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Dance History
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1. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Acts of Light - 1981
Imperial Russian Ballet
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
La Sylphide - 1832
2. 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
Coppelia
Gus Solomons Jr
Dance Theater of Harlem
Mikhail Baryshnikov
3. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Rudolph Laban
Martha Graham
Ronald Brown
4. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Russian Revolution
Milhaud
Tsar
Franco-Prussian War
5. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Bill T. Jones
Choreographers who died of AIDS
6. 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
Merce Cunningham
Pilobolus
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Tchaikovsky
7. 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
Louis Horst
Pablo Picasso
HIV+
8. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Brown
Leon Bakst
Four Temperaments - 1946
Debussy
9. Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind; wrote The Social Contract; wrote Confessions; believed that emotions as well as reason were important to human development but sent his own children to orphanages
Jules Perrot
Fokine
Cleopatre -1909
Jean Jacques Rousseau
10. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Ballroom Dance
Giselle - 1841
Dr. Louis Vernon
11. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
American Ballet Theater
Nijinsky
Ulysses Dove
12. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Robert Ellis Dunn
Ted Shawn
Fokine
13. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Fanny Elssler
Suzanne Linglor
Milhaud
14. 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
Harlem
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Tap Dance
15. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Cachucha
Ballroom Dance
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Percussive Movement
16. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Giselle - 1841
Pablo Picasso
The Nutcracker - 1892
17. 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.
Mary Wigman
Franco-Prussian War
Carlotta Grisi
Jeux - 1913
18. Born in NY - raised in Boston - first exposure to dance in 1920 - witness Diaghilev funeral - worked with Balanchine - established NYC ballet - passion for Japenese culture
Percussive Movement
Still/Here - 1994
Lincoln Kirstein
Romantic Era
19. 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
Margaret Sanger
Lindy Hop
Aureole - 1962
Suzanne Linglor
20. 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.
Lion King - 1998
Martha Graham
Leon Bakst
Jules Perrot
21. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Charles Weidman
Anton Dolin
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Shirley Temple
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. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot
Nijinsky
Pelvic contraction and release
The Art of Making Dances
Anton Dolin
24. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Pablo Picasso
Cachucha
Avant-Garde
25. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
Rose Adagio
Nijinska
HIV+
26. 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)
Ruby Keeler
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Doris Humphrey
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
27. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Petipa Styles of Movement
Schizophrenia
Deeply There - 1998
Donald McKayle
28. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
Tap Dance
Franco-Prussian War
Jitterbug
29. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Rose Adagio
Anton Dolin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
30. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Divertissement
Joffrey Ballet
Pelvic contraction and release
31. 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
HIV+
La Sylphide - 1832
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ted Shawn
32. Studio behind the stage at the Paris Opera which is now used as a rehearsal stage and a reception venue but which was notorious in the 19th century (during the reign of Dr Varon) as the salon where members of the Jockey Club could meet dancers.
Tchaikovsky
Gus Solomons Jr
Foyer de la Danse
Ballet Russes
33. 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
Apollo - 1928
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jockey Club
34. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Paul Taylor
Arthur Saint Leon
Loie Fuller
Romantic Era
35. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Rudolph Nureyev
Ronald Brown
Grand Pas de Deux
Fanny Elssler
36. 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
Parade - 1917
August Bournonville
Ballet Russes
Dr. Louis Vernon
37. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Hanya Holm
New York City Ballet
Rose Adagio
Margaret Sanger
38. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Twyla Tharp
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Buddy Dean Show
39. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Franco-Prussian War
Hip-hop
Harlem
Jeux - 1913
40. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Debussy
Arthur Saint Leon
August Bournonville
Rudolph Laban
41. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jeux - 1913
Petipa Styles of Movement
Theophile Gautier
42. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Ruby Keeler
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Political Asylum
Isadora Duncan
43. 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
Fanny Elssler
Dance Theater of Harlem
Africanist Aesthetic
Joe Goode
44. 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
Martha Graham
Robert le Diable
Avant-Garde
Hanya Holm
45. 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
Charles Didelot
Rite of Spring - 1913
Isadora Duncan
Swan Lake - 1895
46. 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
Anton Dolin
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Aureole - 1962
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
47. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Pelvic contraction and release
Rudolph Laban
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Still/Here - 1994
48. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Robert Ellis Dunn
Nijinska
Twyla Tharp
Political Asylum
49. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Judson Church
Doris Humphrey
Les Sylphides
Rose Adagio
50. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Coppelia
Africanist Aesthetic
Jeux - 1913
Les Sylphides