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Dance History
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1. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Ballet Russes
Joe Goode
Arthur Mitchell
Cleopatre -1909
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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Fokine
3. 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.
Carlotta Grisi
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Grand Pas de Deux
Duet - 1957
4. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Acts of Light - 1981
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Judson Church
5. Choreography Deeply There
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Joe Goode
Stravinsky
Rose Adagio
6. 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
Milhaud
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joe Goode
7. 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
Diaghilev
Judson Church
Ted Shawn
Cachucha
8. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Still/Here - 1994
Tsar
Paul Taylor
9. 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
Leon Bakst
Martha Graham
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Katherine Dunham
10. 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)
Giselle - 1841
Pelvic contraction and release
Judson Church
Charles Didelot
11. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
George Balanchine
Lindy Hop
Ballroom Dance
12. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Anton Dolin
Scheherezade
Dr. Louis Vernon
Les Sylphides
13. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Rose Adagio
Nicholas Brothers
Divertissement
14. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Africanist Aesthetic
Rose Adagio
Milhaud
Russian Revolution
15. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Fokine
16. 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
Tchaikovsky
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Cachucha
Acts of Light - 1981
17. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Dance Theater of Harlem
Gus Solomons Jr
Massine
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
18. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Apollo - 1928
Diaghilev
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Petrouchka - 1911
19. (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
Nijinsky
Cachucha
Marius Petipa
Percussive Movement
20. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Four Temperaments - 1946
Gas-lighting and curtain
Garth Fagan
The Dying Swan - 1905
21. 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
Margaret Sanger
Katherine Dunham
Still/Here - 1994
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
22. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Talley Beatty
Ronald Brown
Middle Class
23. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Deeply There - 1998
Carlotta Grisi
Africanist Aesthetic
24. 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
Harlem
Savoy Ballroom
Joe Goode
Merce Cunningham
25. 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)
Doris Humphrey
Agon - 1957
Scheherezade
Divertissement
26. 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
Ivanov
Diaghilev
Acts of Light - 1981
Garth Fagan
27. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Ivanov
Divertissement
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philip Taglioni
28. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
Industrial Revolution
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
American Ballet Theater
Rudolph Nureyev
29. 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
Arthur Saint Leon
Apollo - 1928
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Cleopatre -1909
30. 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
Rose Adagio
Mary Wigman
Industrial Revolution
31. Founded the Gus Solomons Company/Dance - whose repertoire consisted of detailed and analytical compositions that were conceived as 'melted architecture' - drawing from experience as an architecture student at MIT
Middle Class
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Judson Church
Gus Solomons Jr
32. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Middle Class
Arthur Saint Leon
19th Amendment
Anna Pavlova
33. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Louis Horst
Divertissement
The Dying Swan - 1905
Lion King - 1998
34. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Acts of Light - 1981
Industrial Revolution
Mary Wigman
35. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Rudolph Nureyev
Donald McKayle
Pilobolus
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
36. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Russian Revolution
Tap Dance
Savoy Ballroom
37. 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
Debussy
Hanya Holm
Charles Weidman
Aureole - 1962
38. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Talley Beatty
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Rudolph Laban
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
39. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Rite of Spring - 1913
Jeux - 1913
Doris Humphrey
Hanya Holm
40. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Duet - 1957
Suzanne Linglor
Agon - 1957
Nicholas Brothers
41. 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
George Balanchine
Choreographers who died of AIDS
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Doris Humphrey
42. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Divertissement
Africanist Aesthetic
Debussy
43. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Mary Wigman
New York City Ballet
Fokine
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
44. 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
Anna Pavlova
Pablo Picasso
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
45. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Nijinsky
Milhaud
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Didelot
46. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Dr. Louis Vernon
Robert Ellis Dunn
Imperial Russian Ballet
47. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Alwin Nikolais
Romantic Era
Fall and Recovery
Tap Dance
48. 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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49. 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
George Balanchine
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Tchaikovsky
50. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Arthur Saint Leon
Joffrey Ballet
Eleo Pomare
Robert le Diable