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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.






2. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon






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






4. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern






5. 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






6. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle






7. 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)






8. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death






9. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France






10. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation






11. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops






12. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi






13. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano






14. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)






15. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles






16. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz






17. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s






18. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)






23. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness






24. Predominately black - but whites attended - social dances were done - had to change the floor every three years because of the intense dancing - many whites went to go watch Black People Dance






25. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.






26. Choreography Deeply There






27. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem






28. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual






29. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company






30. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money






31. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement






32. 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






33. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle






34. 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






35. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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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39. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -

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40. 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






41. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity






42. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS






43. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action






44. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is






45. 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)






46. 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.






47. 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






48. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug






49. 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






50. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play