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Dance History
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1. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Jean Baptiste Lande
Postmodern Dance
Petrouchka - 1911
Jose Limon
2. 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
Massine
Marius Petipa
Fokine
3. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Shirley Temple
Gas-lighting and curtain
4. 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
19th Amendment
Robert le Diable
Lindy Hop
5. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Savoy Ballroom
George Balanchine
Marie Taglioni
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
6. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Twyla Tharp
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Ruby Keeler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
7. 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
Ballroom Dance
HIV+
Hanya Holm
Ivanov
8. 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
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
The Art of Making Dances
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
9. 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.
Robert Joffrey
Garth Fagan
Shirley Temple
Buddy Dean Show
10. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
The Dying Swan - 1905
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
Foyer de la Danse
11. 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
Marie Taglioni
Prince of Wales
Scheherezade
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
12. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Hanya Holm
Jean Coralli
Coppelia
Jose Limon
13. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Martha Graham
Parade - 1917
August Bournonville
14. 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
Ted Shawn
Apollo - 1928
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
George Balanchine
15. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Africanist Aesthetic
Political Asylum
Mary Wigman
Robert Joffrey
16. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Ruby Keeler
Lindy Hop
Joe Goode
Philip Taglioni
17. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Eleo Pomare
Alwin Nikolais
18. 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
Lion King - 1998
Jose Limon
Swan Lake - 1895
Anna Pavlova
19. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Les Noces - 1923
Grand Pas de Deux
Fokine
Stravinsky
20. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Ballroom Dance
Agon - 1957
21. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
Rudolph Laban
Hip-hop
La Sylphide - 1832
22. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Petrouchka - 1911
Political Asylum
Percussive Movement
Fall and Recovery
23. 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
George Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Talley Beatty
Savoy Ballroom
24. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
George Balanchine
Middle Class
Louis Horst
25. 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
Middle Class
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Shirley Temple
Hip-hop
26. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
The Dying Swan - 1905
Donald McKayle
New York City Ballet
August Bournonville
27. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Shirley Temple
Anna Pavlova
Twyla Tharp
28. 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)
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Giselle - 1841
Ronald Brown
Philip Taglioni
29. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Still/Here - 1994
Pelvic contraction and release
Rudolph Nureyev
Pilobolus
30. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Divertissement
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Joffrey
Philip Taglioni
31. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
D-Man in the Water - 1989
32. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Scheherezade
Lincoln Kirstein
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Buddy Dean Show
33. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
August Bournonville
Duet - 1957
Rudolph Laban
34. (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
Romantic Era
Lindy Hop
Alvin Ailey
HIV+
35. 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
Jockey Club
Scheherezade
Eleo Pomare
Robert Joffrey
36. (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
Leon Bakst
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Jockey Club
37. 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
Martha Graham
Donald McKayle
Duet - 1957
Rudolph Nureyev
38. 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
Fokine
Four Temperaments - 1946
19th Amendment
Deeply There - 1998
39. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Duet - 1957
Stravinsky
Robert Joffrey
Ballroom Dance
40. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Fanny Elssler
Marius Petipa
Imperial Russian Ballet
Rite of Spring - 1913
41. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ulysses Dove
Divertissement
American Ballet Theater
42. Radically new or original
Massine
Avant-Garde
Giselle - 1841
August Bournonville
43. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
19th Amendment
Coca Chanel
Alvin Ailey
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
44. Nijinsky choreographed - in the forest - nymphs shows up to flirt with the Faun - one of them drops her scarf - they all leave - and he masturbates into the scarf
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
Savoy Ballroom
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
45. 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
Charles Weidman
Lion King - 1998
Fall and Recovery
Tsar
46. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Buddy Dean Show
Talley Beatty
Ivanov
Fokine
47. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Industrial Revolution
Isadora Duncan
Parade - 1917
48. American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City - she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the
Ted Shawn
Margaret Sanger
Katherine Dunham
Milhaud
49. 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
Arthur Saint Leon
Ronald Brown
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
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
Loie Fuller
Jean Coralli
Political Asylum
Rose Adagio