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Dance History
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1. 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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2. 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
Stravinsky
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Joffrey Ballet
3. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky
Charles Weidman
Diaghilev
Ronald Brown
4. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Petipa Styles of Movement
Romantic Era
Martha Graham
Ballroom Dance
5. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Harlem
Joffrey Ballet
6. 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
Apollo - 1928
Paul Taylor
Twyla Tharp
Alwin Nikolais
7. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Shirley Temple
Charles Weidman
Four Temperaments - 1946
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
Les Noces - 1923
Coppelia
Parade - 1917
Avant-Garde
9. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Doris Humphrey
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Leon Bakst
10. 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
Robert Joffrey
Martha Graham
Pelvic contraction and release
The Art of Making Dances
11. 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.
Jean Baptiste Lande
Jules Perrot
Lion King - 1998
Leon Bakst
12. 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
Anna Pavlova
Debussy
19th Amendment
George Balanchine
13. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Denishawn
Ulysses Dove
Dance Theater of Harlem
14. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Percussive Movement
15. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Scheherezade
Twyla Tharp
Russian Revolution
Philip Taglioni
16. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Ruth St. Denis
Joe Goode
Doris Humphrey
Still/Here - 1994
17. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Anna Pavlova
Jeux - 1913
Percussive Movement
Cachucha
18. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Alvin Ailey
Massine
Pelvic contraction and release
August Bournonville
19. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Still/Here - 1994
Marius Petipa
Hip-hop
20. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Harlem
Fokine
Nijinska
Ballroom Dance
21. Sharp powerful movement; angle
The Nutcracker - 1892
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Marius Petipa
Percussive Movement
22. One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life - 1881-1973 - he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerfu
Pablo Picasso
Fokine
Shirley Temple
Postmodern Dance
23. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Middle Class
Foyer de la Danse
August Bournonville
New York City Ballet
24. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Isadora Duncan
Louis Horst
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
25. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Louis Horst
Arthur Mitchell
Loie Fuller
Alwin Nikolais
26. 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
Nijinsky
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Judson Church
Parade - 1917
27. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Fokine
Jean Baptiste Lande
Garth Fagan
Fanny Elssler
28. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Ruby Keeler
Carlotta Grisi
Loie Fuller
Robert Joffrey
29. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Talley Beatty
Judson Church
30. 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
Hanya Holm
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Shirley Temple
31. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Alvin Ailey
Nijinska
Robert Ellis Dunn
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
32. 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
Marie Taglioni
Rose Adagio
Russian Revolution
Swan Lake - 1895
33. 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`
Grand Pas de Deux
Marie Taglioni
Massine
Philip Taglioni
34. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Four Temperaments - 1946
Petrouchka - 1911
Joffrey Ballet
HIV+
35. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Mary Wigman
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Petipa Styles of Movement
Robert Ellis Dunn
36. 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
Middle Class
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Franco-Prussian War
Les Noces - 1923
37. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Arthur Saint Leon
Alvin Ailey
New York City Ballet
Deeply There - 1998
38. 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.
Loie Fuller
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Choreographers who died of AIDS
39. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Ballet Russes
Rite of Spring - 1913
The Art of Making Dances
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
40. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Dr. Louis Vernon
Giselle - 1841
Robert le Diable
41. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Still/Here - 1994
Jose Limon
Four Temperaments - 1946
42. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Parade - 1917
Cachucha
Savoy Ballroom
Grand Pas de Deux
43. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Tap Dance
Twyla Tharp
Alvin Ailey
Rudolph Nureyev
44. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Ivanov
Donald McKayle
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Scheherezade
45. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Anna Pavlova
Pilobolus
John Cage
Rudolph Nureyev
46. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Ruth St. Denis
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Ivanov
47. 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
Parade - 1917
Margaret Sanger
Prince of Wales
Alwin Nikolais
48. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Dr. Louis Vernon
Twyla Tharp
August Bournonville
Fall and Recovery
49. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Avant-Garde
John Cage
19th Amendment
50. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Lindy Hop
Leon Bakst
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tap Dance