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Dance History
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1. 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
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Pilobolus
Diaghilev
Daughter of the Pharaoh
2. 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
Divertissement
Les Noces - 1923
Ivanov
Ruth St. Denis
3. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Postmodern Dance
Political Asylum
Robert Ellis Dunn
New York City Ballet
4. 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
Isadora Duncan
Grand Pas de Deux
The Dying Swan - 1905
Jean Jacques Rousseau
5. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
John Cage
Robert Joffrey
Swan Lake - 1895
Prince of Wales
6. 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
Alvin Ailey
Four Temperaments - 1946
Pablo Picasso
Savoy Ballroom
7. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Franco-Prussian War
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Savoy Ballroom
8. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Industrial Revolution
Louis Horst
Hip-hop
Doris Humphrey
9. 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.
Ivanov
Suzanne Linglor
Apollo - 1928
Foyer de la Danse
10. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Jean Coralli
Les Sylphides
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Didelot
11. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Dance Theater of Harlem
Mary Wigman
Arthur Saint Leon
12. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Ballet Russes
Twyla Tharp
Pilobolus
Gas-lighting and curtain
13. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Paul Taylor
La Sylphide - 1832
Hanya Holm
Ballet Russes
14. 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.
Martha Graham
Twyla Tharp
Franco-Prussian War
The Nutcracker - 1892
15. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Loie Fuller
Arthur Mitchell
Jose Limon
Duet - 1957
16. 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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Savoy Ballroom
La Sylphide - 1832
17. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Coca Chanel
Anton Dolin
Prince of Wales
Imperial Russian Ballet
18. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Postmodern Dance
Agon - 1957
John Cage
Giselle - 1841
19. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Ballet Russes
Nicholas Brothers
20. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
The Art of Making Dances
Les Noces - 1923
Ivanov
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
21. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Ulysses Dove
Robert Joffrey
Pablo Picasso
22. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
The Art of Making Dances
Parade - 1917
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Petrouchka - 1911
23. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Merce Cunningham
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Buddy Dean Show
Romantic Era
24. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Coppelia
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rite of Spring - 1913
25. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Joffrey Ballet
Middle Class
Lincoln Kirstein
26. 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
Fall and Recovery
Mary Wigman
Denishawn
Tap Dance
27. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
The Art of Making Dances
Jean Baptiste Lande
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Philip Taglioni
28. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Art of Making Dances
Grand Pas de Deux
29. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Tsar
Harlem
Ballroom Dance
Stravinsky
30. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Prince of Wales
AIDS
Alwin Nikolais
Nijinsky
31. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Ballroom Dance
Rose Adagio
Diaghilev
32. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Hanya Holm
Katherine Dunham
Les Noces - 1923
Rite of Spring - 1913
33. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Foyer de la Danse
Nicholas Brothers
John Cage
34. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Joe Goode
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Coralli
35. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Tchaikovsky
Jose Limon
Nijinska
John Cage
36. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Les Sylphides
Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Arthur Saint Leon
37. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Joffrey Ballet
Jitterbug
Jules Perrot
38. Works to question the complexities of real life
Milhaud
Postmodern Dance
Joe Goode
Judson Church
39. 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
Avant-Garde
Jean Coralli
Dance Theater of Harlem
Middle Class
40. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
Acts of Light - 1981
Daughter of the Pharaoh
41. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Africanist Aesthetic
Stravinsky
Percussive Movement
Jose Limon
42. 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
Milhaud
Dr. Louis Vernon
Loie Fuller
Judson Church
43. Beginning of modern dance - danced with bare feet - wore flowing Greek-style robe - died being strangled from a long-flowing scarf caught in a car wheel
Ulysses Dove
Isadora Duncan
Prince of Wales
Rite of Spring - 1913
44. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Rose Adagio
Alvin Ailey
Dr. Louis Vernon
Diaghilev
45. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Anna Pavlova
Fokine
Suzanne Linglor
Bill T. Jones
46. 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.
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Postmodern Dance
Franco-Prussian War
47. 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
Louis Horst
Isadora Duncan
Buddy Dean Show
48. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Africanist Aesthetic
Merce Cunningham
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
49. 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)
Ulysses Dove
Giselle - 1841
Petipa Styles of Movement
Margaret Sanger
50. 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
Paul Taylor
Tsar
Schizophrenia
Eleo Pomare