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Dance History
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1. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
The Nutcracker - 1892
HIV+
Massine
Lincoln Kirstein
2. 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.
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Agon - 1957
Jitterbug
Loie Fuller
3. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Martha Graham
Alwin Nikolais
Scheherezade
4. 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.
Paul Taylor
Pablo Picasso
Ivanov
Franco-Prussian War
5. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Ted Shawn
Jitterbug
The Nutcracker - 1892
Duet - 1957
6. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Prince of Wales
Jean Coralli
Foyer de la Danse
Doris Humphrey
7. 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
Scheherezade
Agon - 1957
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alvin Ailey
8. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Russian Revolution
Martha Graham
Four Temperaments - 1946
Robert Joffrey
9. 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
Stravinsky
Alvin Ailey
Anna Pavlova
Daughter of the Pharaoh
10. 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
Talley Beatty
Swan Lake - 1895
Les Noces - 1923
Jean Jacques Rousseau
11. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Fanny Elssler
Massine
Jose Limon
Alvin Ailey
12. 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.
Alvin Ailey
Avant-Garde
Leon Bakst
Tchaikovsky
13. 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
Fanny Elssler
Rudolph Laban
Milhaud
Suzanne Linglor
14. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Paul Taylor
Jeux - 1913
Stravinsky
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
15. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Prince of Wales
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
16. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Hip-hop
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Giselle - 1841
Percussive Movement
17. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lindy Hop
Postmodern Dance
Merce Cunningham
Divertissement
18. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Rudolph Laban
Prince of Wales
Arthur Saint Leon
Katherine Dunham
19. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Postmodern Dance
Gas-lighting and curtain
20. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Coca Chanel
Still/Here - 1994
Debussy
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
21. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Parade - 1917
Arthur Saint Leon
22. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
August Bournonville
Alvin Ailey
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Les Sylphides
23. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Percussive Movement
Pelvic contraction and release
Acts of Light - 1981
24. 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
Rudolph Nureyev
Gus Solomons Jr
Talley Beatty
Martha Graham
25. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Stravinsky
Nicholas Brothers
26. Confirmed that Balanchine was an experimentalist - Africanist principles in his rhythmic scores - turns not resolved as in ballet - they just stop - take 'one' counts rather than 'and' counts
Cachucha
Lindy Hop
Apollo - 1928
Les Sylphides
27. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Philip Taglioni
28. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Jose Limon
Gas-lighting and curtain
Pelvic contraction and release
Bill T. Jones
29. 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
Agon - 1957
Nijinsky
Shirley Temple
Leon Bakst
30. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Parade - 1917
Judson Church
Jeux - 1913
Pelvic contraction and release
31. 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.
Robert Joffrey
Foyer de la Danse
Coppelia
Jockey Club
32. 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
Marie Taglioni
Dance Theater of Harlem
Hip-hop
Prince of Wales
33. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Marie Taglioni
Hanya Holm
August Bournonville
34. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Lion King - 1998
Ted Shawn
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
35. 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
Ivanov
Milhaud
Ballroom Dance
Rudolph Nureyev
36. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Jules Perrot
Les Sylphides
Carlotta Grisi
Harlem
37. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Four Temperaments - 1946
Ted Shawn
38. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Donald McKayle
Talley Beatty
Shirley Temple
Grand Pas de Deux
39. 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`
Marie Taglioni
Garth Fagan
Denishawn
Merce Cunningham
40. 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
Carlotta Grisi
Jean Baptiste Lande
Margaret Sanger
Twyla Tharp
41. 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
Tsar
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Postmodern Dance
Lindy Hop
42. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Theophile Gautier
Rose Adagio
Isadora Duncan
43. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
The Art of Making Dances
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Baptiste Lande
Robert le Diable
44. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Rudolph Nureyev
45. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Coca Chanel
The Art of Making Dances
Tap Dance
Cleopatre -1909
46. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Divertissement
Garth Fagan
Ivanov
Katherine Dunham
47. 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
Merce Cunningham
Scheherezade
Petrouchka - 1911
Garth Fagan
48. 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
Coca Chanel
Fokine
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Robert le Diable
49. 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
Petipa Styles of Movement
Martha Graham
Alvin Ailey
Doris Humphrey
50. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Franco-Prussian War
Ballet Russes
Robert Ellis Dunn
Deeply There - 1998