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Dance History
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1. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
New York City Ballet
Lion King - 1998
Giselle - 1841
2. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Debussy
Aureole - 1962
Lion King - 1998
Deeply There - 1998
3. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
New York City Ballet
4. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
The Dying Swan - 1905
Anna Pavlova
Paul Taylor
Pilobolus
5. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Bill T. Jones
Louis Horst
6. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is
Arthur Mitchell
Imperial Russian Ballet
Merce Cunningham
August Bournonville
7. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Harlem
Deeply There - 1998
AIDS
Charles Didelot
8. Reform Russian Ballet - choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova (2 minutes long) - accused of being influenced by Isadora Duncan - teacher & choreographer rather than a refined dancer
Mary Wigman
Lion King - 1998
Fokine
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
9. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Swan Lake - 1895
Lincoln Kirstein
Russian Revolution
10. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
19th Amendment
Judson Church
Jules Perrot
Parade - 1917
11. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Shirley Temple
Ballroom Dance
Alwin Nikolais
Katherine Dunham
12. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
New York City Ballet
Fall and Recovery
AIDS
D-Man in the Water - 1989
13. 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
Duet - 1957
Suzanne Linglor
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
14. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Coca Chanel
Nicholas Brothers
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
15. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Charles Didelot
Rite of Spring - 1913
George Balanchine
Ballet Russes
16. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Lion King - 1998
Robert le Diable
Aureole - 1962
17. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Jose Limon
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Shirley Temple
Eleo Pomare
18. 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)
The Art of Making Dances
Jeux - 1913
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
19. Choreography Deeply There
Jean Baptiste Lande
Joe Goode
George Balanchine
Harlem
20. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Merce Cunningham
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Harlem
Jean Jacques Rousseau
21. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Suzanne Linglor
Jose Limon
Scheherezade
Jean Coralli
22. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Fall and Recovery
Apollo - 1928
Fokine
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
23. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
AIDS
Grand Pas de Deux
Jose Limon
Judson Church
24. (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
Pablo Picasso
Rudolph Nureyev
Ronald Brown
25. 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
Jean Baptiste Lande
Merce Cunningham
Cachucha
Acts of Light - 1981
26. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Joffrey Ballet
Nijinsky
Lindy Hop
Romantic Era
27. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Apollo - 1928
Coppelia
Aureole - 1962
Fall and Recovery
28. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Tsar
Judson Church
Paul Taylor
29. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Nijinska
Tsar
Petipa Styles of Movement
30. 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.
Ruby Keeler
Dance Theater of Harlem
The Nutcracker - 1892
Leon Bakst
31. Work written at a time when one of Jones' company dancers - Demian Acquavella - nicknamed D-Man - was suffering from AIDS; a celebratory - affectionate work about the company defiantly remaining joyful - loving - productive - and cohesive in the face
Bill T. Jones
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Acts of Light - 1981
Robert Joffrey
32. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Coppelia
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Donald McKayle
33. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Divertissement
Pelvic contraction and release
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Marius Petipa
34. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Coca Chanel
Louis Horst
Ballroom Dance
Carlotta Grisi
35. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Fanny Elssler
Ruby Keeler
Tsar
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
36. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
George Balanchine
August Bournonville
Diaghilev
Twyla Tharp
37. 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
Fokine
Garth Fagan
Paul Taylor
Loie Fuller
38. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Suzanne Linglor
Ballroom Dance
Rudolph Laban
Le Train Bleu - 1924
39. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Katherine Dunham
Leon Bakst
Jockey Club
Percussive Movement
40. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Denishawn
Petrouchka - 1911
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Alvin Ailey
41. 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
Giselle - 1841
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Les Sylphides
Nijinsky
42. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Ronald Brown
Jockey Club
Dr. Louis Vernon
Cachucha
43. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Prince of Wales
Rudolph Laban
Martha Graham
The Dying Swan - 1905
44. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Theophile Gautier
Fall and Recovery
Les Sylphides
George Balanchine
45. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
La Sylphide - 1832
Political Asylum
Cleopatre -1909
Leon Bakst
46. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Hip-hop
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
47. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Buddy Dean Show
Jockey Club
Milhaud
Petipa Styles of Movement
48. 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)
Rudolph Laban
Doris Humphrey
AIDS
Nicholas Brothers
49. 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
Pablo Picasso
Grand Pas de Deux
Percussive Movement
Margaret Sanger
50. 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
Harlem
Ballet Russes
Apollo - 1928
John Cage