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Dance History
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1. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Fokine
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Avant-Garde
2. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
August Bournonville
Still/Here - 1994
Alvin Ailey
3. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Fokine
Charles Weidman
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Still/Here - 1994
4. 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
Duet - 1957
Twyla Tharp
Tsar
Savoy Ballroom
5. 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.
Garth Fagan
La Sylphide - 1832
August Bournonville
Foyer de la Danse
6. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Isadora Duncan
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
7. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Busby Berkeley
Arthur Mitchell
Rudolph Nureyev
Carlotta Grisi
8. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Jitterbug
Ruby Keeler
The Art of Making Dances
Lindy Hop
9. 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
Les Sylphides
Africanist Aesthetic
Suzanne Linglor
Eleo Pomare
10. Founded the Gus Solomons Company/Dance - whose repertoire consisted of detailed and analytical compositions that were conceived as 'melted architecture' - drawing from experience as an architecture student at MIT
Judson Church
The Art of Making Dances
Gus Solomons Jr
Choreographers who died of AIDS
11. 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
Leon Bakst
Talley Beatty
Isadora Duncan
19th Amendment
12. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
New York City Ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert le Diable
Jockey Club
13. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Bill T. Jones
Ballroom Dance
Petipa Styles of Movement
Grand Pas de Deux
14. 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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Debussy
Coppelia
15. 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.
Ballet Russes
Four Temperaments - 1946
Leon Bakst
Jitterbug
16. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Gus Solomons Jr
Deeply There - 1998
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
17. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Deeply There - 1998
Russian Revolution
Jose Limon
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
18. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Marius Petipa
Rite of Spring - 1913
Prince of Wales
Parade - 1917
19. Waddling on their heels - legs straight - tap dance transition step - dances are about weight and being grounded - not defying gravity - jumps are about coming down - rather than going up - connection of Africanist dance & American modern dance
Four Temperaments - 1946
Fokine
Theophile Gautier
Joe Goode
20. In charge of new Paris Opera; under his direction - Paris Opera made a profit for the only time in its existence; slashed salaries of ballerinas to force them into mistresshood for fellow Jockey's
Nicholas Brothers
Petipa Styles of Movement
Romantic Era
Dr. Louis Vernon
21. 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
Aureole - 1962
Paul Taylor
Isadora Duncan
Bill T. Jones
22. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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23. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Lion King - 1998
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Louis Horst
Milhaud
24. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Hip-hop
Nicholas Brothers
Lion King - 1998
25. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Divertissement
Romantic Era
Cleopatre -1909
26. Marius Petipa - 4 fairies for Aurora - did not invite the evil fairy - put a spell on Aurora @ 16 she would prick her finger on a spindle & fall asleep for 100 years - End of Act I pricks her finger - Act III is the wedding (divertissement - Grand Pa
Ruby Keeler
Robert le Diable
Joffrey Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
27. 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
Still/Here - 1994
Charles Weidman
Donald McKayle
George Balanchine
28. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Pelvic contraction and release
Les Noces - 1923
Katherine Dunham
Le Train Bleu - 1924
29. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Imperial Russian Ballet
Judson Church
Jitterbug
30. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Jules Perrot
Ruth St. Denis
Ulysses Dove
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
31. 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
Lindy Hop
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
New York City Ballet
Tap Dance
32. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Gus Solomons Jr
Nijinsky
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
33. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Bill T. Jones
Jeux - 1913
Massine
Donald McKayle
34. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Gus Solomons Jr
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
35. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Massine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fall and Recovery
Divertissement
36. High energy act of two African american brothers - Fayard and Harold - had a 'flash act' consisting of an acrobatic tap style - were in movies - only African Americans encouraged to mingle with audience (by audeince demand)
Nicholas Brothers
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Rudolph Laban
Pelvic contraction and release
37. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Massine
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Savoy Ballroom
Prince of Wales
38. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Agon - 1957
Coca Chanel
Apollo - 1928
39. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
The Nutcracker - 1892
Anna Pavlova
August Bournonville
40. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Percussive Movement
Lindy Hop
Alwin Nikolais
41. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Milhaud
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Still/Here - 1994
42. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Jitterbug
Imperial Russian Ballet
Rose Adagio
Fokine
43. (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
Les Sylphides
Franco-Prussian War
Marius Petipa
Garth Fagan
44. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Hip-hop
Dr. Louis Vernon
John Cage
45. 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
Scheherezade
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Agon - 1957
Pablo Picasso
46. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Milhaud
Jockey Club
Duet - 1957
47. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Jean Baptiste Lande
Aureole - 1962
Theophile Gautier
Petipa Styles of Movement
48. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Mary Wigman
Marie Taglioni
Bill T. Jones
Joffrey Ballet
49. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Mary Wigman
19th Amendment
Romantic Era
Black Swan Pas de Deux
50. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Tchaikovsky
Ruby Keeler
Jean Baptiste Lande
Philip Taglioni