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Dance History
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1. Radically new or original
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Charles Didelot
Mary Wigman
Avant-Garde
2. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Shirley Temple
Gas-lighting and curtain
Ruby Keeler
Merce Cunningham
3. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
The Dying Swan - 1905
Still/Here - 1994
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Tap Dance
4. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Charles Didelot
Cachucha
Scheherezade
Jose Limon
5. 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
Ballet Russes
Paul Taylor
HIV+
Cachucha
6. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Swan Lake - 1895
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
La Sylphide - 1832
Russian Revolution
7. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Four Temperaments - 1946
Debussy
8. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Dr. Louis Vernon
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Aureole - 1962
9. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Dr. Louis Vernon
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Les Noces - 1923
AIDS
10. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Busby Berkeley
Les Sylphides
11. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Pablo Picasso
Loie Fuller
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Robert le Diable
12. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Coppelia
Dr. Louis Vernon
New York City Ballet
13. 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)
Savoy Ballroom
Nicholas Brothers
American Ballet Theater
Nijinska
14. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Russian Revolution
Rudolph Laban
La Sylphide - 1832
15. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Pablo Picasso
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Agon - 1957
Buddy Dean Show
16. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Jitterbug
Nijinska
17. 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
Prince of Wales
Jean Coralli
Industrial Revolution
Savoy Ballroom
18. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
The Art of Making Dances
Merce Cunningham
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
19. 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
Ulysses Dove
Fanny Elssler
Fokine
Hanya Holm
20. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
Donald McKayle
Imperial Russian Ballet
Anton Dolin
21. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Savoy Ballroom
Charles Weidman
Katherine Dunham
22. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Les Sylphides
Agon - 1957
23. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958); Established the Choreographic Institute in Zurich - Founded branches across Europe - Kinetographie Laban=labanotation - primary movement - notation stilled used today in dance - Conte
New York City Ballet
Romantic Era
Gas-lighting and curtain
Rudolph Laban
24. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Donald McKayle
Suzanne Linglor
25. 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
Diaghilev
Theophile Gautier
Eleo Pomare
Grand Pas de Deux
26. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Avant-Garde
27. 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
Romantic Era
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Daughter of the Pharaoh
28. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Jean Baptiste Lande
Savoy Ballroom
Tap Dance
August Bournonville
29. 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)
Doris Humphrey
Alvin Ailey
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
The Art of Making Dances
30. Inspired by Gautier's novel The Story of the Mummy - very complicated - spectacular - successful ballet - Aspica is the daughter - English Lord in sand storm goes into tomb & gets put into an opium dream where he becomes Tahor and saves Aspico from a
New York City Ballet
Jitterbug
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Doris Humphrey
31. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Ulysses Dove
Gus Solomons Jr
Twyla Tharp
32. 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
Postmodern Dance
Talley Beatty
Petipa Styles of Movement
Harlem
33. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Africanist Aesthetic
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robert Joffrey
Giselle - 1841
34. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Jules Perrot
Rite of Spring - 1913
HIV+
Pelvic contraction and release
35. 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.)
Anna Pavlova
Hanya Holm
Rose Adagio
Schizophrenia
36. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Lindy Hop
Twyla Tharp
Shirley Temple
Jitterbug
37. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Ruby Keeler
Rose Adagio
Joe Goode
Fokine
38. 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
Percussive Movement
19th Amendment
Parade - 1917
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
39. 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.
Romantic Era
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Les Sylphides
40. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Pablo Picasso
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Mitchell
41. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
Imperial Russian Ballet
John Cage
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Dance Theater of Harlem
42. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Carlotta Grisi
Cachucha
Petrouchka - 1911
Coppelia
43. 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
Charles Didelot
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Fokine
Avant-Garde
44. 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.
Alwin Nikolais
Avant-Garde
Busby Berkeley
Foyer de la Danse
45. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Hip-hop
Philip Taglioni
Fanny Elssler
46. 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`
Les Noces - 1923
Marie Taglioni
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Arthur Saint Leon
47. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Coca Chanel
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
The Nutcracker - 1892
48. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Theophile Gautier
Cleopatre -1909
Jeux - 1913
Africanist Aesthetic
49. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Jean Coralli
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Les Noces - 1923
Harlem
50. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Robert Joffrey
Donald McKayle
Debussy