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Dance History
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1. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Ulysses Dove
Postmodern Dance
Robert Ellis Dunn
Les Sylphides
2. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Jitterbug
Four Temperaments - 1946
Postmodern Dance
3. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Margaret Sanger
Industrial Revolution
Massine
Jean Baptiste Lande
4. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Garth Fagan
Debussy
The Nutcracker - 1892
Harlem
5. 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
Shirley Temple
Gas-lighting and curtain
Lincoln Kirstein
Giselle - 1841
6. 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
Les Sylphides
Fokine
Nijinsky
August Bournonville
7. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Deeply There - 1998
Philip Taglioni
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
8. 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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Hanya Holm
American Ballet Theater
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
9. 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
Louis Horst
Eleo Pomare
AIDS
Aureole - 1962
10. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Jockey Club
11. 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
Jules Perrot
Savoy Ballroom
Talley Beatty
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
12. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Nicholas Brothers
Louis Horst
Ted Shawn
Lincoln Kirstein
13. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Rite of Spring - 1913
Robert le Diable
Grand Pas de Deux
Massine
14. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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15. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Anton Dolin
Judson Church
Ruth St. Denis
Dance Theater of Harlem
16. 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
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Grand Pas de Deux
Marius Petipa
Middle Class
17. Interrupted first flush of success of Coppelia and the included the siege of Paris - which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi - on her 17th birthday - but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier.
Joffrey Ballet
Franco-Prussian War
Robert Joffrey
Jockey Club
18. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Nijinsky
Pilobolus
Deeply There - 1998
Denishawn
19. 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
Robert le Diable
Fanny Elssler
Les Noces - 1923
Buddy Dean Show
20. 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
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Les Noces - 1923
Ted Shawn
Arthur Saint Leon
21. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Lindy Hop
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
Ted Shawn
22. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Debussy
Imperial Russian Ballet
Dr. Louis Vernon
Nijinska
23. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Gas-lighting and curtain
Four Temperaments - 1946
Anton Dolin
D-Man in the Water - 1989
24. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Duet - 1957
Jose Limon
Jules Perrot
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
25. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Scheherezade
Margaret Sanger
Ted Shawn
26. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Leon Bakst
Donald McKayle
Scheherezade
Fall and Recovery
27. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Nijinska
19th Amendment
Alwin Nikolais
New York City Ballet
28. 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
Alvin Ailey
Massine
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Joffrey Ballet
29. 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.
Busby Berkeley
Carlotta Grisi
Charles Didelot
Denishawn
30. 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.
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Nicholas Brothers
Lincoln Kirstein
Leon Bakst
31. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Savoy Ballroom
Eleo Pomare
Judson Church
Romantic Era
32. Radically new or original
Mary Wigman
Percussive Movement
Avant-Garde
George Balanchine
33. Considered one of the greatest of African American choreographers - and also bears the titles dancer - educator - and dance company director. After studying under Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham - went on to do solo work and choreograph his own wo
Ballet Russes
Paul Taylor
Scheherezade
Talley Beatty
34. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Ivanov
Twyla Tharp
Divertissement
Parade - 1917
35. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Carlotta Grisi
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Arthur Saint Leon
36. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Robert le Diable
Ruby Keeler
Joe Goode
37. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Ballroom Dance
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Gus Solomons Jr
38. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Coppelia
Swan Lake - 1895
Apollo - 1928
39. 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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40. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Rite of Spring - 1913
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Debussy
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
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
Nicholas Brothers
Four Temperaments - 1946
Alvin Ailey
Gus Solomons Jr
42. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
43. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Jules Perrot
Jose Limon
Romantic Era
Ballet Russes
44. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Joffrey Ballet
Fall and Recovery
Pablo Picasso
Les Noces - 1923
45. Works to question the complexities of real life
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Postmodern Dance
Garth Fagan
Franco-Prussian War
46. 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)
Loie Fuller
Pilobolus
Giselle - 1841
Lincoln Kirstein
47. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Martha Graham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Industrial Revolution
Alwin Nikolais
48. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Nicholas Brothers
La Sylphide - 1832
Cachucha
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
49. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Divertissement
John Cage
Charles Weidman
50. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers