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1. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Petipa Styles of Movement
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Tsar
2. One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life - 1881-1973 - he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerfu
Nijinsky
Pablo Picasso
Leon Bakst
Coca Chanel
3. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Imperial Russian Ballet
Percussive Movement
Louis Horst
Tensile Involvement - 1953
4. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Joffrey Ballet
Twyla Tharp
Coca Chanel
5. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
The Dying Swan - 1905
Theophile Gautier
Four Temperaments - 1946
Coppelia
6. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Suzanne Linglor
Nicholas Brothers
Bill T. Jones
Scheherezade
7. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Franco-Prussian War
Harlem
John Cage
Carlotta Grisi
8. Music that combines spoken street dialect with cuts (samples) from older records and bears the influences of social politics - male boasting - and comic lyrics carried forward from blues - R&b - soul and rock and roll
Hip-hop
Paul Taylor
Pelvic contraction and release
Parade - 1917
9. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Robert Ellis Dunn
Petrouchka - 1911
Fanny Elssler
Jitterbug
10. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Russian Revolution
Jean Coralli
Marius Petipa
Ruth St. Denis
11. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Still/Here - 1994
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
19th Amendment
12. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Anton Dolin
Theophile Gautier
Marius Petipa
13. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jean Jacques Rousseau
14. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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15. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Russian Revolution
Eleo Pomare
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Garth Fagan
16. 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
Debussy
Rudolph Nureyev
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Four Temperaments - 1946
17. 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
George Balanchine
Apollo - 1928
Aureole - 1962
18. Choreography Deeply There
Denishawn
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Joe Goode
19. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ulysses Dove
Pelvic contraction and release
Harlem
20. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Pelvic contraction and release
Robert Joffrey
Ulysses Dove
Joffrey Ballet
21. Choreographed by Paul Taylor; Modern dance work in one act with choreography by Taylor - music by Handel - and lighting by T. Skelton. Premiered 4 Aug. 1962 at Connecticut College - New London - by the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Taylor - Elizabet
Aureole - 1962
Jockey Club
Nicholas Brothers
Ballet Russes
22. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
American Ballet Theater
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Anton Dolin
Les Sylphides
23. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Talley Beatty
Ted Shawn
Robert Ellis Dunn
Buddy Dean Show
24. Works to question the complexities of real life
Carlotta Grisi
Debussy
Postmodern Dance
Giselle - 1841
25. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Giselle - 1841
Prince of Wales
Imperial Russian Ballet
Industrial Revolution
26. 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
Charles Weidman
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Joffrey Ballet
Margaret Sanger
27. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
John Cage
Charles Weidman
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jean Jacques Rousseau
28. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky
Pablo Picasso
Debussy
Divertissement
29. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Coppelia
Harlem
Alvin Ailey
Leon Bakst
30. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Aureole - 1962
Fokine
August Bournonville
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
31. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Buddy Dean Show
John Cage
32. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Milhaud
Ted Shawn
Scheherezade
Rose Adagio
33. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Marie Taglioni
Jockey Club
Nijinska
Romantic Era
34. 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
Tsar
AIDS
Eleo Pomare
Busby Berkeley
35. 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
Busby Berkeley
Joe Goode
Robert Ellis Dunn
Savoy Ballroom
36. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Jules Perrot
Katherine Dunham
Lion King - 1998
Eleo Pomare
37. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Deeply There - 1998
Les Sylphides
Ballet Russes
Percussive Movement
38. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Duet - 1957
Alvin Ailey
39. 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.
Robert Joffrey
Jockey Club
Shirley Temple
Duet - 1957
40. 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.
Avant-Garde
Loie Fuller
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
41. 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
Russian Revolution
Aureole - 1962
Robert le Diable
Ruth St. Denis
42. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Dance Theater of Harlem
Petipa Styles of Movement
Grand Pas de Deux
Divertissement
43. 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
Fanny Elssler
Romantic Era
Russian Revolution
Four Temperaments - 1946
44. 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
American Ballet Theater
Hip-hop
Merce Cunningham
45. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Hip-hop
Robert le Diable
Nijinsky
Daughter of the Pharaoh
46. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Charles Weidman
Coppelia
Katherine Dunham
Alwin Nikolais
47. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Jean Coralli
Dance Theater of Harlem
Middle Class
48. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Duet - 1957
Les Noces - 1923
Lindy Hop
Paul Taylor
49. 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
Scheherezade
Acts of Light - 1981
Rudolph Laban
Jitterbug
50. 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.
Nijinska
Eleo Pomare
Foyer de la Danse
Katherine Dunham