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Dance History
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1. 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
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Four Temperaments - 1946
Ballroom Dance
New York City Ballet
2. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Donald McKayle
Alwin Nikolais
Pilobolus
Africanist Aesthetic
3. 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
Parade - 1917
Fanny Elssler
Jules Perrot
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
4. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Russian Revolution
Cachucha
Charles Didelot
Robert Ellis Dunn
5. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Hip-hop
Arthur Saint Leon
Stravinsky
Marius Petipa
6. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Gas-lighting and curtain
Alvin Ailey
Harlem
7. Radically new or original
Ronald Brown
Schizophrenia
Acts of Light - 1981
Avant-Garde
8. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Russian Revolution
Ronald Brown
Marie Taglioni
Ruth St. Denis
9. 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
Hanya Holm
Garth Fagan
Rite of Spring - 1913
Four Temperaments - 1946
10. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Fokine
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Pablo Picasso
Harlem
11. 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
Tsar
Judson Church
Twyla Tharp
12. 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
Schizophrenia
Eleo Pomare
19th Amendment
Paul Taylor
13. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Massine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Stravinsky
19th Amendment
14. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fanny Elssler
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
15. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Les Sylphides
Joffrey Ballet
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Cachucha
16. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Anton Dolin
Giselle - 1841
August Bournonville
Petipa Styles of Movement
17. 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
Shirley Temple
Robert le Diable
La Sylphide - 1832
The Art of Making Dances
18. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Swan Lake - 1895
Gas-lighting and curtain
Lincoln Kirstein
19. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Lincoln Kirstein
Nijinska
Jockey Club
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
20. 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
Pelvic contraction and release
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Tsar
Ivanov
21. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Fall and Recovery
Les Noces - 1923
Swan Lake - 1895
22. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pilobolus
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Jockey Club
23. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.
Ronald Brown
Charles Didelot
Jean Coralli
Stravinsky
24. 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
Doris Humphrey
Ruby Keeler
Swan Lake - 1895
25. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Tap Dance
Middle Class
Robert le Diable
Black Swan Pas de Deux
26. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Pelvic contraction and release
Marius Petipa
George Balanchine
27. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Les Sylphides
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Agon - 1957
John Cage
28. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
John Cage
Lindy Hop
Eleo Pomare
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
29. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Pelvic contraction and release
Agon - 1957
The Nutcracker - 1892
30. 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
Alwin Nikolais
The Nutcracker - 1892
Four Temperaments - 1946
31. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Nijinsky
Judson Church
Petrouchka - 1911
Ruth St. Denis
32. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Marius Petipa
Pilobolus
Katherine Dunham
New York City Ballet
33. 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.
Jeux - 1913
Africanist Aesthetic
Loie Fuller
Ulysses Dove
34. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Tensile Involvement - 1953
19th Amendment
Theophile Gautier
35. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Charles Didelot
Anton Dolin
Jean Baptiste Lande
Charles Weidman
36. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Philip Taglioni
Hip-hop
Rudolph Laban
Ivanov
37. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Rose Adagio
Scheherezade
Lincoln Kirstein
Fokine
38. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
39. 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
Ruth St. Denis
Nijinska
Isadora Duncan
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
40. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Fokine
Jules Perrot
Ruby Keeler
Africanist Aesthetic
41. Taglioni's rival -Her dancing was 'warm and passionate' -Dance was earthy - temperamental - fiery - vuluptuous -Labeled Pagan -Danced folk dances - most famous was Cachucha - Spanish using castanet - twists and turns; Known for her flair and theatric
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Franco-Prussian War
Fanny Elssler
Ballet Russes
42. 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)
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Margaret Sanger
Nicholas Brothers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
43. 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
Pablo Picasso
Duet - 1957
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
44. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Jean Coralli
Alvin Ailey
Apollo - 1928
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
45. 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
Ted Shawn
Denishawn
Cachucha
Stravinsky
46. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
La Sylphide - 1832
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Schizophrenia
Robert Joffrey
47. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Les Sylphides
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Suzanne Linglor
Rudolph Laban
48. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Ronald Brown
Jeux - 1913
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Philip Taglioni
49. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Eleo Pomare
Lincoln Kirstein
Busby Berkeley
50. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Grand Pas de Deux
Africanist Aesthetic
HIV+
Nijinska