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Dance History
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1. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Robert le Diable
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Paul Taylor
2. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Rite of Spring - 1913
Lion King - 1998
Jean Baptiste Lande
Arthur Mitchell
3. 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
Debussy
Rite of Spring - 1913
Coppelia
Ronald Brown
4. 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
Judson Church
Jitterbug
Bill T. Jones
5. (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
19th Amendment
Marius Petipa
Mary Wigman
Black Swan Pas de Deux
6. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Coppelia
Russian Revolution
Nicholas Brothers
7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Philip Taglioni
HIV+
Gus Solomons Jr
8. Choreography Deeply There
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Joe Goode
Cleopatre -1909
Postmodern Dance
9. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Buddy Dean Show
Rite of Spring - 1913
Philip Taglioni
10. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Aureole - 1962
Jean Baptiste Lande
11. 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
Philip Taglioni
The Dying Swan - 1905
Four Temperaments - 1946
12. 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
Busby Berkeley
Jeux - 1913
Ballet Russes
Apollo - 1928
13. 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
Anna Pavlova
Margaret Sanger
Ballet Russes
Louis Horst
14. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Paul Taylor
Jose Limon
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Charles Didelot
15. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Gus Solomons Jr
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
16. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Milhaud
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Fall and Recovery
17. 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`
Marie Taglioni
Debussy
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Agon - 1957
18. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fanny Elssler
Shirley Temple
Russian Revolution
19. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Still/Here - 1994
Industrial Revolution
Imperial Russian Ballet
Alvin Ailey
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
Cachucha
Ted Shawn
Acts of Light - 1981
Eleo Pomare
21. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Brown
Alvin Ailey
American Ballet Theater
Savoy Ballroom
22. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Savoy Ballroom
August Bournonville
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
23. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Mary Wigman
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Doris Humphrey
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
24. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Rudolph Laban
Anton Dolin
Jitterbug
Duet - 1957
25. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Divertissement
Debussy
Les Noces - 1923
Fall and Recovery
26. 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
Lindy Hop
Industrial Revolution
Rudolph Laban
Tchaikovsky
27. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Rose Adagio
Hanya Holm
The Dying Swan - 1905
28. 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
Fanny Elssler
Talley Beatty
Charles Weidman
29. 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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30. Marius Petipa - 4 fairies for Aurora - did not invite the evil fairy - put a spell on Aurora @ 16 she would prick her finger on a spindle & fall asleep for 100 years - End of Act I pricks her finger - Act III is the wedding (divertissement - Grand Pa
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Talley Beatty
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Lindy Hop
31. 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
Ruth St. Denis
Ballet Russes
Harlem
Scheherezade
32. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Twyla Tharp
Russian Revolution
Buddy Dean Show
Pilobolus
33. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Agon - 1957
Massine
19th Amendment
Still/Here - 1994
34. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Middle Class
The Art of Making Dances
Schizophrenia
35. 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
Jockey Club
Dr. Louis Vernon
Alwin Nikolais
Choreographers who died of AIDS
36. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Eleo Pomare
Charles Weidman
Percussive Movement
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
37. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Charles Weidman
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Garth Fagan
38. 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
Lindy Hop
Isadora Duncan
Lincoln Kirstein
Romantic Era
39. 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
John Cage
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Judson Church
Ronald Brown
40. 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.)
Divertissement
Debussy
Anna Pavlova
Rudolph Laban
41. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Tchaikovsky
Leon Bakst
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
42. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Swan Lake - 1895
Philip Taglioni
19th Amendment
43. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robert le Diable
44. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
19th Amendment
Ballet Russes
Rite of Spring - 1913
45. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Russian Revolution
Joffrey Ballet
Isadora Duncan
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
46. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
New York City Ballet
Dance Theater of Harlem
Debussy
Daughter of the Pharaoh
47. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Percussive Movement
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Petipa Styles of Movement
48. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
Isadora Duncan
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Prince of Wales
49. Works to question the complexities of real life
Mary Wigman
Postmodern Dance
Acts of Light - 1981
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
50. 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
American Ballet Theater
Joffrey Ballet
Cachucha
Cleopatre -1909