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Dance History
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1. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Nijinska
Acts of Light - 1981
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Jose Limon
2. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture
Lincoln Kirstein
Lion King - 1998
The Dying Swan - 1905
Louis Horst
3. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Ruby Keeler
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Jockey Club
4. 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
Stravinsky
Aureole - 1962
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
5. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Cachucha
Bill T. Jones
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Imperial Russian Ballet
6. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Schizophrenia
Philip Taglioni
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Anton Dolin
7. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
The Art of Making Dances
Lindy Hop
Cachucha
Apollo - 1928
8. 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
Nijinsky
Agon - 1957
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Margaret Sanger
9. Radically new or original
Gus Solomons Jr
Jeux - 1913
Avant-Garde
Alvin Ailey
10. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jeux - 1913
D-Man in the Water - 1989
The Dying Swan - 1905
11. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Buddy Dean Show
Anton Dolin
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jose Limon
12. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Rudolph Nureyev
Stravinsky
Acts of Light - 1981
Grand Pas de Deux
13. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Tap Dance
Jean Coralli
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
14. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
New York City Ballet
Alwin Nikolais
Gas-lighting and curtain
American Ballet Theater
15. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Nijinsky
Acts of Light - 1981
Coca Chanel
AIDS
16. 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
American Ballet Theater
Russian Revolution
Busby Berkeley
Marius Petipa
17. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Cachucha
Loie Fuller
Acts of Light - 1981
August Bournonville
18. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Buddy Dean Show
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Percussive Movement
Deeply There - 1998
19. 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
Percussive Movement
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Middle Class
Denishawn
20. Choreography Deeply There
Marie Taglioni
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ballroom Dance
Joe Goode
21. Interrupted first flush of success of Coppelia and the included the siege of Paris - which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi - on her 17th birthday - but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier.
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Franco-Prussian War
Buddy Dean Show
Busby Berkeley
22. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Hanya Holm
23. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Marie Taglioni
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
John Cage
Lincoln Kirstein
24. A ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance. The Ballets Russes became one of the most influential b
Margaret Sanger
Ballet Russes
Fokine
Tensile Involvement - 1953
25. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Buddy Dean Show
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
26. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Prince of Wales
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dr. Louis Vernon
Cachucha
27. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Savoy Ballroom
Romantic Era
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Carlotta Grisi
28. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Pilobolus
HIV+
Petipa Styles of Movement
Suzanne Linglor
29. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Tap Dance
Denishawn
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Prince of Wales
30. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
La Sylphide - 1832
Theophile Gautier
Russian Revolution
31. 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
Middle Class
Coppelia
Parade - 1917
New York City Ballet
32. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Gus Solomons Jr
Africanist Aesthetic
Acts of Light - 1981
33. 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
AIDS
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Ruth St. Denis
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
34. 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
Theophile Gautier
Rudolph Laban
Foyer de la Danse
Lion King - 1998
35. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Robert Joffrey
Still/Here - 1994
Fanny Elssler
36. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
The Art of Making Dances
Grand Pas de Deux
Romantic Era
Talley Beatty
37. 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
Debussy
Rite of Spring - 1913
Theophile Gautier
38. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Suzanne Linglor
Choreographers who died of AIDS
The Nutcracker - 1892
39. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Tap Dance
40. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Robert le Diable
Political Asylum
Charles Didelot
41. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pablo Picasso
Jockey Club
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Pilobolus
42. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Dance Theater of Harlem
Fall and Recovery
Marius Petipa
Ivanov
43. Created the well-known Denishawn school with his wife Ruth St. Denis. They taught dancers diverse styles - With his wife they set up the foundations for the principal of Musical Visualization 'a concept that called for movement equivalents to the tim
Donald McKayle
Debussy
Ted Shawn
Ronald Brown
44. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Anna Pavlova
Ruby Keeler
Theophile Gautier
George Balanchine
45. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Ruth St. Denis
Percussive Movement
Swan Lake - 1895
Robert Ellis Dunn
46. 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
Pelvic contraction and release
Marie Taglioni
Dance Theater of Harlem
Robert le Diable
47. (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
Acts of Light - 1981
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Rose Adagio
48. 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`
Fall and Recovery
Marie Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Gas-lighting and curtain
49. 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
Paul Taylor
Marius Petipa
19th Amendment
Gus Solomons Jr
50. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Mary Wigman
Hip-hop
Avant-Garde