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Dance History

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1. 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`






2. 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






3. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'






4. Beginning of modern dance - danced with bare feet - wore flowing Greek-style robe - died being strangled from a long-flowing scarf caught in a car wheel






5. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement






6. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding






7. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century






8. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual






9. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959






10. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France






11. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon






12. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids






13. 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)






14. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s






15. (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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer






20. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring






21. 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






22. 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






23. (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






24. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz






25. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.






26. 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






27. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom






28. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17






29. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm






30. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did






31. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company






32. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern






33. Pilobolus - human jousting horses






34. Famous ballerina who formed her own company and toured 1910 - famous for portraying birds - insects - and plants - brought ballet (aristocratic art) to the common person (high schools - etc.)






35. 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






36. 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






37. Founded the Gus Solomons Company/Dance - whose repertoire consisted of detailed and analytical compositions that were conceived as 'melted architecture' - drawing from experience as an architecture student at MIT






38. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity






39. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.






40. Sharp powerful movement; angle






41. Radically new or original






42. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)






43. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)






44. 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






45. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities






46. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts






47. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance






48. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano






49. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.






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