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Dance History
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1. 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
Fokine
Fall and Recovery
Les Noces - 1923
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
2. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Judson Church
Dr. Louis Vernon
Denishawn
Ballroom Dance
3. 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
Jitterbug
Cleopatre -1909
Les Noces - 1923
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
4. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Judson Church
Stravinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Jitterbug
5. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Giselle - 1841
Lion King - 1998
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dance Theater of Harlem
6. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Shirley Temple
Merce Cunningham
Marius Petipa
7. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Gus Solomons Jr
Debussy
Jules Perrot
8. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Petipa Styles of Movement
Divertissement
Louis Horst
9. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Leon Bakst
The Art of Making Dances
Anna Pavlova
Gas-lighting and curtain
10. 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
Tsar
Anna Pavlova
Cleopatre -1909
Apollo - 1928
11. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Anton Dolin
Still/Here - 1994
Fokine
Cleopatre -1909
12. 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
Denishawn
Marius Petipa
Tsar
HIV+
13. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Arthur Saint Leon
Marius Petipa
Fall and Recovery
The Nutcracker - 1892
14. 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
Debussy
La Sylphide - 1832
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Jean Jacques Rousseau
15. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Pelvic contraction and release
Tap Dance
16. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ronald Brown
Eleo Pomare
Ruby Keeler
17. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Russian Revolution
Jules Perrot
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Cachucha
18. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Eleo Pomare
Mary Wigman
Franco-Prussian War
Rose Adagio
19. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Coralli
Nicholas Brothers
Bill T. Jones
20. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Paul Taylor
Ruth St. Denis
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
21. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
Gus Solomons Jr
Gas-lighting and curtain
22. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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23. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Katherine Dunham
Ballroom Dance
Foyer de la Danse
24. 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
George Balanchine
Tap Dance
Donald McKayle
Nicholas Brothers
25. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Jose Limon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ballet Russes
Twyla Tharp
26. 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
Busby Berkeley
Tap Dance
Cleopatre -1909
Merce Cunningham
27. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Ted Shawn
Rose Adagio
Political Asylum
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
28. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Nijinska
Still/Here - 1994
Rudolph Laban
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
29. 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
Percussive Movement
Rudolph Nureyev
Pablo Picasso
Leon Bakst
30. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Africanist Aesthetic
Arthur Mitchell
The Dying Swan - 1905
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
31. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Cage
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
32. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Debussy
Ivanov
Judson Church
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
33. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Scheherezade
Donald McKayle
Philip Taglioni
Ronald Brown
34. 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
Arthur Saint Leon
Ivanov
Charles Weidman
New York City Ballet
35. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Middle Class
Coppelia
George Balanchine
36. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Africanist Aesthetic
Shirley Temple
Diaghilev
Pelvic contraction and release
37. 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
Lindy Hop
Four Temperaments - 1946
Lincoln Kirstein
Lion King - 1998
38. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Cachucha
Bill T. Jones
Apollo - 1928
39. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
Tap Dance
Margaret Sanger
The Nutcracker - 1892
40. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Schizophrenia
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hip-hop
41. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Jules Perrot
Arthur Mitchell
Les Sylphides
Arthur Saint Leon
42. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Romantic Era
Fall and Recovery
Schizophrenia
Coca Chanel
43. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Margaret Sanger
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Stravinsky
44. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Loie Fuller
La Sylphide - 1832
Still/Here - 1994
Joffrey Ballet
45. 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
Ted Shawn
Scheherezade
La Sylphide - 1832
Loie Fuller
46. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
19th Amendment
August Bournonville
47. 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
Jitterbug
Hip-hop
Divertissement
The Nutcracker - 1892
48. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Arthur Saint Leon
The Art of Making Dances
49. 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.
Arthur Saint Leon
Lion King - 1998
Charles Weidman
Duet - 1957
50. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Jean Coralli
Louis Horst
Dr. Louis Vernon
Charles Weidman
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