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1. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Four Temperaments - 1946
Bill T. Jones
Divertissement
Theophile Gautier
2. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Swan Lake - 1895
Theophile Gautier
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
3. 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)
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Robert Joffrey
Nicholas Brothers
Tensile Involvement - 1953
4. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Donald McKayle
Grand Pas de Deux
Pelvic contraction and release
August Bournonville
5. 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
Hanya Holm
New York City Ballet
Aureole - 1962
6. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Theophile Gautier
Africanist Aesthetic
Lindy Hop
Judson Church
7. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Debussy
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Ruth St. Denis
8. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Nijinsky
Ulysses Dove
D-Man in the Water - 1989
9. 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
Percussive Movement
Dr. Louis Vernon
Giselle - 1841
10. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Merce Cunningham
Les Sylphides
11. 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)
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Imperial Russian Ballet
Doris Humphrey
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
12. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Alvin Ailey
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Swan Lake - 1895
Rudolph Nureyev
13. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Shirley Temple
Lion King - 1998
Busby Berkeley
14. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Scheherezade
Margaret Sanger
Jitterbug
Cachucha
15. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Gus Solomons Jr
Jitterbug
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
16. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Suzanne Linglor
Apollo - 1928
Busby Berkeley
Robert Joffrey
17. 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.)
The Nutcracker - 1892
Anna Pavlova
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Swan Lake - 1895
18. Inspired by Gautier's novel The Story of the Mummy - very complicated - spectacular - successful ballet - Aspica is the daughter - English Lord in sand storm goes into tomb & gets put into an opium dream where he becomes Tahor and saves Aspico from a
Robert Joffrey
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Anna Pavlova
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
19. 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
Tsar
Joffrey Ballet
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Aureole - 1962
20. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Charles Weidman
Rudolph Laban
Diaghilev
Jose Limon
21. 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
Petipa Styles of Movement
Still/Here - 1994
Ruby Keeler
Tap Dance
22. (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
Parade - 1917
Ruth St. Denis
Ballet Russes
Alvin Ailey
23. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Anna Pavlova
Acts of Light - 1981
Les Sylphides
New York City Ballet
24. 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
Milhaud
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
25. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Alvin Ailey
Agon - 1957
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Jeux - 1913
26. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Russian Revolution
Fokine
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Lindy Hop
27. 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.
Black Swan Pas de Deux
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Duet - 1957
Dance Theater of Harlem
28. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Marius Petipa
AIDS
Rite of Spring - 1913
Hip-hop
29. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Ruby Keeler
Milhaud
Jean Coralli
Jean Baptiste Lande
30. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Ballet Russes
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Fanny Elssler
Grand Pas de Deux
31. 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)
Gus Solomons Jr
Middle Class
Paul Taylor
Giselle - 1841
32. 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
Postmodern Dance
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Stravinsky
Margaret Sanger
33. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Coppelia
Jean Baptiste Lande
34. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Scheherezade
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
35. 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 Art of Making Dances
Harlem
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
36. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Hip-hop
Milhaud
Aureole - 1962
Africanist Aesthetic
37. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Margaret Sanger
Imperial Russian Ballet
Black Swan Pas de Deux
38. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Nijinska
Acts of Light - 1981
39. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Nicholas Brothers
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
40. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Rose Adagio
Harlem
Coppelia
Industrial Revolution
41. 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`
Jitterbug
Ulysses Dove
Romantic Era
Marie Taglioni
42. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Gas-lighting and curtain
Robert le Diable
Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
43. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Fokine
The Dying Swan - 1905
La Sylphide - 1832
Jean Baptiste Lande
44. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Jean Coralli
Nijinsky
45. 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
Katherine Dunham
Deeply There - 1998
Anna Pavlova
Four Temperaments - 1946
46. 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
Hip-hop
Ruth St. Denis
Swan Lake - 1895
Four Temperaments - 1946
47. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Louis Horst
Dance Theater of Harlem
Apollo - 1928
Fall and Recovery
48. Radically new or original
Theophile Gautier
HIV+
Avant-Garde
Coca Chanel
49. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
The Nutcracker - 1892
Gas-lighting and curtain
Arthur Mitchell
Debussy
50. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Nijinsky
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jules Perrot
Pablo Picasso