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Dance History
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1. 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
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Foyer de la Danse
2. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Coca Chanel
Robert Ellis Dunn
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Hip-hop
3. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Ruth St. Denis
New York City Ballet
Leon Bakst
Industrial Revolution
4. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Buddy Dean Show
Suzanne Linglor
Margaret Sanger
Russian Revolution
5. 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
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
American Ballet Theater
Ruby Keeler
Eleo Pomare
6. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Leon Bakst
Milhaud
Aureole - 1962
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
7. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Hanya Holm
Buddy Dean Show
Arthur Mitchell
Jitterbug
8. 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
Jockey Club
Louis Horst
Pablo Picasso
Savoy Ballroom
9. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Agon - 1957
19th Amendment
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Le Train Bleu - 1924
10. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Rudolph Laban
La Sylphide - 1832
Russian Revolution
Political Asylum
11. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
La Sylphide - 1832
Gas-lighting and curtain
George Balanchine
12. 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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Parade - 1917
Dance Theater of Harlem
13. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Carlotta Grisi
Ruby Keeler
Coca Chanel
Ted Shawn
14. 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
Agon - 1957
Rudolph Nureyev
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Hip-hop
15. Alwin Nikolais - had a lot of ribbons - very involved in the sounds - wearing skin colored clothes - drum music - elastic ropes and strings - all across stage
Louis Horst
Divertissement
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Acts of Light - 1981
16. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Ballroom Dance
Jean Baptiste Lande
Rite of Spring - 1913
Four Temperaments - 1946
17. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Donald McKayle
Les Sylphides
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
18. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Schizophrenia
Buddy Dean Show
Political Asylum
Jeux - 1913
19. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Joffrey Ballet
20. 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
Harlem
Gas-lighting and curtain
Savoy Ballroom
Mikhail Baryshnikov
21. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Divertissement
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joffrey Ballet
Hip-hop
22. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Jean Baptiste Lande
Pilobolus
23. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Postmodern Dance
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Busby Berkeley
24. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Franco-Prussian War
Dance Theater of Harlem
Cleopatre -1909
25. 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
Africanist Aesthetic
Cleopatre -1909
Fokine
Massine
26. 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
Jeux - 1913
Rudolph Laban
Pelvic contraction and release
27. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Imperial Russian Ballet
Rose Adagio
Four Temperaments - 1946
Fall and Recovery
28. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Deeply There - 1998
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Pelvic contraction and release
29. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Swan Lake - 1895
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Philip Taglioni
Four Temperaments - 1946
30. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Russian Revolution
Jean Baptiste Lande
Parade - 1917
31. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Eleo Pomare
Coca Chanel
Stravinsky
Hanya Holm
32. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Savoy Ballroom
33. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
Aureole - 1962
Judson Church
Prince of Wales
Paul Taylor
34. 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`
Pilobolus
Marie Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
Leon Bakst
35. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Percussive Movement
Diaghilev
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Buddy Dean Show
36. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Apollo - 1928
Savoy Ballroom
37. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Ruby Keeler
Imperial Russian Ballet
Les Noces - 1923
August Bournonville
38. 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
Garth Fagan
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Coppelia
Jose Limon
39. Choreographed by Paul Taylor; Modern dance work in one act with choreography by Taylor - music by Handel - and lighting by T. Skelton. Premiered 4 Aug. 1962 at Connecticut College - New London - by the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Taylor - Elizabet
Savoy Ballroom
Jules Perrot
Aureole - 1962
Rudolph Laban
40. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
Ted Shawn
John Cage
Ballet Russes
41. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Savoy Ballroom
August Bournonville
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth St. Denis
42. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Fanny Elssler
Garth Fagan
Russian Revolution
John Cage
43. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Bill T. Jones
Postmodern Dance
Ruth St. Denis
44. 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
Prince of Wales
Tap Dance
Mary Wigman
Parade - 1917
45. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Shirley Temple
Pilobolus
Arthur Mitchell
Les Sylphides
46. 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)
Ivanov
Busby Berkeley
Divertissement
Giselle - 1841
47. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Eleo Pomare
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Busby Berkeley
48. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Divertissement
Pablo Picasso
Petipa Styles of Movement
Ted Shawn
49. Works to question the complexities of real life
Imperial Russian Ballet
August Bournonville
Buddy Dean Show
Postmodern Dance
50. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Busby Berkeley
Massine
Fanny Elssler
Katherine Dunham
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