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Dance History
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1. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Denishawn
Anna Pavlova
Stravinsky
American Ballet Theater
2. 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
Debussy
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Arthur Mitchell
Milhaud
3. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Milhaud
Hanya Holm
John Cage
4. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Joe Goode
Pilobolus
Stravinsky
5. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Gus Solomons Jr
Harlem
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jeux - 1913
6. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Paul Taylor
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Gas-lighting and curtain
Russian Revolution
7. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Eleo Pomare
Gus Solomons Jr
Lincoln Kirstein
8. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
John Cage
Stravinsky
Robert le Diable
19th Amendment
9. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Fall and Recovery
Percussive Movement
Parade - 1917
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
10. 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
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Dance Theater of Harlem
Nijinska
Pelvic contraction and release
11. 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
AIDS
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
12. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Africanist Aesthetic
Leon Bakst
Nijinska
Cleopatre -1909
13. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Harlem
Lindy Hop
Leon Bakst
Giselle - 1841
14. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
Tchaikovsky
Ivanov
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
15. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Prince of Wales
Arthur Saint Leon
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Twyla Tharp
16. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Doris Humphrey
Nijinska
George Balanchine
Russian Revolution
17. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Lion King - 1998
Harlem
Fall and Recovery
19th Amendment
18. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Margaret Sanger
Ronald Brown
Les Noces - 1923
19. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Fokine
Debussy
Grand Pas de Deux
Middle Class
20. 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.
Leon Bakst
Jockey Club
Paul Taylor
Black Swan Pas de Deux
21. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Busby Berkeley
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Industrial Revolution
Russian Revolution
22. 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
Postmodern Dance
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
American Ballet Theater
23. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Ted Shawn
Marius Petipa
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jean Coralli
24. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
HIV+
Four Temperaments - 1946
Pilobolus
Debussy
25. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Hanya Holm
Fokine
Philip Taglioni
The Nutcracker - 1892
26. 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)
Avant-Garde
La Sylphide - 1832
Doris Humphrey
Duet - 1957
27. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
La Sylphide - 1832
Bill T. Jones
Africanist Aesthetic
28. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Franco-Prussian War
Merce Cunningham
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
Jean Coralli
Jose Limon
Acts of Light - 1981
Marius Petipa
30. Works to question the complexities of real life
Dance Theater of Harlem
Postmodern Dance
Agon - 1957
Le Train Bleu - 1924
31. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Rudolph Nureyev
Jockey Club
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Lion King - 1998
32. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
The Dying Swan - 1905
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Four Temperaments - 1946
33. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Denishawn
Lincoln Kirstein
Buddy Dean Show
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
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
Petipa Styles of Movement
35. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Ruth St. Denis
Postmodern Dance
36. 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
Lion King - 1998
Duet - 1957
Rudolph Nureyev
Paul Taylor
37. 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
George Balanchine
Middle Class
Petrouchka - 1911
Parade - 1917
38. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Leon Bakst
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Jules Perrot
Anton Dolin
39. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Deeply There - 1998
Massine
The Art of Making Dances
40. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Marie Taglioni
Coca Chanel
Doris Humphrey
Le Train Bleu - 1924
41. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Giselle - 1841
Duet - 1957
19th Amendment
Apollo - 1928
42. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Dance Theater of Harlem
Margaret Sanger
Arthur Mitchell
43. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Tchaikovsky
Hanya Holm
Debussy
44. American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City - she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the
Jose Limon
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Margaret Sanger
Duet - 1957
45. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
HIV+
Anna Pavlova
Deeply There - 1998
New York City Ballet
46. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Daughter of the Pharaoh
American Ballet Theater
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
47. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jules Perrot
La Sylphide - 1832
Les Noces - 1923
48. 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)
Garth Fagan
Giselle - 1841
Katherine Dunham
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
49. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Alvin Ailey
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Tsar
Bill T. Jones
50. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Jean Coralli
Schizophrenia
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912