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Dance History
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1. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Lion King - 1998
Anna Pavlova
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
2. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Jockey Club
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Ivanov
Massine
3. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Apollo - 1928
Ruth St. Denis
Joffrey Ballet
Suzanne Linglor
4. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Acts of Light - 1981
Cleopatre -1909
Ronald Brown
Lion King - 1998
5. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Postmodern Dance
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
6. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Foyer de la Danse
Lincoln Kirstein
Denishawn
7. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Coca Chanel
Bill T. Jones
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Pablo Picasso
8. 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.)
Alwin Nikolais
Anna Pavlova
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Merce Cunningham
9. 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
Garth Fagan
Carlotta Grisi
Merce Cunningham
Tensile Involvement - 1953
10. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
Rite of Spring - 1913
Fanny Elssler
11. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Hanya Holm
Grand Pas de Deux
Ruby Keeler
Paul Taylor
12. 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
Duet - 1957
Rite of Spring - 1913
Dance Theater of Harlem
Foyer de la Danse
13. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Nijinsky
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Nutcracker - 1892
Nijinska
14. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Hip-hop
Jules Perrot
Jockey Club
15. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Russian Revolution
Alwin Nikolais
Lion King - 1998
Louis Horst
16. 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)
Pelvic contraction and release
Nicholas Brothers
Ulysses Dove
Russian Revolution
17. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Four Temperaments - 1946
John Cage
Margaret Sanger
Daughter of the Pharaoh
18. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Agon - 1957
Suzanne Linglor
AIDS
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
19. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Arthur Mitchell
Fall and Recovery
New York City Ballet
Jean Baptiste Lande
20. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Cleopatre -1909
Martha Graham
Judson Church
21. 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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22. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
John Cage
Arthur Saint Leon
Tap Dance
23. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Divertissement
Industrial Revolution
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
24. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Cachucha
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jitterbug
25. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Shirley Temple
John Cage
Doris Humphrey
Still/Here - 1994
26. 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
Leon Bakst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Jeux - 1913
27. 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
Donald McKayle
Tsar
Twyla Tharp
Gus Solomons Jr
28. 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
Imperial Russian Ballet
Suzanne Linglor
Pablo Picasso
Busby Berkeley
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
Martha Graham
The Dying Swan - 1905
HIV+
Apollo - 1928
30. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Charles Weidman
Jose Limon
Cleopatre -1909
Anton Dolin
31. 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
Rudolph Laban
Jose Limon
Louis Horst
Tap Dance
32. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Isadora Duncan
Cleopatre -1909
George Balanchine
33. Radically new or original
Pilobolus
Avant-Garde
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Nicholas Brothers
34. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Acts of Light - 1981
Fanny Elssler
HIV+
35. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Rudolph Nureyev
Lindy Hop
36. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Ruby Keeler
Alvin Ailey
37. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Tchaikovsky
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Ivanov
38. 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
Fanny Elssler
Les Noces - 1923
The Dying Swan - 1905
Tsar
39. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Cleopatre -1909
Debussy
Percussive Movement
40. 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
Eleo Pomare
Dance Theater of Harlem
Margaret Sanger
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
41. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
New York City Ballet
Charles Weidman
Diaghilev
42. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Fokine
Mary Wigman
Lindy Hop
Imperial Russian Ballet
43. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Rudolph Laban
Tsar
Debussy
Petipa Styles of Movement
44. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Fanny Elssler
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Jeux - 1913
American Ballet Theater
45. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
HIV+
Franco-Prussian War
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
46. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Hip-hop
Tsar
Coppelia
47. 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)
Ballroom Dance
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Doris Humphrey
48. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Garth Fagan
Philip Taglioni
Alvin Ailey
Percussive Movement
49. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Petrouchka - 1911
Fanny Elssler
Fall and Recovery
50. Works to question the complexities of real life
Louis Horst
Martha Graham
Ulysses Dove
Postmodern Dance