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Dance History
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1. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Charles Didelot
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
HIV+
Savoy Ballroom
2. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Coppelia
Arthur Mitchell
Political Asylum
3. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Tap Dance
Jitterbug
Jules Perrot
Four Temperaments - 1946
4. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Les Noces - 1923
Philip Taglioni
Katherine Dunham
5. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Franco-Prussian War
Garth Fagan
Carlotta Grisi
Massine
6. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Shirley Temple
Arthur Mitchell
Robert Joffrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
7. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Ballet Russes
Percussive Movement
Donald McKayle
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
8. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Swan Lake - 1895
The Dying Swan - 1905
Talley Beatty
Still/Here - 1994
9. 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
Marie Taglioni
Duet - 1957
Garth Fagan
10. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Twyla Tharp
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
11. 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
Tsar
Theophile Gautier
Duet - 1957
Eleo Pomare
12. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Harlem
Alwin Nikolais
Nicholas Brothers
Jules Perrot
13. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Industrial Revolution
August Bournonville
Schizophrenia
Les Sylphides
14. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Jitterbug
Fokine
Mary Wigman
15. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Acts of Light - 1981
Dance Theater of Harlem
Gas-lighting and curtain
Nijinsky
16. 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
Milhaud
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Isadora Duncan
Ivanov
17. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Ivanov
Merce Cunningham
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Arthur Mitchell
18. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is
Pablo Picasso
Scheherezade
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Merce Cunningham
19. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Leon Bakst
Nijinsky
Pelvic contraction and release
20. 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
Ivanov
Nijinsky
Prince of Wales
Agon - 1957
21. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Garth Fagan
Arthur Saint Leon
Mikhail Baryshnikov
22. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Les Sylphides
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Jean Jacques Rousseau
23. 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
Pelvic contraction and release
Robert Joffrey
19th Amendment
Gus Solomons Jr
24. Choreography Deeply There
Massine
Joe Goode
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Africanist Aesthetic
25. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Petipa Styles of Movement
John Cage
Martha Graham
Marie Taglioni
26. 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
Tap Dance
Duet - 1957
Alvin Ailey
Apollo - 1928
27. 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
Alvin Ailey
Hanya Holm
Tap Dance
Cleopatre -1909
28. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Rudolph Nureyev
29. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
The Art of Making Dances
Diaghilev
Doris Humphrey
Rudolph Laban
30. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Alwin Nikolais
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Cachucha
31. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Divertissement
Foyer de la Danse
Alwin Nikolais
32. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Deeply There - 1998
George Balanchine
The Art of Making Dances
Middle Class
33. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Avant-Garde
Pablo Picasso
Merce Cunningham
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
34. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Fanny Elssler
Divertissement
Marie Taglioni
35. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Still/Here - 1994
Jules Perrot
Jockey Club
Tsar
36. 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
Hip-hop
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Denishawn
37. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Jean Baptiste Lande
Suzanne Linglor
Busby Berkeley
Acts of Light - 1981
38. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Robert Joffrey
Isadora Duncan
Prince of Wales
Diaghilev
39. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Parade - 1917
Isadora Duncan
19th Amendment
Diaghilev
40. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ballet Russes
Loie Fuller
Prince of Wales
41. 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.
Charles Didelot
Robert le Diable
Deeply There - 1998
Massine
42. Radically new or original
Ballroom Dance
George Balanchine
Ronald Brown
Avant-Garde
43. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Joffrey Ballet
Leon Bakst
44. 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
Ballet Russes
Ivanov
Romantic Era
Margaret Sanger
45. 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.
Rudolph Nureyev
New York City Ballet
Leon Bakst
AIDS
46. 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.
19th Amendment
Still/Here - 1994
Carlotta Grisi
Shirley Temple
47. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Deeply There - 1998
Fanny Elssler
Acts of Light - 1981
48. Interrupted first flush of success of Coppelia and the included the siege of Paris - which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi - on her 17th birthday - but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opera Garnier.
Franco-Prussian War
Arthur Mitchell
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Lindy Hop
49. 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)
Robert Ellis Dunn
Doris Humphrey
Jockey Club
Dance Theater of Harlem
50. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Ruth St. Denis
Foyer de la Danse
Fanny Elssler
Still/Here - 1994