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Dance History
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1. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Les Sylphides
Coppelia
Ronald Brown
Petipa Styles of Movement
2. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Nijinsky
Ronald Brown
3. 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.
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Political Asylum
Leon Bakst
Tchaikovsky
4. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Milhaud
Ruby Keeler
Ruth St. Denis
5. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Tsar
Charles Didelot
Harlem
6. (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
Prince of Wales
Apollo - 1928
Giselle - 1841
Marius Petipa
7. 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
Giselle - 1841
Marius Petipa
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Buddy Dean Show
8. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lindy Hop
HIV+
Fanny Elssler
New York City Ballet
9. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ulysses Dove
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Philip Taglioni
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
10. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
The Dying Swan - 1905
Les Noces - 1923
Cachucha
Jean Coralli
11. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Les Sylphides
American Ballet Theater
Diaghilev
Rudolph Laban
12. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Suzanne Linglor
The Art of Making Dances
13. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Eleo Pomare
Aureole - 1962
Tsar
14. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Coca Chanel
Diaghilev
Arthur Mitchell
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
15. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Katherine Dunham
Franco-Prussian War
Anton Dolin
16. Different styles: 1. hoofers: Gregory Hines - Savion Glover - intricate footwork 2. class acts: Fred Astaire - Ginger Rodgers - refined and elegant 3. flash acts: tap with acrobatics 4. soft shoe: skimming floor - producing soft & muted steps
Jules Perrot
Tap Dance
Apollo - 1928
Four Temperaments - 1946
17. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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18. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Charles Weidman
HIV+
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Arthur Saint Leon
19. 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.
Dr. Louis Vernon
Les Sylphides
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
20. 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
Ronald Brown
La Sylphide - 1832
Talley Beatty
Parade - 1917
21. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
19th Amendment
Robert Joffrey
HIV+
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
22. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
AIDS
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Percussive Movement
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
23. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Aureole - 1962
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jose Limon
Ronald Brown
24. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
The Dying Swan - 1905
Agon - 1957
Ballet Russes
Robert Ellis Dunn
25. 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
Ulysses Dove
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Loie Fuller
26. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Petipa Styles of Movement
Fall and Recovery
Avant-Garde
27. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Stravinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
August Bournonville
Jean Jacques Rousseau
28. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Pelvic contraction and release
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Robert Ellis Dunn
Denishawn
29. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Garth Fagan
Rudolph Laban
30. Waddling on their heels - legs straight - tap dance transition step - dances are about weight and being grounded - not defying gravity - jumps are about coming down - rather than going up - connection of Africanist dance & American modern dance
Anton Dolin
Swan Lake - 1895
Four Temperaments - 1946
Merce Cunningham
31. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
The Nutcracker - 1892
Dance Theater of Harlem
Deeply There - 1998
32. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Ulysses Dove
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Fall and Recovery
33. 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
Jean Coralli
Margaret Sanger
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
August Bournonville
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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Talley Beatty
Lindy Hop
Anna Pavlova
35. 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)
Giselle - 1841
Robert Joffrey
Charles Weidman
Nijinsky
36. 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
Industrial Revolution
Nijinsky
La Sylphide - 1832
Jeux - 1913
37. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Middle Class
John Cage
Jose Limon
Avant-Garde
38. 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
Duet - 1957
Isadora Duncan
Joe Goode
39. High energy act of two African american brothers - Fayard and Harold - had a 'flash act' consisting of an acrobatic tap style - were in movies - only African Americans encouraged to mingle with audience (by audeince demand)
Nicholas Brothers
Percussive Movement
Coppelia
Le Train Bleu - 1924
40. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Philip Taglioni
Ballet Russes
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Mary Wigman
41. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Ivanov
Les Sylphides
Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova
42. 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)
Rudolph Nureyev
Doris Humphrey
AIDS
Anton Dolin
43. 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
Rudolph Laban
Tchaikovsky
Fanny Elssler
Ulysses Dove
44. 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
Anna Pavlova
Ruth St. Denis
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Gas-lighting and curtain
45. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Political Asylum
Acts of Light - 1981
Cachucha
Paul Taylor
46. 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
August Bournonville
Donald McKayle
Gas-lighting and curtain
Daughter of the Pharaoh
47. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Garth Fagan
Four Temperaments - 1946
Philip Taglioni
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
48. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989
Lindy Hop
Anna Pavlova
Alvin Ailey
Debussy
49. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Harlem
Busby Berkeley
Leon Bakst
Russian Revolution
50. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Fall and Recovery
Philip Taglioni
New York City Ballet
Doris Humphrey