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Dance History
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1. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Fokine
Robert Joffrey
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Industrial Revolution
2. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Ted Shawn
Tchaikovsky
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
3. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Katherine Dunham
Fall and Recovery
Dance Theater of Harlem
Carlotta Grisi
4. 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.
Acts of Light - 1981
Arthur Mitchell
Swan Lake - 1895
Charles Didelot
5. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Jean Coralli
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Diaghilev
6. 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
Schizophrenia
Nijinsky
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Hanya Holm
7. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Katherine Dunham
Jose Limon
Coca Chanel
Diaghilev
8. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Agon - 1957
Mary Wigman
John Cage
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
9. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Alwin Nikolais
Katherine Dunham
Ulysses Dove
Dr. Louis Vernon
10. Choreography Deeply There
Agon - 1957
Middle Class
Joe Goode
Mary Wigman
11. 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
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Martha Graham
Cachucha
12. 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
Philip Taglioni
Pablo Picasso
New York City Ballet
Marius Petipa
13. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Judson Church
19th Amendment
Robert Ellis Dunn
Avant-Garde
14. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Jeux - 1913
Martha Graham
Robert le Diable
Pilobolus
15. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ruby Keeler
Ulysses Dove
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Coppelia
16. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Arthur Saint Leon
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Louis Horst
Petrouchka - 1911
17. 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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18. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Dr. Louis Vernon
Les Noces - 1923
New York City Ballet
Diaghilev
19. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Diaghilev
Pablo Picasso
Jeux - 1913
Acts of Light - 1981
20. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Aureole - 1962
Cleopatre -1909
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Judson Church
21. 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.
Lincoln Kirstein
Jeux - 1913
Foyer de la Danse
Franco-Prussian War
22. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Massine
Katherine Dunham
Petrouchka - 1911
23. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ruth St. Denis
Russian Revolution
Massine
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
Shirley Temple
Ruby Keeler
Middle Class
Marius Petipa
25. 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
Merce Cunningham
Tsar
Scheherezade
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
26. 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
Pablo Picasso
Mary Wigman
Charles Weidman
Martha Graham
27. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Garth Fagan
Robert le Diable
AIDS
Paul Taylor
28. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Industrial Revolution
Carlotta Grisi
Romantic Era
Cachucha
29. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
Scheherezade
Charles Didelot
Judson Church
30. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Suzanne Linglor
Still/Here - 1994
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint Leon
31. Different names but same theater under different political influences
The Dying Swan - 1905
Robert Joffrey
Ruby Keeler
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
32. 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
Prince of Wales
Joe Goode
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Ruth St. Denis
33. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Foyer de la Danse
Pablo Picasso
Choreographers who died of AIDS
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
34. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
George Balanchine
The Nutcracker - 1892
Merce Cunningham
John Cage
35. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Acts of Light - 1981
Mary Wigman
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
36. Contemporary of Duncan's. Design orientation. Known for manipulation of costumes that would make flowing patterns and dance was non-emotional. Also did light design.
Fall and Recovery
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Loie Fuller
37. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Stravinsky
La Sylphide - 1832
Massine
Aureole - 1962
38. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Industrial Revolution
Suzanne Linglor
Duet - 1957
39. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Alwin Nikolais
Lion King - 1998
40. 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
Ted Shawn
Joe Goode
Pelvic contraction and release
Martha Graham
41. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Middle Class
Percussive Movement
Fokine
Rudolph Laban
42. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Scheherezade
Rose Adagio
Arthur Mitchell
Lion King - 1998
43. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Jeux - 1913
Rite of Spring - 1913
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
44. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Four Temperaments - 1946
Denishawn
45. Petipa's assistant that takes over - choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutcracker - dies in 1901 - didn't produce anything more of importance except Swan Lake
Lincoln Kirstein
Jockey Club
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Ivanov
46. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
19th Amendment
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Ivanov
47. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Jose Limon
Ruby Keeler
Garth Fagan
Schizophrenia
48. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Ballet Russes
Jean Coralli
Imperial Russian Ballet
Leon Bakst
49. 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
Jockey Club
Four Temperaments - 1946
Nicholas Brothers
Margaret Sanger
50. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Romantic Era
Gas-lighting and curtain
Ballet Russes