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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty






2. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts






3. 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)






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance






7. 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






8. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis






9. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle






10. 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






11. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity






12. 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.






13. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'






14. 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






15. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49






16. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.






17. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness






18. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf






25. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement






26. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s






27. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS






28. (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






29. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying






30. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)






31. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france






32. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem






33. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)






34. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern






35. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation






36. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns






37. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)






38. 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






39. 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






40. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding






41. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49






46. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film






47. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company






48. Ballet with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed 1916-1917 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The ballet premiered on Friday - May 18th - 1917 at the Thaa






49. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death






50. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano