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Dance History
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1. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Aureole - 1962
Twyla Tharp
Arthur Saint Leon
2. 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.
Pelvic contraction and release
Diaghilev
Foyer de la Danse
Apollo - 1928
3. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989
Alvin Ailey
Jose Limon
Doris Humphrey
Twyla Tharp
4. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Garth Fagan
Petipa Styles of Movement
Tap Dance
5. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Charles Didelot
Rudolph Laban
Mikhail Baryshnikov
6. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Charles Weidman
Pelvic contraction and release
Diaghilev
La Sylphide - 1832
7. 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
Denishawn
New York City Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rite of Spring - 1913
8. 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)
The Nutcracker - 1892
Lincoln Kirstein
Doris Humphrey
Industrial Revolution
9. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Nijinsky
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
10. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Prince of Wales
Les Sylphides
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
11. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Rudolph Laban
Talley Beatty
Ivanov
12. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
19th Amendment
Robert Joffrey
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Alvin Ailey
13. 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
Jitterbug
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Petrouchka - 1911
Anton Dolin
14. 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
Industrial Revolution
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
La Sylphide - 1832
Charles Didelot
15. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
August Bournonville
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Nijinska
Judson Church
16. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Tsar
Nicholas Brothers
Martha Graham
Jeux - 1913
17. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
The Dying Swan - 1905
Cachucha
Giselle - 1841
Philip Taglioni
18. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Marius Petipa
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Romantic Era
19. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Aureole - 1962
Gus Solomons Jr
Garth Fagan
Theophile Gautier
20. 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
Hip-hop
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Scheherezade
Tensile Involvement - 1953
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
Middle Class
Les Sylphides
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
22. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Doris Humphrey
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Percussive Movement
HIV+
23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Buddy Dean Show
Arthur Saint Leon
HIV+
Pilobolus
24. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Massine
Isadora Duncan
Romantic Era
Rudolph Laban
25. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
Jose Limon
26. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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27. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Charles Weidman
Ruby Keeler
Political Asylum
28. 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
Isadora Duncan
Ruby Keeler
Bill T. Jones
Foyer de la Danse
29. 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
Eleo Pomare
Divertissement
Denishawn
30. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
Pablo Picasso
Marie Taglioni
American Ballet Theater
Grand Pas de Deux
31. Famous for her incredible technique - lightness - and ethereal presence -(1804-1884) -Introduced new costume design (bare neck/shoulders - tutu) -Perfected dancing en pointe -La Sylphide`
Tchaikovsky
Hanya Holm
Marie Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
32. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Lion King - 1998
Arthur Mitchell
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
George Balanchine
33. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Jeux - 1913
Rudolph Nureyev
Louis Horst
Nijinska
34. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Petipa Styles of Movement
Postmodern Dance
Nijinska
Suzanne Linglor
35. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Stravinsky
Robert le Diable
Coca Chanel
Twyla Tharp
36. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Avant-Garde
Loie Fuller
The Dying Swan - 1905
Prince of Wales
37. 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.
Acts of Light - 1981
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Leon Bakst
Nicholas Brothers
38. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Ivanov
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Russian Revolution
39. 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.
Romantic Era
Ballroom Dance
Shirley Temple
Ronald Brown
40. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
John Cage
Romantic Era
Charles Didelot
19th Amendment
41. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Milhaud
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Cachucha
Mary Wigman
42. 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
Schizophrenia
Alvin Ailey
Petipa Styles of Movement
Ivanov
43. 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
Philip Taglioni
Jitterbug
Middle Class
Dance Theater of Harlem
44. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
D-Man in the Water - 1989
45. 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)
Divertissement
Scheherezade
Giselle - 1841
AIDS
46. 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
Tsar
Debussy
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Tap Dance
47. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Postmodern Dance
Industrial Revolution
Dance Theater of Harlem
Harlem
48. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Coca Chanel
Suzanne Linglor
Petipa Styles of Movement
Les Sylphides
49. 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
Pablo Picasso
Tsar
Lindy Hop
Daughter of the Pharaoh
50. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Aureole - 1962
New York City Ballet
Jean Coralli
Acts of Light - 1981