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Dance History
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1. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
AIDS
Giselle - 1841
Petipa Styles of Movement
2. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Political Asylum
Rose Adagio
Judson Church
Agon - 1957
3. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Arthur Mitchell
Foyer de la Danse
Coppelia
4. 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.
Leon Bakst
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Anton Dolin
Suzanne Linglor
5. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Cachucha
Pelvic contraction and release
Le Train Bleu - 1924
6. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Arthur Mitchell
Ruby Keeler
The Art of Making Dances
Romantic Era
7. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Foyer de la Danse
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Savoy Ballroom
Rite of Spring - 1913
8. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
The Art of Making Dances
American Ballet Theater
Les Sylphides
9. 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.)
Savoy Ballroom
Anna Pavlova
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
10. 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
Charles Didelot
Swan Lake - 1895
Donald McKayle
Fanny Elssler
11. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ruby Keeler
Carlotta Grisi
Gas-lighting and curtain
12. 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
Tsar
19th Amendment
Pablo Picasso
Cleopatre -1909
13. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Romantic Era
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Lindy Hop
14. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Africanist Aesthetic
Still/Here - 1994
Cachucha
Pelvic contraction and release
15. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Katherine Dunham
Nicholas Brothers
Black Swan Pas de Deux
16. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Ivanov
Savoy Ballroom
Suzanne Linglor
Franco-Prussian War
17. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
HIV+
Robert Ellis Dunn
19th Amendment
Gas-lighting and curtain
18. 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
Imperial Russian Ballet
Parade - 1917
The Dying Swan - 1905
John Cage
19. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
Robert Ellis Dunn
AIDS
Nicholas Brothers
20. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Divertissement
Ronald Brown
Milhaud
Tsar
21. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Twyla Tharp
Margaret Sanger
Deeply There - 1998
Charles Didelot
22. 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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23. 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
Margaret Sanger
Rudolph Laban
Stravinsky
24. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Alvin Ailey
Tsar
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
25. 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)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Nicholas Brothers
Pilobolus
Anna Pavlova
26. 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
Dr. Louis Vernon
Joffrey Ballet
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
27. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Political Asylum
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Tensile Involvement - 1953
28. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Tchaikovsky
Anna Pavlova
Isadora Duncan
29. Confirmed that Balanchine was an experimentalist - Africanist principles in his rhythmic scores - turns not resolved as in ballet - they just stop - take 'one' counts rather than 'and' counts
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Pilobolus
Apollo - 1928
Industrial Revolution
30. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Coca Chanel
Pelvic contraction and release
Prince of Wales
Margaret Sanger
31. 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
Massine
Savoy Ballroom
Africanist Aesthetic
Dance Theater of Harlem
32. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Les Noces - 1923
Ruth St. Denis
Swan Lake - 1895
The Nutcracker - 1892
33. 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
Leon Bakst
Merce Cunningham
La Sylphide - 1832
Ruth St. Denis
34. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Katherine Dunham
Middle Class
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Avant-Garde
35. 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
Paul Taylor
La Sylphide - 1832
Acts of Light - 1981
Coca Chanel
36. Choreographed by Petipa & Ivanov - Odette (under a spell) & Odile look alike - Prince Siegfried (Odette saves other swans & tells him her tale) - his mother throws a ball for him to find a wife - Odile shows up as Odette & Prince commits his love to
Debussy
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Swan Lake - 1895
Massine
37. 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
Garth Fagan
Joe Goode
Avant-Garde
Hanya Holm
38. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Philip Taglioni
Theophile Gautier
Alwin Nikolais
Carlotta Grisi
39. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Africanist Aesthetic
Ruby Keeler
Scheherezade
Nijinsky
40. 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
Jose Limon
Pilobolus
Schizophrenia
Apollo - 1928
41. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Dr. Louis Vernon
The Art of Making Dances
Marie Taglioni
Ballet Russes
42. Radically new or original
19th Amendment
Avant-Garde
La Sylphide - 1832
Black Swan Pas de Deux
43. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Acts of Light - 1981
Percussive Movement
Cachucha
44. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Ivanov
Tchaikovsky
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Weidman
45. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Carlotta Grisi
The Nutcracker - 1892
Romantic Era
Petrouchka - 1911
46. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Robert Joffrey
Diaghilev
Robert le Diable
Pilobolus
47. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Swan Lake - 1895
Duet - 1957
Jean Coralli
Bill T. Jones
48. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
August Bournonville
Deeply There - 1998
Scheherezade
Apollo - 1928
49. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Lindy Hop
Apollo - 1928
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Tsar
50. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Katherine Dunham
Garth Fagan
Ted Shawn
Pelvic contraction and release