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Dance History
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1. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
American Ballet Theater
Garth Fagan
19th Amendment
Nijinska
2. Choreography Deeply There
Stravinsky
Industrial Revolution
Ballet Russes
Joe Goode
3. 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
Hip-hop
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Ballet Russes
Milhaud
4. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Tsar
Margaret Sanger
Paul Taylor
5. 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`
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Pilobolus
6. 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
Charles Didelot
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Savoy Ballroom
Talley Beatty
7. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Tap Dance
Franco-Prussian War
Ballet Russes
Arthur Mitchell
8. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Buddy Dean Show
Fanny Elssler
Lion King - 1998
Jeux - 1913
9. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Rudolph Laban
Romantic Era
Daughter of the Pharaoh
10. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Shirley Temple
Ronald Brown
11. 1896-1976 - American - Choreographer - Developed 1930's film fantasy with his daredevil and genius dance design - developed the stage style musical film into a more involved multi-shot fantasy film style with overhead shots - use of tiered set desig
Ruby Keeler
Four Temperaments - 1946
Petrouchka - 1911
Busby Berkeley
12. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Jose Limon
Romantic Era
Busby Berkeley
Rudolph Laban
13. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Lincoln Kirstein
Gas-lighting and curtain
Avant-Garde
Anna Pavlova
14. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
New York City Ballet
Jose Limon
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Jean Baptiste Lande
15. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Stravinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
16. Works to question the complexities of real life
Postmodern Dance
Carlotta Grisi
Nicholas Brothers
Divertissement
17. 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
Jules Perrot
Tsar
18. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Ivanov
Petipa Styles of Movement
George Balanchine
Robert Joffrey
19. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Savoy Ballroom
Russian Revolution
Nicholas Brothers
Black Swan Pas de Deux
20. 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
Ruby Keeler
Middle Class
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Apollo - 1928
21. 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
Ivanov
Russian Revolution
Africanist Aesthetic
Massine
22. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Jeux - 1913
Nijinsky
AIDS
23. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Baptiste Lande
Tap Dance
Africanist Aesthetic
24. 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
AIDS
Percussive Movement
Joffrey Ballet
Isadora Duncan
25. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Jockey Club
Milhaud
The Nutcracker - 1892
Ulysses Dove
26. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Carlotta Grisi
Diaghilev
Acts of Light - 1981
27. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Petrouchka - 1911
Stravinsky
Paul Taylor
Joe Goode
28. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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29. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Dance Theater of Harlem
Percussive Movement
Tap Dance
Ted Shawn
30. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lindy Hop
Ruby Keeler
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ted Shawn
31. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Eleo Pomare
Donald McKayle
32. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Ted Shawn
Hanya Holm
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Postmodern Dance
33. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Ruby Keeler
Jockey Club
Joffrey Ballet
Stravinsky
34. 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
Nicholas Brothers
Busby Berkeley
Choreographers who died of AIDS
35. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Mary Wigman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jean Coralli
36. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Nijinska
Coppelia
Daughter of the Pharaoh
37. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Industrial Revolution
Ballroom Dance
Pelvic contraction and release
Les Sylphides
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.
New York City Ballet
Robert le Diable
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Loie Fuller
39. 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.
Petipa Styles of Movement
Franco-Prussian War
Coca Chanel
Merce Cunningham
40. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Martha Graham
Fall and Recovery
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Eleo Pomare
41. 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
Gas-lighting and curtain
Les Noces - 1923
Parade - 1917
Robert le Diable
42. 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
Still/Here - 1994
Four Temperaments - 1946
Charles Weidman
Petipa Styles of Movement
43. 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
Carlotta Grisi
Joe Goode
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Black Swan Pas de Deux
44. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Jules Perrot
Marie Taglioni
Coppelia
August Bournonville
45. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Russian Revolution
American Ballet Theater
Suzanne Linglor
Choreographers who died of AIDS
46. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Isadora Duncan
Charles Weidman
Carlotta Grisi
Deeply There - 1998
47. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Rudolph Nureyev
Jeux - 1913
Divertissement
48. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Nijinsky
Ruby Keeler
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
49. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Duet - 1957
Fall and Recovery
HIV+
Nicholas Brothers
50. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Anton Dolin
Ulysses Dove
Talley Beatty