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Dance History
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1. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Eleo Pomare
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
Shirley Temple
2. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Buddy Dean Show
The Dying Swan - 1905
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
3. 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
Pelvic contraction and release
Ivanov
Les Sylphides
La Sylphide - 1832
4. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
Anna Pavlova
Mary Wigman
Judson Church
5. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Giselle - 1841
Cleopatre -1909
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Charles Didelot
6. Choreography Deeply There
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
Agon - 1957
Joe Goode
7. 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
Robert Joffrey
Robert Ellis Dunn
Savoy Ballroom
Coppelia
8. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Acts of Light - 1981
Garth Fagan
D-Man in the Water - 1989
9. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Africanist Aesthetic
Coppelia
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
10. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Bill T. Jones
Jockey Club
August Bournonville
Deeply There - 1998
11. French composer; uses harmony to reinforce stasis; Prelude to Afternoon of a Fawn (half man - half goat - simulated masturbation); concert work that became a ballet
Grand Pas de Deux
Pablo Picasso
Debussy
Shirley Temple
12. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Pablo Picasso
Anton Dolin
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Buddy Dean Show
13. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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14. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Apollo - 1928
Lincoln Kirstein
Ivanov
Judson Church
15. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Martha Graham
Joe Goode
Divertissement
16. 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
Jockey Club
Nicholas Brothers
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Ted Shawn
17. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Four Temperaments - 1946
Buddy Dean Show
Robert Joffrey
Jose Limon
18. 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
Jitterbug
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Fokine
Daughter of the Pharaoh
19. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Ruby Keeler
Political Asylum
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Arthur Saint Leon
20. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Deeply There - 1998
The Dying Swan - 1905
Merce Cunningham
21. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Postmodern Dance
Gas-lighting and curtain
Acts of Light - 1981
22. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Doris Humphrey
Donald McKayle
Schizophrenia
23. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Jockey Club
Scheherezade
Marius Petipa
Choreographers who died of AIDS
24. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
25. 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.
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
Robert le Diable
26. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Agon - 1957
Leon Bakst
Martha Graham
Coppelia
27. 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)
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Coppelia
Giselle - 1841
Gus Solomons Jr
28. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Parade - 1917
Dance Theater of Harlem
Coppelia
Lindy Hop
29. 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
John Cage
The Dying Swan - 1905
Imperial Russian Ballet
Middle Class
30. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Ruby Keeler
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Massine
Deeply There - 1998
31. 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
Bill T. Jones
Franco-Prussian War
Dance Theater of Harlem
Apollo - 1928
32. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Alwin Nikolais
Jockey Club
Robert Ellis Dunn
Avant-Garde
33. 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
Ballet Russes
Joffrey Ballet
Marius Petipa
AIDS
34. 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)
Doris Humphrey
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Jeux - 1913
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
35. 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
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Pilobolus
Lion King - 1998
36. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Jean Coralli
Lion King - 1998
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
37. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
Arthur Saint Leon
Nijinska
Schizophrenia
38. 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.)
Savoy Ballroom
Anna Pavlova
New York City Ballet
Coca Chanel
39. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Dance Theater of Harlem
Theophile Gautier
The Art of Making Dances
The Dying Swan - 1905
40. 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
Ballet Russes
Swan Lake - 1895
Dance Theater of Harlem
Jean Jacques Rousseau
41. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Harlem
John Cage
42. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Tap Dance
Donald McKayle
Franco-Prussian War
43. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Gas-lighting and curtain
Milhaud
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
44. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
La Sylphide - 1832
Buddy Dean Show
Deeply There - 1998
Ulysses Dove
45. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Jose Limon
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Agon - 1957
46. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Hip-hop
Bill T. Jones
Franco-Prussian War
47. 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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Duet - 1957
Petipa Styles of Movement
Paul Taylor
48. 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
Cachucha
Pablo Picasso
Prince of Wales
Isadora Duncan
49. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Petipa Styles of Movement
Ballet Russes
Fall and Recovery
Lincoln Kirstein
50. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Stravinsky
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Giselle - 1841