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Dance History
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1. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Jean Coralli
Percussive Movement
Anton Dolin
Romantic Era
2. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Africanist Aesthetic
Dance Theater of Harlem
Industrial Revolution
Marius Petipa
3. 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
Apollo - 1928
Charles Weidman
Tchaikovsky
Rudolph Laban
4. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Rudolph Nureyev
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Tsar
5. 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
American Ballet Theater
AIDS
Avant-Garde
Ted Shawn
6. 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.
Ballroom Dance
Coppelia
Duet - 1957
Daughter of the Pharaoh
7. (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
Duet - 1957
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Doris Humphrey
Marius Petipa
8. 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.
Industrial Revolution
Duet - 1957
Loie Fuller
Choreographers who died of AIDS
9. Started in NYC by Robert Joffrey - small company - repertoire was eclectic and contemporary - reconstructed works from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Financially weak - often folded - moved to LA then chicago
The Nutcracker - 1892
Joffrey Ballet
Charles Weidman
Ulysses Dove
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
Romantic Era
Prince of Wales
Philip Taglioni
Merce Cunningham
11. 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
Ivanov
Marie Taglioni
Pelvic contraction and release
George Balanchine
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
Alwin Nikolais
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Eleo Pomare
Carlotta Grisi
13. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Ballet Russes
Robert Ellis Dunn
Coca Chanel
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
14. Works to question the complexities of real life
Pelvic contraction and release
Debussy
Postmodern Dance
Franco-Prussian War
15. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Parade - 1917
Alwin Nikolais
Swan Lake - 1895
16. Different styles: 1. hoofers: Gregory Hines - Savion Glover - intricate footwork 2. class acts: Fred Astaire - Ginger Rodgers - refined and elegant 3. flash acts: tap with acrobatics 4. soft shoe: skimming floor - producing soft & muted steps
Donald McKayle
Russian Revolution
Tap Dance
Gus Solomons Jr
17. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture
Divertissement
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Baptiste Lande
18. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Ronald Brown
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Petrouchka - 1911
Katherine Dunham
19. 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`
Four Temperaments - 1946
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Tsar
Marie Taglioni
20. 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
Divertissement
Jules Perrot
Shirley Temple
Acts of Light - 1981
21. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
19th Amendment
Harlem
Acts of Light - 1981
George Balanchine
22. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Apollo - 1928
Rudolph Laban
The Dying Swan - 1905
Africanist Aesthetic
23. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Divertissement
Doris Humphrey
Schizophrenia
24. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Political Asylum
Rudolph Nureyev
Stravinsky
Scheherezade
25. Beginning of modern dance - danced with bare feet - wore flowing Greek-style robe - died being strangled from a long-flowing scarf caught in a car wheel
Isadora Duncan
Schizophrenia
Middle Class
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
26. Wrote 'The Art of Making Dances' in 1931 - Fall and Recovery - inspired by Bach and used his work in many piece - choreographed pieces without music - Passacaglia and fugue in C minor (showed fall and recovery)
Grand Pas de Deux
Nicholas Brothers
Doris Humphrey
Schizophrenia
27. 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
Doris Humphrey
Apollo - 1928
Nicholas Brothers
AIDS
28. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Gus Solomons Jr
Middle Class
Pablo Picasso
29. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Schizophrenia
August Bournonville
Dr. Louis Vernon
30. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Bill T. Jones
Alvin Ailey
Russian Revolution
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
31. Choreographed by Paul Taylor; Modern dance work in one act with choreography by Taylor - music by Handel - and lighting by T. Skelton. Premiered 4 Aug. 1962 at Connecticut College - New London - by the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Taylor - Elizabet
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ulysses Dove
Jean Coralli
Aureole - 1962
32. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Avant-Garde
Tap Dance
Deeply There - 1998
Rite of Spring - 1913
33. 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.
Duet - 1957
Suzanne Linglor
Leon Bakst
Imperial Russian Ballet
34. 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.
Shirley Temple
Nijinsky
Jitterbug
19th Amendment
35. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Aureole - 1962
AIDS
Milhaud
36. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Cleopatre -1909
Judson Church
The Dying Swan - 1905
19th Amendment
37. 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
Foyer de la Danse
Apollo - 1928
Fanny Elssler
HIV+
38. 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
Jitterbug
Prince of Wales
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Les Noces - 1923
Cachucha
Jitterbug
40. 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
Doris Humphrey
Still/Here - 1994
Pablo Picasso
Ted Shawn
41. 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.
Leon Bakst
Foyer de la Danse
Agon - 1957
Rudolph Laban
42. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Margaret Sanger
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Paul Taylor
43. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Romantic Era
Les Sylphides
44. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Petipa Styles of Movement
Pelvic contraction and release
HIV+
Joffrey Ballet
45. 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)
Massine
Nicholas Brothers
Doris Humphrey
Busby Berkeley
46. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky
Robert le Diable
American Ballet Theater
Massine
47. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
Jockey Club
Ted Shawn
Tensile Involvement - 1953
48. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Percussive Movement
Robert le Diable
Busby Berkeley
49. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Marie Taglioni
Fanny Elssler
Rite of Spring - 1913
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
50. 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
Hanya Holm
Massine
Ulysses Dove
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