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Dance History
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1. 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
Hip-hop
Stravinsky
Agon - 1957
Shirley Temple
2. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Ruby Keeler
La Sylphide - 1832
Marie Taglioni
3. 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.
New York City Ballet
Foyer de la Danse
Scheherezade
Industrial Revolution
4. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Dance Theater of Harlem
Political Asylum
Busby Berkeley
Jitterbug
5. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Duet - 1957
Fokine
Jitterbug
Gus Solomons Jr
6. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Franco-Prussian War
The Art of Making Dances
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
7. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
Rudolph Laban
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Petipa Styles of Movement
8. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Loie Fuller
Fall and Recovery
Ballet Russes
9. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Hip-hop
Fanny Elssler
Rite of Spring - 1913
Pelvic contraction and release
10. 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)
Fokine
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
11. 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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12. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Jean Coralli
Coppelia
Grand Pas de Deux
13. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Four Temperaments - 1946
Katherine Dunham
Alwin Nikolais
Bill T. Jones
14. Created the well-known Denishawn school with his wife Ruth St. Denis. They taught dancers diverse styles - With his wife they set up the foundations for the principal of Musical Visualization 'a concept that called for movement equivalents to the tim
Tap Dance
Ted Shawn
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
15. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Rudolph Nureyev
Rose Adagio
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Ballet Russes
16. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Denishawn
Fanny Elssler
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruby Keeler
17. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
New York City Ballet
Petipa Styles of Movement
Arthur Mitchell
Political Asylum
18. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Paul Taylor
Savoy Ballroom
19. 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
George Balanchine
Diaghilev
La Sylphide - 1832
D-Man in the Water - 1989
20. Choreography Deeply There
Doris Humphrey
Ruth St. Denis
Fokine
Joe Goode
21. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Dr. Louis Vernon
Rudolph Nureyev
Pelvic contraction and release
Jitterbug
22. 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.
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Ruth St. Denis
Loie Fuller
Milhaud
23. 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
Rudolph Nureyev
Prince of Wales
Doris Humphrey
24. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Duet - 1957
Nijinska
Theophile Gautier
Petipa Styles of Movement
25. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Mary Wigman
The Dying Swan - 1905
Judson Church
26. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Giselle - 1841
Cleopatre -1909
Charles Weidman
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
Shirley Temple
Cleopatre -1909
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Jean Coralli
28. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Ronald Brown
Coca Chanel
29. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Jose Limon
Loie Fuller
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
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
Denishawn
Swan Lake - 1895
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Prince of Wales
31. 1896-1976 - American - Choreographer - Developed 1930's film fantasy with his daredevil and genius dance design - developed the stage style musical film into a more involved multi-shot fantasy film style with overhead shots - use of tiered set desig
Dance Theater of Harlem
Busby Berkeley
Ulysses Dove
Marius Petipa
32. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Rudolph Nureyev
Foyer de la Danse
Milhaud
33. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
Ruby Keeler
Pablo Picasso
Pilobolus
34. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Russian Revolution
Rose Adagio
35. 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
Pablo Picasso
Percussive Movement
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Arthur Mitchell
36. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Leon Bakst
Romantic Era
Tchaikovsky
Political Asylum
37. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Gas-lighting and curtain
38. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Ivanov
Jockey Club
39. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
Fall and Recovery
Lindy Hop
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
40. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Doris Humphrey
Jitterbug
Dr. Louis Vernon
Stravinsky
41. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Aureole - 1962
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Still/Here - 1994
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
42. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
The Nutcracker - 1892
Mary Wigman
Les Sylphides
43. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989
American Ballet Theater
Lincoln Kirstein
Petipa Styles of Movement
Alvin Ailey
44. 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
Anton Dolin
New York City Ballet
Apollo - 1928
45. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Merce Cunningham
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Fall and Recovery
Twyla Tharp
46. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Russian Revolution
The Nutcracker - 1892
Coppelia
Jean Coralli
47. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Apollo - 1928
Buddy Dean Show
Louis Horst
48. 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
Rose Adagio
Swan Lake - 1895
Charles Weidman
Ruth St. Denis
49. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Petipa Styles of Movement
Parade - 1917
50. 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
Carlotta Grisi
Duet - 1957
Talley Beatty
Suzanne Linglor