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Dance History

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Workers who earned enough money to be able to become consumer of art and material goods following the Industrial Revolution; escapism became a huge hit when the Depression hit to escape harsh reality






2. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon






3. 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






4. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare






5. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi






6. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers






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






8. 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






9. 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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10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man






14. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness






15. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france






16. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money






17. 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






18. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts






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






21. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.






22. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49






23. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR






24. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring






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






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






27. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement






32. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.






33. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.






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






35. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses






36. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.






37. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer






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






39. 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.






40. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film






41. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center






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






43. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'






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

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45. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids






46. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer






47. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa






48. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color






49. Different names but same theater under different political influences






50. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre