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Dance History
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1. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Anton Dolin
Milhaud
George Balanchine
Apollo - 1928
2. 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
Les Noces - 1923
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Franco-Prussian War
Lincoln Kirstein
3. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Rite of Spring - 1913
Tchaikovsky
Jules Perrot
Daughter of the Pharaoh
4. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Tchaikovsky
Fanny Elssler
Still/Here - 1994
Bill T. Jones
5. 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
Donald McKayle
Bill T. Jones
Anton Dolin
John Cage
6. One of the major figures in the development of modern dance - an American dancer - choreographer and teacher who created more than 150 works on a wide range of subjects from ancient Greek to modern American; contraction and release
Jose Limon
Martha Graham
Swan Lake - 1895
Franco-Prussian War
7. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Rose Adagio
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Robert Joffrey
8. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Marius Petipa
Shirley Temple
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
9. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Coca Chanel
Jean Coralli
10. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Carlotta Grisi
Tsar
Hip-hop
11. 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
Milhaud
Parade - 1917
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jitterbug
12. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Margaret Sanger
Jockey Club
Fokine
13. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Joffrey Ballet
Harlem
Ted Shawn
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
14. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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15. Radically new or original
Avant-Garde
Harlem
Savoy Ballroom
Nijinska
16. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Loie Fuller
Buddy Dean Show
Parade - 1917
Divertissement
17. 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
Lion King - 1998
Gus Solomons Jr
Donald McKayle
Robert Ellis Dunn
18. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Apollo - 1928
Arthur Mitchell
19. 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
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Ballroom Dance
Swan Lake - 1895
Jean Coralli
20. 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
Ballet Russes
Anna Pavlova
Swan Lake - 1895
21. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Scheherezade
Ballroom Dance
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Rose Adagio
22. 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
Busby Berkeley
Martha Graham
Anton Dolin
Apollo - 1928
23. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Nijinsky
Stravinsky
Rite of Spring - 1913
24. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Les Sylphides
Nijinska
Jose Limon
Joe Goode
25. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Dance Theater of Harlem
Jules Perrot
Alvin Ailey
26. 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.
Loie Fuller
Louis Horst
Acts of Light - 1981
Rudolph Laban
27. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Margaret Sanger
Denishawn
Les Noces - 1923
28. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)
Divertissement
Acts of Light - 1981
Giselle - 1841
Robert Joffrey
29. 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
Pablo Picasso
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Ronald Brown
Grand Pas de Deux
30. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Bill T. Jones
Hanya Holm
Giselle - 1841
31. 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)
Ruby Keeler
Doris Humphrey
Jules Perrot
Fanny Elssler
32. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Tchaikovsky
Romantic Era
Harlem
Still/Here - 1994
33. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Gus Solomons Jr
Jockey Club
34. 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.
Four Temperaments - 1946
Acts of Light - 1981
Russian Revolution
Leon Bakst
35. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
American Ballet Theater
Fokine
Eleo Pomare
Prince of Wales
36. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Jules Perrot
Massine
Hip-hop
Schizophrenia
37. Started in NYC by Robert Joffrey - small company - repertoire was eclectic and contemporary - reconstructed works from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Financially weak - often folded - moved to LA then chicago
Parade - 1917
Joffrey Ballet
Dr. Louis Vernon
Coppelia
38. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Theophile Gautier
Ivanov
Les Sylphides
Jeux - 1913
39. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
New York City Ballet
Lindy Hop
Alvin Ailey
40. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Carlotta Grisi
Lincoln Kirstein
Ted Shawn
41. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Joffrey Ballet
Fanny Elssler
Dr. Louis Vernon
42. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Agon - 1957
Rite of Spring - 1913
43. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Leon Bakst
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Schizophrenia
Coppelia
44. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
John Cage
Pelvic contraction and release
Loie Fuller
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
45. 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
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Charles Weidman
Hanya Holm
Aureole - 1962
46. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Arthur Mitchell
Joffrey Ballet
Acts of Light - 1981
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
47. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Divertissement
Charles Didelot
Hip-hop
48. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Doris Humphrey
Imperial Russian Ballet
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
49. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Four Temperaments - 1946
Jean Baptiste Lande
Harlem
Louis Horst
50. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Doris Humphrey
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Garth Fagan
Tap Dance