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Dance History
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1. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Agon - 1957
Cachucha
Massine
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
2. 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
Talley Beatty
Ruth St. Denis
Marius Petipa
Political Asylum
3. 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
Katherine Dunham
Joffrey Ballet
Les Noces - 1923
Busby Berkeley
4. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Swan Lake - 1895
Anton Dolin
Middle Class
Jean Baptiste Lande
5. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Political Asylum
Imperial Russian Ballet
Grand Pas de Deux
Romantic Era
6. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Joffrey
19th Amendment
Carlotta Grisi
Robert Ellis Dunn
7. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
La Sylphide - 1832
Anna Pavlova
Katherine Dunham
Robert Joffrey
8. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Charles Weidman
Ballroom Dance
Rudolph Nureyev
9. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Petrouchka - 1911
Judson Church
Tsar
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
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
Fall and Recovery
Aureole - 1962
D-Man in the Water - 1989
La Sylphide - 1832
11. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Les Noces - 1923
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Anna Pavlova
Jean Coralli
12. 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
Pablo Picasso
Fall and Recovery
Buddy Dean Show
Pilobolus
13. 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
Margaret Sanger
Nicholas Brothers
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
14. (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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Marius Petipa
Jose Limon
Dance Theater of Harlem
15. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
19th Amendment
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Parade - 1917
Pelvic contraction and release
16. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Pilobolus
Ruth St. Denis
Anton Dolin
Merce Cunningham
17. A Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the black experience - notable productions include Missa Luba in 1965 - Blues for the Jungle in 1966 (portraying life in Harlem) - Las Desenamorad
American Ballet Theater
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Eleo Pomare
18. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Nicholas Brothers
Ronald Brown
Jose Limon
19. 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
Merce Cunningham
Gus Solomons Jr
Les Sylphides
Middle Class
20. 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.
Fanny Elssler
Anna Pavlova
Lion King - 1998
Loie Fuller
21. 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
Petipa Styles of Movement
Scheherezade
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
22. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
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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
Merce Cunningham
Gus Solomons Jr
Prince of Wales
The Dying Swan - 1905
24. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Pilobolus
New York City Ballet
Swan Lake - 1895
25. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Jeux - 1913
Bill T. Jones
Nicholas Brothers
26. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Debussy
Judson Church
Russian Revolution
27. 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.
Nijinsky
Four Temperaments - 1946
Charles Didelot
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
28. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Massine
Tsar
Ballet Russes
29. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Diaghilev
Africanist Aesthetic
19th Amendment
30. (1931-1989) A New York City dancer who created an American Dance Theater which trains dancers and performs worldwide; most famous work was Revelations and piece named Cry - in honor of his mother; lost battle to AIDS in 1989
Suzanne Linglor
Alvin Ailey
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Dance Theater of Harlem
31. 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
Divertissement
Robert le Diable
Hanya Holm
Ballet Russes
32. 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)
Nicholas Brothers
Bill T. Jones
Franco-Prussian War
Fall and Recovery
33. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Romantic Era
Rudolph Nureyev
Arthur Mitchell
Petipa Styles of Movement
34. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Giselle - 1841
Harlem
Ballet Russes
35. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Isadora Duncan
Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Tsar
36. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
The Dying Swan - 1905
Harlem
Imperial Russian Ballet
Paul Taylor
37. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Les Sylphides
Charles Didelot
Schizophrenia
38. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Ted Shawn
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
39. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Savoy Ballroom
Robert le Diable
Jean Baptiste Lande
Petipa Styles of Movement
40. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Eleo Pomare
Jockey Club
Cachucha
Lincoln Kirstein
41. 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
Russian Revolution
Dance Theater of Harlem
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
42. French composer; uses harmony to reinforce stasis; Prelude to Afternoon of a Fawn (half man - half goat - simulated masturbation); concert work that became a ballet
Milhaud
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Debussy
Deeply There - 1998
43. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Ivanov
Denishawn
Jose Limon
August Bournonville
44. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality
Shirley Temple
Denishawn
Imperial Russian Ballet
Rose Adagio
45. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Middle Class
Coppelia
Scheherezade
Ruby Keeler
46. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Parade - 1917
Romantic Era
Savoy Ballroom
Mary Wigman
47. 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
Debussy
Anton Dolin
The Art of Making Dances
48. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Jean Coralli
Massine
Scheherezade
49. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Charles Didelot
John Cage
Alwin Nikolais
Garth Fagan
50. 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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