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Dance History
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1. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Eleo Pomare
Theophile Gautier
Industrial Revolution
Doris Humphrey
2. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Robert Joffrey
Donald McKayle
3. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Dr. Louis Vernon
Russian Revolution
Denishawn
Garth Fagan
4. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Anton Dolin
La Sylphide - 1832
Charles Didelot
John Cage
5. 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
Twyla Tharp
Harlem
Jockey Club
Dr. Louis Vernon
6. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
New York City Ballet
Africanist Aesthetic
7. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Scheherezade
Twyla Tharp
American Ballet Theater
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
8. 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
John Cage
Fanny Elssler
Parade - 1917
Paul Taylor
9. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jean Baptiste Lande
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Garth Fagan
Jules Perrot
10. 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
Pablo Picasso
Lincoln Kirstein
Industrial Revolution
11. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
Diaghilev
Judson Church
Ronald Brown
12. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Parade - 1917
Rite of Spring - 1913
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Rudolph Laban
13. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Middle Class
Buddy Dean Show
Suzanne Linglor
Daughter of the Pharaoh
14. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Ulysses Dove
Romantic Era
The Dying Swan - 1905
Schizophrenia
15. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ulysses Dove
Still/Here - 1994
Hip-hop
Lincoln Kirstein
16. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Parade - 1917
Foyer de la Danse
Cachucha
Robert Ellis Dunn
17. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Petipa Styles of Movement
Garth Fagan
18. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Savoy Ballroom
Paul Taylor
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Shirley Temple
19. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Petipa Styles of Movement
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Divertissement
20. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Romantic Era
Jean Baptiste Lande
Ballet Russes
21. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Twyla Tharp
Nijinska
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
22. 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
Gas-lighting and curtain
Carlotta Grisi
Margaret Sanger
Ivanov
23. 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
Gas-lighting and curtain
Savoy Ballroom
Shirley Temple
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
24. 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
Middle Class
Ronald Brown
19th Amendment
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
25. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
John Cage
Middle Class
Les Noces - 1923
Rudolph Laban
26. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
John Cage
Percussive Movement
Massine
Philip Taglioni
27. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Cleopatre -1909
Buddy Dean Show
Margaret Sanger
28. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Charles Didelot
Postmodern Dance
Mary Wigman
29. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Industrial Revolution
Gas-lighting and curtain
Jean Baptiste Lande
Coppelia
30. 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)
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Pablo Picasso
Giselle - 1841
Paul Taylor
31. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ivanov
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Harlem
32. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Coca Chanel
Nijinska
American Ballet Theater
Les Sylphides
33. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Nijinsky
Acts of Light - 1981
George Balanchine
Romantic Era
34. 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
Marie Taglioni
Apollo - 1928
Diaghilev
Prince of Wales
35. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Twyla Tharp
Gus Solomons Jr
Diaghilev
Ruby Keeler
36. (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
Suzanne Linglor
Apollo - 1928
Marius Petipa
Prince of Wales
37. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Parade - 1917
Swan Lake - 1895
Charles Weidman
38. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Coca Chanel
Louis Horst
Russian Revolution
August Bournonville
39. 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
Hanya Holm
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Tsar
Lincoln Kirstein
40. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Buddy Dean Show
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Coca Chanel
Le Train Bleu - 1924
41. 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
Anton Dolin
Les Sylphides
Joffrey Ballet
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
42. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Merce Cunningham
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Margaret Sanger
43. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Carlotta Grisi
Scheherezade
AIDS
Coppelia
44. 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
Harlem
Rose Adagio
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Ulysses Dove
45. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Pelvic contraction and release
Denishawn
Ulysses Dove
Divertissement
46. 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
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Les Noces - 1923
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
47. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Charles Didelot
Black Swan Pas de Deux
19th Amendment
Jeux - 1913
48. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Fall and Recovery
Giselle - 1841
49. 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.
Shirley Temple
Aureole - 1962
Divertissement
Russian Revolution
50. 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
Hip-hop
Africanist Aesthetic
Daughter of the Pharaoh