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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. 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






2. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'






3. Radically new or original






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France






10. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses






11. 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






12. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle






13. 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.






14. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing






15. Taglioni's rival -Her dancing was 'warm and passionate' -Dance was earthy - temperamental - fiery - vuluptuous -Labeled Pagan -Danced folk dances - most famous was Cachucha - Spanish using castanet - twists and turns; Known for her flair and theatric






16. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959






17. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi






18. Pilobolus - human jousting horses






19. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug






20. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom






21. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17






26. 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






27. 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






28. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer






29. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement






30. 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.)






31. 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)






32. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -

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






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






35. 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






36. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness






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






38. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century






39. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops






40. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)






41. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater






42. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play






43. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.






49. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm






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