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Dance History
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1. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ted Shawn
John Cage
The Nutcracker - 1892
2. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Bill T. Jones
Doris Humphrey
Lion King - 1998
Petipa Styles of Movement
3. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Louis Horst
Carlotta Grisi
Scheherezade
4. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Ellis Dunn
Petipa Styles of Movement
5. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
The Art of Making Dances
George Balanchine
Louis Horst
Shirley Temple
6. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Fokine
Shirley Temple
Denishawn
7. 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
Mary Wigman
Lincoln Kirstein
Foyer de la Danse
Apollo - 1928
8. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Mary Wigman
9. 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
Jean Coralli
Massine
Ivanov
10. 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
Alvin Ailey
Marie Taglioni
Eleo Pomare
Twyla Tharp
11. 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
Martha Graham
August Bournonville
Massine
Eleo Pomare
12. Wrote 'The Art of Making Dances' in 1931 - Fall and Recovery - inspired by Bach and used his work in many piece - choreographed pieces without music - Passacaglia and fugue in C minor (showed fall and recovery)
Doris Humphrey
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
The Nutcracker - 1892
Daughter of the Pharaoh
13. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Schizophrenia
Joe Goode
Garth Fagan
Africanist Aesthetic
14. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Tchaikovsky
Paul Taylor
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
15. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Cleopatre -1909
HIV+
Political Asylum
Hip-hop
16. From its very beginning the ballet was entirely dependent upon this individual; it was his ballet - under the direct supervision and guidance of a court minister appointed by this individual and answerable to him
Hip-hop
Anna Pavlova
Tsar
Black Swan Pas de Deux
17. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Jean Baptiste Lande
Fall and Recovery
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Choreographers who died of AIDS
18. 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
Tap Dance
Aureole - 1962
The Art of Making Dances
Lion King - 1998
19. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Les Sylphides
Joe Goode
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
20. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Duet - 1957
21. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Jeux - 1913
Talley Beatty
Cleopatre -1909
22. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Swan Lake - 1895
Imperial Russian Ballet
Ivanov
Duet - 1957
23. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Donald McKayle
Lindy Hop
Fall and Recovery
24. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Fokine
Scheherezade
Still/Here - 1994
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
25. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Cachucha
Petrouchka - 1911
Jockey Club
26. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Coppelia
Ulysses Dove
AIDS
Gas-lighting and curtain
27. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989
Alvin Ailey
Agon - 1957
Harlem
Russian Revolution
28. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
American Ballet Theater
Coppelia
Busby Berkeley
29. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Aureole - 1962
Stravinsky
Schizophrenia
Fall and Recovery
30. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Charles Weidman
Jean Coralli
Busby Berkeley
Choreographers who died of AIDS
31. 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
AIDS
Africanist Aesthetic
Aureole - 1962
Giselle - 1841
32. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Jean Baptiste Lande
Donald McKayle
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Garth Fagan
33. 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
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Parade - 1917
Garth Fagan
Margaret Sanger
34. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Lindy Hop
Schizophrenia
Arthur Mitchell
Jitterbug
35. 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.
Duet - 1957
New York City Ballet
Aureole - 1962
Tsar
36. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Hip-hop
Busby Berkeley
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Alwin Nikolais
37. 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
Duet - 1957
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Apollo - 1928
La Sylphide - 1832
38. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
Four Temperaments - 1946
39. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Lincoln Kirstein
Petrouchka - 1911
Schizophrenia
Still/Here - 1994
40. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
The Dying Swan - 1905
August Bournonville
Pablo Picasso
New York City Ballet
41. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Rose Adagio
Romantic Era
Paul Taylor
Jules Perrot
42. 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
Philip Taglioni
Arthur Mitchell
Postmodern Dance
Denishawn
43. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Apollo - 1928
Russian Revolution
Stravinsky
Garth Fagan
44. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Hanya Holm
Martha Graham
45. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
19th Amendment
Tchaikovsky
Suzanne Linglor
Buddy Dean Show
46. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Deeply There - 1998
Debussy
Robert Joffrey
Joffrey Ballet
47. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Diaghilev
HIV+
Anton Dolin
Hanya Holm
48. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Pablo Picasso
Apollo - 1928
Buddy Dean Show
Prince of Wales
49. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Philip Taglioni
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
AIDS
50. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Hanya Holm
Grand Pas de Deux
Four Temperaments - 1946