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1. (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
Loie Fuller
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Dance Theater of Harlem
2. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
John Cage
Ballroom Dance
Bill T. Jones
Four Temperaments - 1946
3. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Arthur Mitchell
George Balanchine
Pelvic contraction and release
Philip Taglioni
4. 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
Coca Chanel
Rudolph Nureyev
Talley Beatty
Ulysses Dove
5. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Nijinsky
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fall and Recovery
Jose Limon
6. 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
Fokine
Tsar
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Hanya Holm
7. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Ruby Keeler
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Joffrey Ballet
Doris Humphrey
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
Agon - 1957
American Ballet Theater
Dr. Louis Vernon
9. 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
Hip-hop
Giselle - 1841
American Ballet Theater
Stravinsky
10. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Avant-Garde
Political Asylum
Pilobolus
Jean Baptiste Lande
11. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Avant-Garde
Ulysses Dove
Anton Dolin
12. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
John Cage
Ted Shawn
Le Train Bleu - 1924
13. 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
Milhaud
Ulysses Dove
Tsar
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
14. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Scheherezade
Fall and Recovery
Grand Pas de Deux
15. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Arthur Mitchell
Nijinska
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Schizophrenia
16. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Avant-Garde
Arthur Mitchell
Jean Baptiste Lande
Imperial Russian Ballet
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
Charles Weidman
Jean Baptiste Lande
Petipa Styles of Movement
Joffrey Ballet
18. 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
Merce Cunningham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Hanya Holm
D-Man in the Water - 1989
19. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Fokine
HIV+
Les Sylphides
Ronald Brown
20. 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
Margaret Sanger
Charles Didelot
Petrouchka - 1911
Postmodern Dance
21. High energy act of two African american brothers - Fayard and Harold - had a 'flash act' consisting of an acrobatic tap style - were in movies - only African Americans encouraged to mingle with audience (by audeince demand)
Middle Class
Nicholas Brothers
Fokine
Mikhail Baryshnikov
22. 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
Debussy
Eleo Pomare
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Joffrey Ballet
23. 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
Rudolph Laban
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Ruth St. Denis
24. Designer. Influenced by Greek and Asian art. Costumes and sets full of bold colors. Decorative motifs that employed perspective painting. Successful with ballet. 'sophisticated eclecticism'. Teacher.
Africanist Aesthetic
Leon Bakst
August Bournonville
La Sylphide - 1832
25. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
Lindy Hop
Gas-lighting and curtain
Nijinsky
26. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Russian Revolution
Ruby Keeler
Robert Joffrey
27. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Bill T. Jones
Loie Fuller
Mary Wigman
Donald McKayle
28. 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
Ballet Russes
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev
Nicholas Brothers
29. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Philip Taglioni
Charles Didelot
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rose Adagio
30. Created the well-known Denishawn school with his wife Ruth St. Denis. They taught dancers diverse styles - With his wife they set up the foundations for the principal of Musical Visualization 'a concept that called for movement equivalents to the tim
Tsar
Katherine Dunham
Ted Shawn
Daughter of the Pharaoh
31. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Bill T. Jones
Coppelia
Merce Cunningham
32. 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.
Nicholas Brothers
Merce Cunningham
Foyer de la Danse
Postmodern Dance
33. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
American Ballet Theater
Postmodern Dance
Jitterbug
34. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Bill T. Jones
Jules Perrot
Marie Taglioni
Nicholas Brothers
35. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Nijinska
Pilobolus
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Massine
36. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958); Established the Choreographic Institute in Zurich - Founded branches across Europe - Kinetographie Laban=labanotation - primary movement - notation stilled used today in dance - Conte
Lincoln Kirstein
Hip-hop
Rudolph Laban
Hanya Holm
37. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Scheherezade
Giselle - 1841
Acts of Light - 1981
38. 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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Aureole - 1962
Marie Taglioni
The Art of Making Dances
39. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Imperial Russian Ballet
Foyer de la Danse
New York City Ballet
40. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Jules Perrot
Les Noces - 1923
Charles Weidman
Jitterbug
41. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Ruby Keeler
Ballet Russes
Grand Pas de Deux
Black Swan Pas de Deux
42. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Prince of Wales
The Nutcracker - 1892
Franco-Prussian War
43. Choreography Deeply There
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Joe Goode
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Nijinska
44. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Ballroom Dance
August Bournonville
The Nutcracker - 1892
Talley Beatty
45. 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
Mary Wigman
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Middle Class
Tensile Involvement - 1953
46. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Busby Berkeley
Louis Horst
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
47. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
La Sylphide - 1832
Eleo Pomare
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
48. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Merce Cunningham
Jockey Club
Judson Church
Aureole - 1962
49. 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.
Diaghilev
Pelvic contraction and release
Duet - 1957
Rose Adagio
50. 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
Giselle - 1841
Tap Dance
Diaghilev
19th Amendment