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Dance History
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1. 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.
Imperial Russian Ballet
Franco-Prussian War
Cleopatre -1909
Leon Bakst
2. 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.
Bill T. Jones
Jeux - 1913
Duet - 1957
Les Sylphides
3. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Jeux - 1913
Fanny Elssler
New York City Ballet
19th Amendment
4. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
AIDS
Denishawn
Jockey Club
Cleopatre -1909
5. 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
Fall and Recovery
Massine
Ivanov
Hanya Holm
6. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Cachucha
Lion King - 1998
Tsar
Nijinska
7. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Suzanne Linglor
Harlem
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
8. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Robert le Diable
Ruby Keeler
9. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Rudolph Laban
Suzanne Linglor
Grand Pas de Deux
Romantic Era
10. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Nicholas Brothers
Jitterbug
Prince of Wales
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
11. 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.
Loie Fuller
Lion King - 1998
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Foyer de la Danse
12. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Ivanov
Robert Joffrey
Lincoln Kirstein
Judson Church
13. 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
Philip Taglioni
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Dr. Louis Vernon
The Nutcracker - 1892
14. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Katherine Dunham
Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret Sanger
Percussive Movement
15. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Industrial Revolution
Nijinska
John Cage
Dr. Louis Vernon
16. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
The Dying Swan - 1905
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Cleopatre -1909
Les Sylphides
17. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
Coca Chanel
Garth Fagan
18. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Gas-lighting and curtain
Charles Didelot
Pelvic contraction and release
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
19. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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20. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Marius Petipa
Russian Revolution
New York City Ballet
Rudolph Nureyev
21. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Middle Class
August Bournonville
HIV+
Political Asylum
22. 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
Leon Bakst
Carlotta Grisi
Swan Lake - 1895
Martha Graham
23. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Nijinska
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Joffrey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
24. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Gus Solomons Jr
Still/Here - 1994
25. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Joffrey Ballet
Postmodern Dance
Marius Petipa
Theophile Gautier
26. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Acts of Light - 1981
Ronald Brown
Charles Didelot
Fanny Elssler
27. Published in London Times 1914 - want to make 'ballet a fully expressive art that mirrored life' - new movement for each dance - no mime (Petipa used so that the audience always understood) - use entire body (to be expressive) - no divertissement (no
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28. 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
Scheherezade
Nijinska
Jitterbug
Savoy Ballroom
29. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Hanya Holm
Jules Perrot
Percussive Movement
Milhaud
30. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Tap Dance
Nicholas Brothers
The Nutcracker - 1892
Diaghilev
31. 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
Romantic Era
Coppelia
Still/Here - 1994
32. 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.)
Anna Pavlova
Russian Revolution
Fall and Recovery
Merce Cunningham
33. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
The Nutcracker - 1892
Still/Here - 1994
Ruby Keeler
Fall and Recovery
34. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Jockey Club
Percussive Movement
Hip-hop
Les Sylphides
35. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Robert le Diable
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rose Adagio
Gus Solomons Jr
36. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Parade - 1917
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Robert Joffrey
Theophile Gautier
37. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Milhaud
American Ballet Theater
Petipa Styles of Movement
38. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Doris Humphrey
Gas-lighting and curtain
39. 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
Doris Humphrey
Fanny Elssler
Nijinska
American Ballet Theater
40. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Suzanne Linglor
Rite of Spring - 1913
Loie Fuller
Russian Revolution
41. (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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Jean Jacques Rousseau
42. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Apollo - 1928
Merce Cunningham
Coca Chanel
Tchaikovsky
43. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Dance Theater of Harlem
Margaret Sanger
Les Sylphides
44. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Ivanov
Eleo Pomare
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
45. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Ulysses Dove
Arthur Saint Leon
46. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Fanny Elssler
New York City Ballet
Jeux - 1913
Stravinsky
47. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Lion King - 1998
48. 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
Apollo - 1928
Franco-Prussian War
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Jockey Club
49. 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
Debussy
Joffrey Ballet
Scheherezade
Suzanne Linglor
50. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Talley Beatty
HIV+
Aureole - 1962
Monkshood Farewell - 1974