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Dance History
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1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Agon - 1957
The Dying Swan - 1905
HIV+
Jean Baptiste Lande
2. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Industrial Revolution
Foyer de la Danse
Jean Coralli
Coca Chanel
3. 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
Jockey Club
Dance Theater of Harlem
Deeply There - 1998
Agon - 1957
4. A Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the black experience - notable productions include Missa Luba in 1965 - Blues for the Jungle in 1966 (portraying life in Harlem) - Las Desenamorad
Theophile Gautier
Middle Class
Eleo Pomare
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
5. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rudolph Nureyev
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Petrouchka - 1911
Rite of Spring - 1913
6. 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)
Giselle - 1841
Divertissement
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Political Asylum
7. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Talley Beatty
Ballet Russes
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint Leon
8. 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
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
Talley Beatty
Jules Perrot
9. 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.
Margaret Sanger
Tap Dance
Loie Fuller
Still/Here - 1994
10. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Denishawn
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
11. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Scheherezade
Shirley Temple
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Louis Horst
12. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Donald McKayle
Anna Pavlova
Schizophrenia
Robert le Diable
13. Student of Mary Wigman. Opened a Wigman school in NYC in 1931 - brought German modern to U.S. but Americanized her technique. Choreographed Broadway musicals- 'Kiss Me Kate' based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Tap Dance
Jitterbug
Hanya Holm
Les Noces - 1923
14. 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
Garth Fagan
Diaghilev
Aureole - 1962
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
15. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Still/Here - 1994
Hip-hop
Choreographers who died of AIDS
The Art of Making Dances
16. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Deeply There - 1998
George Balanchine
Rose Adagio
Margaret Sanger
17. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Bill T. Jones
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Anna Pavlova
Buddy Dean Show
18. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Deeply There - 1998
Industrial Revolution
Nijinsky
Robert Joffrey
19. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Agon - 1957
Massine
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Jockey Club
20. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Twyla Tharp
Industrial Revolution
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
American Ballet Theater
21. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Ruth St. Denis
Debussy
Political Asylum
American Ballet Theater
22. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Rite of Spring - 1913
Coca Chanel
Divertissement
Le Train Bleu - 1924
23. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Philip Taglioni
Martha Graham
Jules Perrot
Le Train Bleu - 1924
24. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Arthur Saint Leon
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Aureole - 1962
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
25. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Russian Revolution
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bill T. Jones
Ruby Keeler
26. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
19th Amendment
The Dying Swan - 1905
27. 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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28. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Pablo Picasso
Parade - 1917
Cleopatre -1909
29. Started in NYC by Robert Joffrey - small company - repertoire was eclectic and contemporary - reconstructed works from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Financially weak - often folded - moved to LA then chicago
Rudolph Nureyev
Katherine Dunham
The Dying Swan - 1905
Joffrey Ballet
30. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
Acts of Light - 1981
Mary Wigman
Loie Fuller
31. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Brown
Prince of Wales
Ivanov
Isadora Duncan
32. Radically new or original
Philip Taglioni
Avant-Garde
Martha Graham
Middle Class
33. 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
Percussive Movement
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Buddy Dean Show
D-Man in the Water - 1989
34. Reform Russian Ballet - choreographed Dying Swan 1905 for Anna Povlova (2 minutes long) - accused of being influenced by Isadora Duncan - teacher & choreographer rather than a refined dancer
Fokine
Ballroom Dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jose Limon
35. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Pelvic contraction and release
The Nutcracker - 1892
Busby Berkeley
36. 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
Tsar
Ruby Keeler
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Dance Theater of Harlem
37. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
George Balanchine
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Still/Here - 1994
Carlotta Grisi
38. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Russian Revolution
Schizophrenia
Ronald Brown
39. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
Katherine Dunham
John Cage
Joe Goode
40. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Rose Adagio
Grand Pas de Deux
Robert Joffrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
41. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Ruby Keeler
Agon - 1957
Katherine Dunham
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
42. Predominately black - but whites attended - social dances were done - had to change the floor every three years because of the intense dancing - many whites went to go watch Black People Dance
Daughter of the Pharaoh
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Savoy Ballroom
Marie Taglioni
43. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Parade - 1917
Tchaikovsky
Ruth St. Denis
Robert Joffrey
44. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Russian Revolution
John Cage
Imperial Russian Ballet
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
45. Choreography Deeply There
Anton Dolin
Joe Goode
Acts of Light - 1981
Franco-Prussian War
46. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Lion King - 1998
Katherine Dunham
Massine
La Sylphide - 1832
47. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture
Lincoln Kirstein
Parade - 1917
Massine
Pilobolus
48. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ulysses Dove
Four Temperaments - 1946
Petipa Styles of Movement
Franco-Prussian War
49. 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
Jose Limon
Denishawn
AIDS
Leon Bakst
50. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
The Dying Swan - 1905
Loie Fuller
Prince of Wales
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers