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Dance History
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1. 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
Hip-hop
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Buddy Dean Show
Duet - 1957
2. Taglioni's rival -Her dancing was 'warm and passionate' -Dance was earthy - temperamental - fiery - vuluptuous -Labeled Pagan -Danced folk dances - most famous was Cachucha - Spanish using castanet - twists and turns; Known for her flair and theatric
The Dying Swan - 1905
Twyla Tharp
Fanny Elssler
Giselle - 1841
3. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Doris Humphrey
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
John Cage
4. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Twyla Tharp
Middle Class
Fokine
5. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Franco-Prussian War
Apollo - 1928
Imperial Russian Ballet
Pablo Picasso
6. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Suzanne Linglor
Pilobolus
Apollo - 1928
Le Train Bleu - 1924
7. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Isadora Duncan
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Ruth St. Denis
Petipa Styles of Movement
8. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Pablo Picasso
Tsar
Postmodern Dance
9. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Ruby Keeler
John Cage
Scheherezade
Robert Joffrey
10. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Anton Dolin
Pelvic contraction and release
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
Parade - 1917
Postmodern Dance
Acts of Light - 1981
Fokine
12. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Schizophrenia
Ballroom Dance
19th Amendment
Bill T. Jones
13. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Tap Dance
Middle Class
Les Sylphides
14. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958); Established the Choreographic Institute in Zurich - Founded branches across Europe - Kinetographie Laban=labanotation - primary movement - notation stilled used today in dance - Conte
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
Massine
Pelvic contraction and release
15. 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.
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Leon Bakst
Marius Petipa
Apollo - 1928
16. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Mary Wigman
The Art of Making Dances
Marius Petipa
17. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Margaret Sanger
Still/Here - 1994
Parade - 1917
American Ballet Theater
18. 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.
Donald McKayle
Jules Perrot
Duet - 1957
Apollo - 1928
19. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Ted Shawn
Aureole - 1962
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Ruby Keeler
20. 1896-1976 - American - Choreographer - Developed 1930's film fantasy with his daredevil and genius dance design - developed the stage style musical film into a more involved multi-shot fantasy film style with overhead shots - use of tiered set desig
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Gas-lighting and curtain
Lion King - 1998
Busby Berkeley
21. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Percussive Movement
Still/Here - 1994
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
22. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Ted Shawn
George Balanchine
Loie Fuller
Robert le Diable
23. 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)
Nicholas Brothers
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Cachucha
Dr. Louis Vernon
24. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Romantic Era
Nijinska
Shirley Temple
Robert Joffrey
25. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Hip-hop
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Gus Solomons Jr
Ulysses Dove
26. Ballet with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed 1916-1917 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The ballet premiered on Friday - May 18th - 1917 at the Thaa
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nicholas Brothers
Parade - 1917
Charles Weidman
27. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
August Bournonville
Dr. Louis Vernon
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
AIDS
28. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Gus Solomons Jr
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Agon - 1957
29. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Martha Graham
Lindy Hop
Petrouchka - 1911
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
30. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Talley Beatty
Denishawn
Jean Baptiste Lande
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
31. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Industrial Revolution
Robert Ellis Dunn
Lion King - 1998
32. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jockey Club
Anna Pavlova
Lindy Hop
33. 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
Merce Cunningham
Ruth St. Denis
Industrial Revolution
34. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Massine
Martha Graham
Marius Petipa
35. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jules Perrot
36. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Four Temperaments - 1946
Hanya Holm
The Art of Making Dances
Carlotta Grisi
37. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Hanya Holm
John Cage
Rose Adagio
Theophile Gautier
38. 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
Avant-Garde
La Sylphide - 1832
Busby Berkeley
Alwin Nikolais
39. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Martha Graham
Agon - 1957
40. 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
Lion King - 1998
Ivanov
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Daughter of the Pharaoh
41. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Industrial Revolution
Joffrey Ballet
John Cage
Robert Ellis Dunn
42. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Fanny Elssler
Milhaud
Grand Pas de Deux
43. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Hanya Holm
Ulysses Dove
Political Asylum
Twyla Tharp
44. Choreography Deeply There
Prince of Wales
Joe Goode
Massine
Ted Shawn
45. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
Ballet Russes
Nijinska
46. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
George Balanchine
Savoy Ballroom
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Charles Weidman
47. Confirmed that Balanchine was an experimentalist - Africanist principles in his rhythmic scores - turns not resolved as in ballet - they just stop - take 'one' counts rather than 'and' counts
Judson Church
Middle Class
Fanny Elssler
Apollo - 1928
48. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Katherine Dunham
Tchaikovsky
Four Temperaments - 1946
Ted Shawn
49. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Louis Horst
Anna Pavlova
50. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Nijinska
Milhaud
Acts of Light - 1981