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Dance History
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1. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Petrouchka - 1911
Agon - 1957
Deeply There - 1998
Isadora Duncan
2. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Milhaud
Acts of Light - 1981
Jeux - 1913
3. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Arthur Mitchell
Cleopatre -1909
Garth Fagan
Duet - 1957
4. 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
Cleopatre -1909
Debussy
Martha Graham
5. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Doris Humphrey
Loie Fuller
Daughter of the Pharaoh
6. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Suzanne Linglor
Fanny Elssler
Middle Class
7. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Robert Joffrey
Tchaikovsky
Four Temperaments - 1946
Judson Church
8. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
George Balanchine
Aureole - 1962
Coppelia
Scheherezade
9. 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
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Jules Perrot
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
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
Romantic Era
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Charles Weidman
Martha Graham
11. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Robert Joffrey
HIV+
Pilobolus
Africanist Aesthetic
12. 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
Massine
Shirley Temple
Ballroom Dance
Merce Cunningham
13. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Joe Goode
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jitterbug
Jockey Club
14. (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
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Hanya Holm
Charles Didelot
15. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Acts of Light - 1981
Philip Taglioni
Nijinska
Arthur Saint Leon
16. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Apollo - 1928
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Petipa Styles of Movement
Garth Fagan
17. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Eleo Pomare
AIDS
Tchaikovsky
Avant-Garde
18. A Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the black experience - notable productions include Missa Luba in 1965 - Blues for the Jungle in 1966 (portraying life in Harlem) - Las Desenamorad
Eleo Pomare
Russian Revolution
Percussive Movement
Joffrey Ballet
19. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ballroom Dance
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint Leon
20. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Carlotta Grisi
Percussive Movement
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Agon - 1957
21. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Still/Here - 1994
Milhaud
Foyer de la Danse
22. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
AIDS
Lindy Hop
Robert le Diable
Africanist Aesthetic
23. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Margaret Sanger
Jean Coralli
Cachucha
24. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
George Balanchine
Charles Didelot
John Cage
The Art of Making Dances
25. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
HIV+
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Anton Dolin
26. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
Denishawn
Louis Horst
Rudolph Laban
American Ballet Theater
27. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Ruth St. Denis
Foyer de la Danse
Robert le Diable
Imperial Russian Ballet
28. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Postmodern Dance
Busby Berkeley
August Bournonville
Jitterbug
29. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Marius Petipa
Diaghilev
Industrial Revolution
30. 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.
George Balanchine
Mary Wigman
Anton Dolin
Foyer de la Danse
31. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Martha Graham
Ted Shawn
Marie Taglioni
Anton Dolin
32. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Divertissement
Coca Chanel
Duet - 1957
Industrial Revolution
33. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mary Wigman
Philip Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
34. 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
Nijinska
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Debussy
Shirley Temple
35. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Les Sylphides
Tensile Involvement - 1953
19th Amendment
Lion King - 1998
36. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Robert le Diable
Still/Here - 1994
Lincoln Kirstein
Scheherezade
37. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Lindy Hop
Swan Lake - 1895
19th Amendment
Petrouchka - 1911
38. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Alvin Ailey
Giselle - 1841
Agon - 1957
Les Sylphides
39. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Louis Horst
Ballroom Dance
Le Train Bleu - 1924
41. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Avant-Garde
Diaghilev
Nicholas Brothers
D-Man in the Water - 1989
42. 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
Fanny Elssler
Ivanov
Les Sylphides
Milhaud
43. 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
Tsar
Cachucha
Les Sylphides
D-Man in the Water - 1989
44. Choreography Deeply There
Busby Berkeley
Jean Coralli
Anna Pavlova
Joe Goode
45. 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
Jules Perrot
Fall and Recovery
Suzanne Linglor
Savoy Ballroom
46. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Parade - 1917
Aureole - 1962
Alwin Nikolais
47. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Nijinsky
Deeply There - 1998
Rite of Spring - 1913
D-Man in the Water - 1989
48. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Pablo Picasso
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Rose Adagio
Talley Beatty
49. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Percussive Movement
Dr. Louis Vernon
Tchaikovsky
50. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Brown
Petipa Styles of Movement
Cleopatre -1909
Arthur Saint Leon