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Dance History
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1. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
John Cage
Harlem
Fanny Elssler
2. 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
New York City Ballet
Busby Berkeley
Robert Joffrey
Le Train Bleu - 1924
3. (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
Marius Petipa
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Tsar
Hip-hop
4. Beginning of modern dance - danced with bare feet - wore flowing Greek-style robe - died being strangled from a long-flowing scarf caught in a car wheel
Ronald Brown
Jitterbug
Isadora Duncan
Ivanov
5. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Savoy Ballroom
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
6. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Ballet Russes
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Hanya Holm
7. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Alwin Nikolais
Ivanov
Ted Shawn
Coca Chanel
8. 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
Hip-hop
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Pablo Picasso
Busby Berkeley
9. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Charles Didelot
Pilobolus
Harlem
Deeply There - 1998
10. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Agon - 1957
Ballet Russes
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
11. 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.
Jean Baptiste Lande
Duet - 1957
The Nutcracker - 1892
Romantic Era
12. 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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Tap Dance
American Ballet Theater
Gas-lighting and curtain
13. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Jitterbug
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Debussy
14. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Four Temperaments - 1946
Katherine Dunham
Apollo - 1928
Africanist Aesthetic
15. 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`
Marius Petipa
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Marie Taglioni
Dance Theater of Harlem
16. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Jean Jacques Rousseau
New York City Ballet
Leon Bakst
Divertissement
17. 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
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Ballet Russes
Denishawn
18. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Gas-lighting and curtain
Doris Humphrey
Denishawn
19. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture
Lincoln Kirstein
Industrial Revolution
Cleopatre -1909
Petrouchka - 1911
20. 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
Still/Here - 1994
Franco-Prussian War
Paul Taylor
Loie Fuller
21. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Industrial Revolution
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Giselle - 1841
22. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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23. 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
Lion King - 1998
Ivanov
Pablo Picasso
Jean Coralli
24. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Margaret Sanger
Anton Dolin
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Jules Perrot
25. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Joe Goode
Charles Didelot
Twyla Tharp
26. Famous ballerina who formed her own company and toured 1910 - famous for portraying birds - insects - and plants - brought ballet (aristocratic art) to the common person (high schools - etc.)
Ted Shawn
Anna Pavlova
Percussive Movement
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
27. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Jitterbug
George Balanchine
28. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Bill T. Jones
Fanny Elssler
Still/Here - 1994
Duet - 1957
29. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Cleopatre -1909
Doris Humphrey
Ballet Russes
Russian Revolution
30. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Arthur Mitchell
Still/Here - 1994
Foyer de la Danse
Ronald Brown
31. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Deeply There - 1998
Les Sylphides
Paul Taylor
Jean Coralli
32. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Lincoln Kirstein
Arthur Saint Leon
Garth Fagan
Africanist Aesthetic
33. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Aureole - 1962
New York City Ballet
Anton Dolin
Garth Fagan
34. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Philip Taglioni
Isadora Duncan
35. Alwin Nikolais - had a lot of ribbons - very involved in the sounds - wearing skin colored clothes - drum music - elastic ropes and strings - all across stage
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Shirley Temple
Robert Ellis Dunn
Daughter of the Pharaoh
36. (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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Alvin Ailey
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Louis Horst
37. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Tchaikovsky
Postmodern Dance
Buddy Dean Show
38. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Ivanov
Acts of Light - 1981
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
George Balanchine
39. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Duet - 1957
Nijinsky
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
40. 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
Shirley Temple
Massine
Lion King - 1998
41. 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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42. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Leon Bakst
Diaghilev
Cachucha
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
43. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
AIDS
Eleo Pomare
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ulysses Dove
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
Joe Goode
Agon - 1957
Margaret Sanger
Choreographers who died of AIDS
45. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hanya Holm
Nicholas Brothers
46. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Tsar
Arthur Saint Leon
Arthur Mitchell
Ivanov
47. 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
Merce Cunningham
Ivanov
Arthur Mitchell
Debussy
48. 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
Africanist Aesthetic
Fokine
Anna Pavlova
D-Man in the Water - 1989
49. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Loie Fuller
Romantic Era
Tsar
50. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Saint Leon
Gas-lighting and curtain
D-Man in the Water - 1989