. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Donald McKayle
Debussy
Arthur Saint Leon
Romantic Era
40. 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
Pilobolus
Savoy Ballroom
George Balanchine
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
41. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
New York City Ballet
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
42. Famous ballerina who formed her own company and toured 1910 - famous for portraying birds - insects - and plants - brought ballet (aristocratic art) to the common person (high schools - etc.)
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Anna Pavlova
John Cage
Paul Taylor
43. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Marius Petipa
Charles Didelot
Alvin Ailey
44. 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
Joe Goode
HIV+
Savoy Ballroom
45. 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
Tsar
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Suzanne Linglor
Ballet Russes
46. 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
Stravinsky
Jeux - 1913
Pablo Picasso
Milhaud
47. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
Marius Petipa
Denishawn
Lion King - 1998
48. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lindy Hop
Scheherezade
Busby Berkeley
Stravinsky
49. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Tsar
Alwin Nikolais
Divertissement
Hanya Holm
50. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
Still/Here - 1994
Martha Graham
Ballet Russes
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