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Dance History
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1. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Carlotta Grisi
Ulysses Dove
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
2. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Stravinsky
Paul Taylor
Deeply There - 1998
3. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
Busby Berkeley
4. 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
Anna Pavlova
Milhaud
Martha Graham
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
5. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Mikhail Baryshnikov
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
Les Sylphides
6. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
Parade - 1917
Tchaikovsky
Jean Coralli
7. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rite of Spring - 1913
Rose Adagio
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Rudolph Nureyev
8. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Industrial Revolution
Denishawn
9. 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
Ronald Brown
Anna Pavlova
Foyer de la Danse
Talley Beatty
10. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Shirley Temple
Les Sylphides
Lindy Hop
Bill T. Jones
11. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Swan Lake - 1895
Loie Fuller
Katherine Dunham
Anton Dolin
12. Published in London Times 1914 - want to make 'ballet a fully expressive art that mirrored life' - new movement for each dance - no mime (Petipa used so that the audience always understood) - use entire body (to be expressive) - no divertissement (no
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13. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Tap Dance
Bill T. Jones
Nicholas Brothers
Scheherezade
14. 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
Jitterbug
Rudolph Laban
Four Temperaments - 1946
American Ballet Theater
15. 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
Lion King - 1998
Anna Pavlova
Donald McKayle
16. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Talley Beatty
Charles Didelot
Africanist Aesthetic
17. Petipa's assistant that takes over - choreographs Snowflakes Act I of the Nutcracker - dies in 1901 - didn't produce anything more of importance except Swan Lake
Doris Humphrey
Middle Class
Charles Didelot
Ivanov
18. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Schizophrenia
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
19. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Le Train Bleu - 1924
The Dying Swan - 1905
Africanist Aesthetic
Black Swan Pas de Deux
20. Arthur Mitchell founder and artistic director -1st black dancer to break color barrier for classical ballet -America's 1st outstanding ballet company of black dancers -started school with Karel Shook -shaped by Balanchine -Dancers known for warmth an
The Dying Swan - 1905
Gas-lighting and curtain
Cachucha
Dance Theater of Harlem
21. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Diaghilev
Gas-lighting and curtain
Pilobolus
22. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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23. 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
Robert le Diable
Scheherezade
Political Asylum
Aureole - 1962
24. 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.
Loie Fuller
Judson Church
Shirley Temple
Gus Solomons Jr
25. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Savoy Ballroom
Four Temperaments - 1946
26. (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
Eleo Pomare
Nicholas Brothers
Marius Petipa
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
27. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Gus Solomons Jr
28. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Ballroom Dance
Jose Limon
Avant-Garde
Cleopatre -1909
29. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
The Dying Swan - 1905
Petipa Styles of Movement
Rite of Spring - 1913
Romantic Era
30. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Arthur Mitchell
Gus Solomons Jr
Fall and Recovery
Rose Adagio
31. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Cachucha
Pilobolus
Robert le Diable
Giselle - 1841
32. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness
Schizophrenia
Judson Church
Savoy Ballroom
Still/Here - 1994
33. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Franco-Prussian War
Rudolph Nureyev
Isadora Duncan
34. Works to question the complexities of real life
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Postmodern Dance
Anton Dolin
Joe Goode
35. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Prince of Wales
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
19th Amendment
Choreographers who died of AIDS
36. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Margaret Sanger
Cleopatre -1909
Jose Limon
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
37. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Robert le Diable
Nijinsky
Jean Jacques Rousseau
38. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Rudolph Nureyev
Gus Solomons Jr
Tsar
39. 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)
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Middle Class
Nicholas Brothers
Choreographers who died of AIDS
40. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Schizophrenia
Ulysses Dove
Theophile Gautier
Swan Lake - 1895
41. 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
Garth Fagan
Four Temperaments - 1946
Milhaud
Ruth St. Denis
42. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Loie Fuller
Ivanov
Philip Taglioni
43. 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
American Ballet Theater
Ballroom Dance
The Art of Making Dances
44. 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
Donald McKayle
Alvin Ailey
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
HIV+
45. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Denishawn
Pablo Picasso
Milhaud
46. 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
Lindy Hop
Duet - 1957
American Ballet Theater
Prince of Wales
47. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
La Sylphide - 1832
Les Sylphides
Political Asylum
48. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Savoy Ballroom
Joffrey Ballet
49. 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.)
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Jean Baptiste Lande
August Bournonville
Anna Pavlova
50. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Ruth St. Denis
Rose Adagio
Louis Horst
John Cage