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Dance History
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1. 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
Ted Shawn
Cachucha
Stravinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
2. 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
Isadora Duncan
Donald McKayle
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Tensile Involvement - 1953
3. 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
Shirley Temple
Joffrey Ballet
Anton Dolin
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
4. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Lindy Hop
Hip-hop
Leon Bakst
5. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Lion King - 1998
Harlem
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Giselle - 1841
Anton Dolin
Tsar
Twyla Tharp
7. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
Denishawn
AIDS
8. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Bill T. Jones
Cachucha
Ulysses Dove
American Ballet Theater
9. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
New York City Ballet
Schizophrenia
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Jules Perrot
10. 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
Russian Revolution
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
11. 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
Hip-hop
John Cage
Coppelia
Nijinsky
12. 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
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Aureole - 1962
Cleopatre -1909
La Sylphide - 1832
13. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Hip-hop
Mary Wigman
Pelvic contraction and release
Apollo - 1928
14. 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
Isadora Duncan
Savoy Ballroom
Bill T. Jones
15. 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.
Fokine
Shirley Temple
Scheherezade
Rose Adagio
16. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Lion King - 1998
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Bill T. Jones
Political Asylum
17. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Nureyev
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
18. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Nijinsky
Twyla Tharp
Donald McKayle
Katherine Dunham
19. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Jules Perrot
Pilobolus
Duet - 1957
20. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Prince of Wales
Ronald Brown
Parade - 1917
21. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Debussy
Fokine
22. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Lincoln Kirstein
Jeux - 1913
Jean Jacques Rousseau
23. 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.
AIDS
Schizophrenia
Nijinska
Loie Fuller
24. 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
Shirley Temple
Les Noces - 1923
Russian Revolution
Tsar
25. 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.
Buddy Dean Show
Coppelia
Foyer de la Danse
Savoy Ballroom
26. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Mary Wigman
Les Sylphides
Coppelia
Divertissement
27. 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.
Shirley Temple
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
The Art of Making Dances
28. 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
Rose Adagio
Margaret Sanger
Imperial Russian Ballet
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
29. (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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ulysses Dove
Marius Petipa
Nicholas Brothers
30. 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
Aureole - 1962
August Bournonville
Busby Berkeley
Imperial Russian Ballet
31. Marius Petipa - 4 fairies for Aurora - did not invite the evil fairy - put a spell on Aurora @ 16 she would prick her finger on a spindle & fall asleep for 100 years - End of Act I pricks her finger - Act III is the wedding (divertissement - Grand Pa
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Isadora Duncan
Busby Berkeley
Pelvic contraction and release
32. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality
Jose Limon
Denishawn
Tap Dance
American Ballet Theater
33. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Nijinska
Political Asylum
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
34. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Ronald Brown
Talley Beatty
Ivanov
35. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Marie Taglioni
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Loie Fuller
36. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Suzanne Linglor
Percussive Movement
Black Swan Pas de Deux
37. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Arthur Mitchell
Ted Shawn
Pablo Picasso
38. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Petipa Styles of Movement
Political Asylum
Cleopatre -1909
Jean Baptiste Lande
39. Taglioni's rival -Her dancing was 'warm and passionate' -Dance was earthy - temperamental - fiery - vuluptuous -Labeled Pagan -Danced folk dances - most famous was Cachucha - Spanish using castanet - twists and turns; Known for her flair and theatric
Leon Bakst
Fanny Elssler
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Charles Didelot
40. 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)
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Petipa Styles of Movement
Giselle - 1841
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. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Robert le Diable
Agon - 1957
Rose Adagio
43. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Garth Fagan
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Ulysses Dove
Industrial Revolution
44. 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
Ballet Russes
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
American Ballet Theater
Joffrey Ballet
45. 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
Ruth St. Denis
Margaret Sanger
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Mary Wigman
46. 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
Martha Graham
Avant-Garde
Shirley Temple
John Cage
47. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
George Balanchine
Imperial Russian Ballet
Ronald Brown
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
48. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ronald Brown
Middle Class
Ballroom Dance
Prince of Wales
49. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Rudolph Laban
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Philip Taglioni
Talley Beatty
50. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
The Dying Swan - 1905
Philip Taglioni
Paul Taylor
Nijinsky
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