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Dance History
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1. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Franco-Prussian War
Garth Fagan
Political Asylum
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
2. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Romantic Era
Jeux - 1913
3. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
The Art of Making Dances
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Gas-lighting and curtain
4. 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)
La Sylphide - 1832
Judson Church
Acts of Light - 1981
Doris Humphrey
5. 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
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Ruby Keeler
Foyer de la Danse
Gus Solomons Jr
6. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
19th Amendment
Les Sylphides
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
7. 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
Philip Taglioni
Middle Class
Charles Didelot
Dr. Louis Vernon
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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Savoy Ballroom
Nijinska
Middle Class
9. 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
Ivanov
Ruth St. Denis
Parade - 1917
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
10. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Harlem
The Art of Making Dances
George Balanchine
11. 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
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
Cleopatre -1909
Percussive Movement
12. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Coppelia
Arthur Saint Leon
Mary Wigman
Joe Goode
13. 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
Harlem
Garth Fagan
Ballroom Dance
La Sylphide - 1832
14. 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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15. 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
Nijinska
Aureole - 1962
Buddy Dean Show
Apollo - 1928
16. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Divertissement
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Arthur Saint Leon
17. 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
Tap Dance
Isadora Duncan
Joffrey Ballet
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
18. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Robert le Diable
August Bournonville
Lindy Hop
Acts of Light - 1981
19. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Merce Cunningham
The Nutcracker - 1892
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Nicholas Brothers
20. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Ronald Brown
Rudolph Laban
Middle Class
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
21. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Ronald Brown
Africanist Aesthetic
Twyla Tharp
Industrial Revolution
22. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Lion King - 1998
Jean Baptiste Lande
Joffrey Ballet
23. 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.
Fokine
Les Noces - 1923
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Franco-Prussian War
24. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Denishawn
Mary Wigman
Percussive Movement
Political Asylum
25. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Anton Dolin
Pelvic contraction and release
Pilobolus
Lion King - 1998
26. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
Margaret Sanger
Massine
Scheherezade
27. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Talley Beatty
Jean Coralli
The Art of Making Dances
28. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Gus Solomons Jr
Diaghilev
HIV+
Theophile Gautier
29. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Eleo Pomare
Donald McKayle
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
30. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Ruth St. Denis
Loie Fuller
Ulysses Dove
31. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Ted Shawn
Denishawn
Martha Graham
Le Train Bleu - 1924
32. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Ulysses Dove
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
33. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Denishawn
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Tchaikovsky
Tap Dance
34. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Isadora Duncan
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Imperial Russian Ballet
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
35. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Grand Pas de Deux
Louis Horst
Tchaikovsky
36. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Leon Bakst
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
37. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
George Balanchine
Ruby Keeler
Nijinska
Martha Graham
38. 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.
Political Asylum
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Foyer de la Danse
Judson Church
39. 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
Loie Fuller
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Alwin Nikolais
40. 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`
Petrouchka - 1911
Deeply There - 1998
Marie Taglioni
Massine
41. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Percussive Movement
Arthur Mitchell
Gas-lighting and curtain
Imperial Russian Ballet
42. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
New York City Ballet
Doris Humphrey
Scheherezade
43. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Harlem
Denishawn
The Dying Swan - 1905
Fall and Recovery
44. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Jean Baptiste Lande
Pablo Picasso
Divertissement
Prince of Wales
45. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Diaghilev
August Bournonville
Nijinsky
Percussive Movement
46. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
The Art of Making Dances
Twyla Tharp
Still/Here - 1994
47. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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48. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Nicholas Brothers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Les Sylphides
Jean Coralli
49. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Eleo Pomare
Apollo - 1928
Jose Limon
The Art of Making Dances
50. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Ruby Keeler
Paul Taylor
Apollo - 1928
Coppelia