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Dance History
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1. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Jockey Club
Swan Lake - 1895
The Art of Making Dances
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
2. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Ronald Brown
Acts of Light - 1981
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
3. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Petipa Styles of Movement
Philip Taglioni
Deeply There - 1998
Jose Limon
4. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Romantic Era
Aureole - 1962
5. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Giselle - 1841
Russian Revolution
Fanny Elssler
Jeux - 1913
6. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
American Ballet Theater
Parade - 1917
La Sylphide - 1832
Coca Chanel
7. One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life - 1881-1973 - he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerfu
Tsar
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Pablo Picasso
Savoy Ballroom
8. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
August Bournonville
Jitterbug
Eleo Pomare
9. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
AIDS
Buddy Dean Show
Rite of Spring - 1913
10. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Isadora Duncan
Charles Didelot
Hip-hop
11. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Scheherezade
Grand Pas de Deux
Dance Theater of Harlem
Robert Ellis Dunn
12. 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
Margaret Sanger
Middle Class
Foyer de la Danse
Fokine
13. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Stravinsky
Savoy Ballroom
14. Choreography Deeply There
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Busby Berkeley
Joe Goode
D-Man in the Water - 1989
15. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Lion King - 1998
Paul Taylor
Stravinsky
16. 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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17. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Ulysses Dove
Coca Chanel
Nicholas Brothers
18. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Dance Theater of Harlem
La Sylphide - 1832
19. 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
Shirley Temple
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Debussy
20. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Milhaud
Fall and Recovery
Aureole - 1962
Robert Joffrey
21. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Mary Wigman
Denishawn
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
22. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Grand Pas de Deux
Charles Weidman
The Dying Swan - 1905
Fanny Elssler
23. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Garth Fagan
Gas-lighting and curtain
Harlem
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
24. Radically new or original
Avant-Garde
Petrouchka - 1911
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Ted Shawn
25. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Denishawn
Jockey Club
Harlem
26. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Industrial Revolution
Hanya Holm
John Cage
27. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Romantic Era
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Scheherezade
Foyer de la Danse
28. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
New York City Ballet
Russian Revolution
HIV+
29. (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
Ballroom Dance
Doris Humphrey
Bill T. Jones
Marius Petipa
30. Choreographed by Petipa & Ivanov - Odette (under a spell) & Odile look alike - Prince Siegfried (Odette saves other swans & tells him her tale) - his mother throws a ball for him to find a wife - Odile shows up as Odette & Prince commits his love to
Swan Lake - 1895
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ruby Keeler
Arthur Mitchell
31. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Ulysses Dove
Katherine Dunham
Avant-Garde
Petrouchka - 1911
32. 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
Ballet Russes
19th Amendment
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Daughter of the Pharaoh
33. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
The Art of Making Dances
Theophile Gautier
HIV+
Isadora Duncan
34. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Middle Class
Acts of Light - 1981
Suzanne Linglor
Jules Perrot
35. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Didelot
Joe Goode
36. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Charles Didelot
Jeux - 1913
Judson Church
The Nutcracker - 1892
37. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Acts of Light - 1981
HIV+
Les Sylphides
Imperial Russian Ballet
38. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Ted Shawn
Giselle - 1841
New York City Ballet
39. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Joffrey Ballet
Talley Beatty
Duet - 1957
40. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Marie Taglioni
The Nutcracker - 1892
Paul Taylor
Massine
41. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Ivanov
Romantic Era
42. 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)
Les Sylphides
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
August Bournonville
Doris Humphrey
43. 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
Ronald Brown
Joffrey Ballet
Imperial Russian Ballet
Schizophrenia
44. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Massine
Joffrey Ballet
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Twyla Tharp
45. 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
Apollo - 1928
Rose Adagio
Theophile Gautier
Shirley Temple
46. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Tsar
The Nutcracker - 1892
Nijinsky
47. 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
Tchaikovsky
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Rudolph Nureyev
48. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Petipa Styles of Movement
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
The Nutcracker - 1892
John Cage
49. 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
Foyer de la Danse
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
La Sylphide - 1832
50. 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
Fanny Elssler
Prince of Wales
Jitterbug
Choreographers who died of AIDS