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1. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Twyla Tharp
Divertissement
Joe Goode
2. 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
Eleo Pomare
Rite of Spring - 1913
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Shirley Temple
3. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Debussy
Romantic Era
Stravinsky
Imperial Russian Ballet
4. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Ruth St. Denis
Four Temperaments - 1946
Busby Berkeley
AIDS
5. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Postmodern Dance
Ballroom Dance
Dance Theater of Harlem
6. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Debussy
Jockey Club
Schizophrenia
7. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Harlem
Tap Dance
Petrouchka - 1911
Arthur Mitchell
8. 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.
Imperial Russian Ballet
Swan Lake - 1895
Foyer de la Danse
Fall and Recovery
9. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
George Balanchine
Ronald Brown
Fokine
10. 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
Merce Cunningham
Charles Weidman
Coca Chanel
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
11. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Les Sylphides
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jitterbug
Ulysses Dove
12. A Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the black experience - notable productions include Missa Luba in 1965 - Blues for the Jungle in 1966 (portraying life in Harlem) - Las Desenamorad
Joe Goode
Eleo Pomare
Twyla Tharp
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
13. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Tap Dance
Pablo Picasso
Romantic Era
Louis Horst
14. 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.
Buddy Dean Show
Loie Fuller
Fall and Recovery
Judson Church
15. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Jose Limon
Divertissement
Talley Beatty
Ballet Russes
16. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Petipa Styles of Movement
Garth Fagan
Pablo Picasso
17. 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
Jockey Club
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Dr. Louis Vernon
Russian Revolution
18. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Margaret Sanger
Rite of Spring - 1913
19th Amendment
Dr. Louis Vernon
19. 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
Anton Dolin
Petrouchka - 1911
Milhaud
La Sylphide - 1832
20. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Political Asylum
Hanya Holm
Philip Taglioni
Judson Church
21. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Shirley Temple
Les Noces - 1923
Leon Bakst
Eleo Pomare
22. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Pelvic contraction and release
Rose Adagio
Doris Humphrey
23. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Jitterbug
Mary Wigman
Alvin Ailey
Lindy Hop
24. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
John Cage
Africanist Aesthetic
Petrouchka - 1911
Les Sylphides
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
Tsar
Rite of Spring - 1913
Carlotta Grisi
Donald McKayle
26. 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
Talley Beatty
Franco-Prussian War
August Bournonville
Tsar
27. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Giselle - 1841
Cleopatre -1909
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
28. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Franco-Prussian War
Massine
Robert le Diable
Charles Weidman
29. 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
Martha Graham
Fokine
Russian Revolution
Twyla Tharp
30. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Industrial Revolution
AIDS
Ulysses Dove
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
31. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Carlotta Grisi
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Harlem
Ulysses Dove
32. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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33. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Pablo Picasso
Deeply There - 1998
Middle Class
34. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Ivanov
Coca Chanel
Anna Pavlova
Suzanne Linglor
35. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
George Balanchine
Dance Theater of Harlem
Black Swan Pas de Deux
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`
Tap Dance
Marie Taglioni
Hanya Holm
Ted Shawn
37. 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
Busby Berkeley
Prince of Wales
Rose Adagio
Ballet Russes
38. 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
Petipa Styles of Movement
Tsar
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Industrial Revolution
39. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Noces - 1923
August Bournonville
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Les Sylphides
40. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
Jose Limon
41. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Eleo Pomare
Imperial Russian Ballet
Buddy Dean Show
Judson Church
42. 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
Twyla Tharp
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Savoy Ballroom
Lindy Hop
43. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Martha Graham
Jockey Club
Nijinska
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
44. Choreographed by Petipa & Ivanov - Odette (under a spell) & Odile look alike - Prince Siegfried (Odette saves other swans & tells him her tale) - his mother throws a ball for him to find a wife - Odile shows up as Odette & Prince commits his love to
Rudolph Nureyev
Swan Lake - 1895
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Doris Humphrey
45. 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
Hanya Holm
Busby Berkeley
Nijinsky
Milhaud
46. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
The Nutcracker - 1892
Ivanov
Hip-hop
Lion King - 1998
47. 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.)
Bill T. Jones
Anna Pavlova
Tchaikovsky
Agon - 1957
48. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Aureole - 1962
Garth Fagan
Pilobolus
Milhaud
49. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Donald McKayle
Dance Theater of Harlem
Rite of Spring - 1913
50. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Joffrey Ballet
Jean Coralli
American Ballet Theater
George Balanchine
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