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Dance History
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1. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jules Perrot
19th Amendment
Jockey Club
Le Train Bleu - 1924
2. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Lindy Hop
Middle Class
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
3. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Coppelia
Rose Adagio
Jules Perrot
4. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Lindy Hop
Milhaud
Prince of Wales
5. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Jules Perrot
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Les Sylphides
6. 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
Harlem
Busby Berkeley
Marie Taglioni
Martha Graham
7. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Ulysses Dove
Stravinsky
Eleo Pomare
Diaghilev
8. 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
Scheherezade
Jitterbug
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pablo Picasso
9. (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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Marius Petipa
Percussive Movement
Ivanov
10. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Talley Beatty
Katherine Dunham
Savoy Ballroom
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
11. 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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12. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Arthur Mitchell
Robert le Diable
Ivanov
13. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Dr. Louis Vernon
Judson Church
Hip-hop
Schizophrenia
14. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Swan Lake - 1895
Les Noces - 1923
Jose Limon
Ballroom Dance
15. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Jean Coralli
Bill T. Jones
Gas-lighting and curtain
Philip Taglioni
16. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Harlem
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Buddy Dean Show
Ruby Keeler
17. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Petrouchka - 1911
Tchaikovsky
Duet - 1957
Four Temperaments - 1946
18. Choreography Deeply There
Deeply There - 1998
Gus Solomons Jr
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Joe Goode
19. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
Theophile Gautier
Denishawn
20. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Middle Class
Les Sylphides
21. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Nijinska
Cachucha
Milhaud
Lindy Hop
22. 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
Jeux - 1913
Robert Joffrey
Ivanov
23. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Political Asylum
Margaret Sanger
Jean Coralli
Russian Revolution
24. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ballroom Dance
Romantic Era
Doris Humphrey
25. 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
Katherine Dunham
Industrial Revolution
Alwin Nikolais
26. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Four Temperaments - 1946
Aureole - 1962
Rite of Spring - 1913
Arthur Saint Leon
27. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Jose Limon
Busby Berkeley
Gas-lighting and curtain
28. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Foyer de la Danse
Alwin Nikolais
Postmodern Dance
Philip Taglioni
29. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Charles Didelot
Twyla Tharp
Garth Fagan
30. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)
Schizophrenia
Cachucha
Swan Lake - 1895
Giselle - 1841
31. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Rudolph Laban
Shirley Temple
Parade - 1917
32. 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
Cleopatre -1909
Foyer de la Danse
Ted Shawn
Merce Cunningham
33. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Talley Beatty
Bill T. Jones
Denishawn
Petrouchka - 1911
34. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Coca Chanel
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinska
35. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Parade - 1917
Pilobolus
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Anton Dolin
36. 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`
Marie Taglioni
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Jockey Club
Donald McKayle
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
Anton Dolin
Judson Church
Charles Didelot
Alvin Ailey
38. Works to question the complexities of real life
The Dying Swan - 1905
Postmodern Dance
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Robert Joffrey
39. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
August Bournonville
Jeux - 1913
Acts of Light - 1981
John Cage
40. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Coppelia
Ronald Brown
Scheherezade
Pilobolus
41. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Parade - 1917
Africanist Aesthetic
The Dying Swan - 1905
42. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Gus Solomons Jr
Diaghilev
Stravinsky
Scheherezade
43. 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
Pablo Picasso
La Sylphide - 1832
Tchaikovsky
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
44. 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
Romantic Era
Four Temperaments - 1946
Nicholas Brothers
Pablo Picasso
45. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
The Nutcracker - 1892
La Sylphide - 1832
Acts of Light - 1981
Anna Pavlova
46. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Foyer de la Danse
Robert Joffrey
Anton Dolin
Ballroom Dance
47. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Imperial Russian Ballet
Foyer de la Danse
Ulysses Dove
Nijinsky
48. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Ballroom Dance
Aureole - 1962
Loie Fuller
Still/Here - 1994
49. Radically new or original
Paul Taylor
Shirley Temple
Avant-Garde
Jean Baptiste Lande
50. 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
Middle Class
American Ballet Theater
Theophile Gautier
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