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Dance History
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1. 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.
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Gus Solomons Jr
Loie Fuller
2. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
John Cage
Judson Church
HIV+
3. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
American Ballet Theater
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Anton Dolin
4. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Schizophrenia
Swan Lake - 1895
Anna Pavlova
5. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Doris Humphrey
Tap Dance
Fanny Elssler
6. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Coppelia
The Dying Swan - 1905
Black Swan Pas de Deux
7. 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
Africanist Aesthetic
Les Noces - 1923
Aureole - 1962
Charles Didelot
8. 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
Theophile Gautier
Political Asylum
Agon - 1957
9. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
New York City Ballet
Divertissement
Foyer de la Danse
The Art of Making Dances
10. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Tap Dance
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Leon Bakst
11. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
The Dying Swan - 1905
Debussy
Schizophrenia
Martha Graham
12. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Hip-hop
Jitterbug
Jules Perrot
Black Swan Pas de Deux
13. Interrupted first flush of success of Coppelia and the included the siege of Paris - which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi - on her 17th birthday - but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier.
Pelvic contraction and release
Franco-Prussian War
Aureole - 1962
Merce Cunningham
14. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Duet - 1957
Africanist Aesthetic
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Divertissement
15. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Marius Petipa
Rudolph Laban
August Bournonville
Eleo Pomare
16. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
The Nutcracker - 1892
Joffrey Ballet
Jean Baptiste Lande
Divertissement
17. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Garth Fagan
Cachucha
Alwin Nikolais
Talley Beatty
18. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Anton Dolin
Louis Horst
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
HIV+
19. (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
Charles Weidman
Aureole - 1962
Romantic Era
Marius Petipa
20. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Dance Theater of Harlem
Fokine
New York City Ballet
Industrial Revolution
21. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Theophile Gautier
Rite of Spring - 1913
Stravinsky
Robert le Diable
22. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Carlotta Grisi
Mary Wigman
AIDS
Dance Theater of Harlem
23. 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`
Marie Taglioni
Tap Dance
Apollo - 1928
Franco-Prussian War
24. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Coca Chanel
Marius Petipa
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
25. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Agon - 1957
Apollo - 1928
Louis Horst
Imperial Russian Ballet
26. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey
Ulysses Dove
27. 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
Merce Cunningham
Buddy Dean Show
Ballroom Dance
Theophile Gautier
28. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Lincoln Kirstein
Petrouchka - 1911
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Laban
29. 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
Avant-Garde
Gus Solomons Jr
Jitterbug
Hanya Holm
30. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Paul Taylor
Agon - 1957
Bill T. Jones
Jitterbug
31. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Robert Ellis Dunn
Diaghilev
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Jockey Club
32. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Pablo Picasso
Ivanov
Parade - 1917
33. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Alwin Nikolais
Fokine
D-Man in the Water - 1989
34. 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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Ballet Russes
Scheherezade
Hip-hop
35. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Avant-Garde
Petrouchka - 1911
Jitterbug
36. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Isadora Duncan
Massine
HIV+
Africanist Aesthetic
37. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Alwin Nikolais
Katherine Dunham
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ted Shawn
38. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Eleo Pomare
Nijinska
Robert Joffrey
Savoy Ballroom
39. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Busby Berkeley
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
40. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Les Sylphides
Joffrey Ballet
Robert Ellis Dunn
41. 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
Russian Revolution
Savoy Ballroom
Giselle - 1841
Postmodern Dance
42. Different styles: 1. hoofers: Gregory Hines - Savion Glover - intricate footwork 2. class acts: Fred Astaire - Ginger Rodgers - refined and elegant 3. flash acts: tap with acrobatics 4. soft shoe: skimming floor - producing soft & muted steps
La Sylphide - 1832
Tap Dance
Duet - 1957
Jean Baptiste Lande
43. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
Coppelia
44. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tchaikovsky
Ted Shawn
Nijinska
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
Denishawn
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
Apollo - 1928
46. 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
Louis Horst
Debussy
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Imperial Russian Ballet
47. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
La Sylphide - 1832
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Coppelia
Charles Weidman
48. 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.
Jeux - 1913
Rudolph Laban
Louis Horst
Leon Bakst
49. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Ulysses Dove
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Debussy
Robert le Diable
50. 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
Philip Taglioni
Rose Adagio
Pelvic contraction and release
Daughter of the Pharaoh