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Dance History
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1. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Harlem
Deeply There - 1998
Rudolph Nureyev
2. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Robert Ellis Dunn
Pablo Picasso
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jose Limon
3. 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
Fokine
Ruby Keeler
Anna Pavlova
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
4. 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
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Pablo Picasso
5. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Martha Graham
Divertissement
6. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Franco-Prussian War
Rose Adagio
Nijinsky
7. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Joe Goode
Postmodern Dance
Shirley Temple
8. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Leon Bakst
Tsar
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
9. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Prince of Wales
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Rite of Spring - 1913
10. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petipa Styles of Movement
Scheherezade
Denishawn
Petrouchka - 1911
11. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
AIDS
Cleopatre -1909
Coppelia
Dr. Louis Vernon
12. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Pilobolus
AIDS
Jean Coralli
Russian Revolution
13. 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
Middle Class
Margaret Sanger
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Coppelia
14. Radically new or original
Petipa Styles of Movement
Jean Coralli
Avant-Garde
Jeux - 1913
15. 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
Nijinska
Talley Beatty
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Swan Lake - 1895
16. 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
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Cachucha
Diaghilev
Parade - 1917
17. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Joe Goode
Avant-Garde
Donald McKayle
Judson Church
18. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Jockey Club
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
19. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Mary Wigman
19th Amendment
Gas-lighting and curtain
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
20. Workers who earned enough money to be able to become consumer of art and material goods following the Industrial Revolution; escapism became a huge hit when the Depression hit to escape harsh reality
Middle Class
Fokine
Massine
Coppelia
21. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Arthur Mitchell
Diaghilev
Tsar
Savoy Ballroom
22. 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
19th Amendment
Louis Horst
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
23. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Garth Fagan
Eleo Pomare
Robert Ellis Dunn
Parade - 1917
24. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Lion King - 1998
Jitterbug
Schizophrenia
25. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Fokine
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Carlotta Grisi
26. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Garth Fagan
Avant-Garde
Joffrey Ballet
27. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Pilobolus
Deeply There - 1998
Africanist Aesthetic
Petrouchka - 1911
28. 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.
Anna Pavlova
Jockey Club
Ivanov
Leon Bakst
29. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Buddy Dean Show
Ruth St. Denis
Grand Pas de Deux
Apollo - 1928
30. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Nicholas Brothers
Schizophrenia
Judson Church
Mikhail Baryshnikov
31. 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
Anna Pavlova
Parade - 1917
Giselle - 1841
Tsar
32. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Twyla Tharp
Russian Revolution
August Bournonville
Ted Shawn
33. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Merce Cunningham
Still/Here - 1994
Joe Goode
Alwin Nikolais
34. 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.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Bill T. Jones
Charles Didelot
Louis Horst
35. Nijinsky choreographed - in the forest - nymphs shows up to flirt with the Faun - one of them drops her scarf - they all leave - and he masturbates into the scarf
Avant-Garde
Garth Fagan
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
D-Man in the Water - 1989
36. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Marius Petipa
Ballroom Dance
Imperial Russian Ballet
Gas-lighting and curtain
37. 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
Marie Taglioni
American Ballet Theater
Les Noces - 1923
Postmodern Dance
38. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Nicholas Brothers
Pilobolus
New York City Ballet
The Nutcracker - 1892
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
Tsar
George Balanchine
HIV+
Isadora Duncan
40. 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
Industrial Revolution
Bill T. Jones
Political Asylum
Dr. Louis Vernon
41. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Russian Revolution
Lindy Hop
Louis Horst
Marie Taglioni
42. 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
George Balanchine
Martha Graham
Robert Ellis Dunn
Mary Wigman
43. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Charles Didelot
Robert Joffrey
Theophile Gautier
Cachucha
44. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Apollo - 1928
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Fanny Elssler
45. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Doris Humphrey
Diaghilev
Katherine Dunham
46. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
La Sylphide - 1832
Talley Beatty
Jitterbug
47. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Industrial Revolution
New York City Ballet
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Milhaud
48. 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
Fanny Elssler
Marie Taglioni
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
49. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Petrouchka - 1911
Jean Coralli
Philip Taglioni
Postmodern Dance
50. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Donald McKayle
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Africanist Aesthetic
Still/Here - 1994