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Dance History
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1. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Nicholas Brothers
Tsar
2. 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
Milhaud
Ballet Russes
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Scheherezade
3. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Prince of Wales
Jitterbug
Industrial Revolution
Gas-lighting and curtain
4. 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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5. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Africanist Aesthetic
Coppelia
Rose Adagio
Swan Lake - 1895
6. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Africanist Aesthetic
Nijinsky
Still/Here - 1994
Tchaikovsky
7. 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
Jean Coralli
Talley Beatty
Divertissement
Gus Solomons Jr
8. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Dance Theater of Harlem
Marie Taglioni
Acts of Light - 1981
9. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Massine
Bill T. Jones
Coppelia
10. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
George Balanchine
Petrouchka - 1911
Martha Graham
11. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Choreographers who died of AIDS
New York City Ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Didelot
12. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Avant-Garde
Postmodern Dance
Fall and Recovery
Cleopatre -1909
13. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Rite of Spring - 1913
Anton Dolin
Les Sylphides
Judson Church
14. Waddling on their heels - legs straight - tap dance transition step - dances are about weight and being grounded - not defying gravity - jumps are about coming down - rather than going up - connection of Africanist dance & American modern dance
Robert Ellis Dunn
Gas-lighting and curtain
Lion King - 1998
Four Temperaments - 1946
15. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Russian Revolution
Ballet Russes
Talley Beatty
16. 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
George Balanchine
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Jose Limon
17. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Alvin Ailey
Deeply There - 1998
Arthur Saint Leon
Russian Revolution
18. 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
Fokine
Ulysses Dove
La Sylphide - 1832
George Balanchine
19. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Hanya Holm
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
20. 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
Les Noces - 1923
Buddy Dean Show
Nijinsky
Robert le Diable
21. 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
Jose Limon
Gus Solomons Jr
Fanny Elssler
Talley Beatty
22. 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
Avant-Garde
The Nutcracker - 1892
Cachucha
Martha Graham
23. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Dance Theater of Harlem
Cachucha
Lincoln Kirstein
24. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality
Denishawn
Coca Chanel
Alwin Nikolais
Cleopatre -1909
25. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
Coca Chanel
Nicholas Brothers
Jean Jacques Rousseau
26. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Tsar
Africanist Aesthetic
The Dying Swan - 1905
Lion King - 1998
27. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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28. French composer; uses harmony to reinforce stasis; Prelude to Afternoon of a Fawn (half man - half goat - simulated masturbation); concert work that became a ballet
August Bournonville
Debussy
Robert Joffrey
Divertissement
29. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
Louis Horst
Lincoln Kirstein
American Ballet Theater
30. 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
Aureole - 1962
Middle Class
Cleopatre -1909
D-Man in the Water - 1989
31. 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
Tap Dance
Suzanne Linglor
Garth Fagan
Middle Class
32. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.
Fokine
Fall and Recovery
Prince of Wales
Shirley Temple
33. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Parade - 1917
Anna Pavlova
Jean Coralli
Nijinska
34. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Nijinsky
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Lindy Hop
Nicholas Brothers
35. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Apollo - 1928
Twyla Tharp
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Robert Ellis Dunn
36. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Savoy Ballroom
Margaret Sanger
D-Man in the Water - 1989
37. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Robert Ellis Dunn
Harlem
Cleopatre -1909
Buddy Dean Show
38. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Lion King - 1998
Imperial Russian Ballet
Doris Humphrey
Garth Fagan
39. 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.)
HIV+
Industrial Revolution
Diaghilev
Anna Pavlova
40. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
Savoy Ballroom
Charles Didelot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
La Sylphide - 1832
41. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Political Asylum
Pablo Picasso
Jean Jacques Rousseau
42. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Africanist Aesthetic
Lion King - 1998
Jockey Club
American Ballet Theater
43. 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
Ivanov
Dr. Louis Vernon
Katherine Dunham
Avant-Garde
44. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Arthur Mitchell
Stravinsky
Political Asylum
Garth Fagan
45. 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
Ruth St. Denis
Rudolph Nureyev
Robert Ellis Dunn
Giselle - 1841
46. 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
Katherine Dunham
Hanya Holm
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Schizophrenia
47. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
Shirley Temple
Africanist Aesthetic
19th Amendment
48. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
August Bournonville
Ballet Russes
49. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Duet - 1957
Les Noces - 1923
Gas-lighting and curtain
Petipa Styles of Movement
50. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Petipa Styles of Movement
Avant-Garde
Garth Fagan
Merce Cunningham