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Dance History
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1. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Aureole - 1962
Middle Class
Russian Revolution
2. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Nijinsky
Robert Joffrey
3. Nijinsky choreographed - in the forest - nymphs shows up to flirt with the Faun - one of them drops her scarf - they all leave - and he masturbates into the scarf
Jean Jacques Rousseau
American Ballet Theater
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jitterbug
4. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Alvin Ailey
Talley Beatty
Pilobolus
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
5. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
19th Amendment
Pelvic contraction and release
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Arthur Saint Leon
6. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
New York City Ballet
Jeux - 1913
Twyla Tharp
August Bournonville
7. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
American Ballet Theater
Duet - 1957
Anna Pavlova
Lindy Hop
8. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Suzanne Linglor
Industrial Revolution
Rudolph Laban
9. 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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10. A ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance. The Ballets Russes became one of the most influential b
Gus Solomons Jr
Ballet Russes
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Nijinsky
11. 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
Duet - 1957
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ruth St. Denis
Ruby Keeler
12. 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
Avant-Garde
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Nijinska
D-Man in the Water - 1989
13. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Deeply There - 1998
Lincoln Kirstein
Russian Revolution
14. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Ulysses Dove
Ballet Russes
August Bournonville
15. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Pelvic contraction and release
Arthur Saint Leon
Jean Baptiste Lande
Joffrey Ballet
16. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Rite of Spring - 1913
17. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness
Divertissement
Franco-Prussian War
Schizophrenia
Ruth St. Denis
18. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Gas-lighting and curtain
Middle Class
Robert le Diable
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
19. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Petipa Styles of Movement
Black Swan Pas de Deux
20. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Deeply There - 1998
Dr. Louis Vernon
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
21. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Apollo - 1928
Ruth St. Denis
Rose Adagio
Divertissement
22. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Avant-Garde
August Bournonville
Theophile Gautier
Ulysses Dove
23. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Gus Solomons Jr
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Garth Fagan
24. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Theophile Gautier
Leon Bakst
Stravinsky
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
25. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Percussive Movement
La Sylphide - 1832
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Bill T. Jones
26. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
Cleopatre -1909
Jitterbug
The Dying Swan - 1905
27. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Jeux - 1913
Isadora Duncan
Milhaud
August Bournonville
28. 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
Busby Berkeley
Aureole - 1962
Buddy Dean Show
Divertissement
29. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Martha Graham
Duet - 1957
AIDS
Rudolph Laban
30. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
19th Amendment
Donald McKayle
Parade - 1917
31. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Percussive Movement
Alwin Nikolais
Milhaud
Charles Weidman
32. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Les Noces - 1923
Fokine
Ronald Brown
Merce Cunningham
33. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Louis Horst
Alvin Ailey
Theophile Gautier
Agon - 1957
34. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Petrouchka - 1911
Lion King - 1998
19th Amendment
35. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Saint Leon
Ballroom Dance
Jockey Club
36. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Shirley Temple
Nicholas Brothers
Jean Jacques Rousseau
37. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Tchaikovsky
Cleopatre -1909
38. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Debussy
Divertissement
Jockey Club
Marius Petipa
39. 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
Lindy Hop
Four Temperaments - 1946
Prince of Wales
40. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Louis Horst
Judson Church
Debussy
Lion King - 1998
41. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Bill T. Jones
New York City Ballet
Avant-Garde
Denishawn
42. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Fokine
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Laban
Rite of Spring - 1913
43. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Rite of Spring - 1913
Ruby Keeler
Jockey Club
August Bournonville
44. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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45. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Lincoln Kirstein
Jitterbug
Alvin Ailey
Robert Joffrey
46. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Daughter of the Pharaoh
47. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Anton Dolin
Robert Ellis Dunn
Schizophrenia
48. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Carlotta Grisi
49. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Charles Weidman
Pilobolus
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Savoy Ballroom
50. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Rose Adagio
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Fanny Elssler
Mikhail Baryshnikov