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Dance History
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1. 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.)
Leon Bakst
Petipa Styles of Movement
Anna Pavlova
Choreographers who died of AIDS
2. 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)
Doris Humphrey
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
Louis Horst
3. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Ruby Keeler
Ted Shawn
Mary Wigman
Percussive Movement
4. 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
Massine
Romantic Era
Harlem
5. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Ronald Brown
Ballet Russes
Parade - 1917
6. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Donald McKayle
George Balanchine
Gas-lighting and curtain
Philip Taglioni
7. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Imperial Russian Ballet
Carlotta Grisi
Marie Taglioni
Robert le Diable
8. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Russian Revolution
Pelvic contraction and release
Ivanov
The Dying Swan - 1905
9. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Lindy Hop
Divertissement
Leon Bakst
Judson Church
10. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Postmodern Dance
Fanny Elssler
Robert Ellis Dunn
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
11. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Ulysses Dove
HIV+
Diaghilev
12. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Louis Horst
Massine
Pelvic contraction and release
AIDS
13. 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
Ulysses Dove
Diaghilev
Merce Cunningham
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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
Fokine
Leon Bakst
Margaret Sanger
Nicholas Brothers
15. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
The Dying Swan - 1905
Scheherezade
Massine
Aureole - 1962
16. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Harlem
Nijinsky
Deeply There - 1998
Louis Horst
17. 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
Rose Adagio
Bill T. Jones
Denishawn
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
18. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Buddy Dean Show
Joe Goode
Lion King - 1998
Philip Taglioni
19. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Donald McKayle
Pablo Picasso
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Still/Here - 1994
20. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Donald McKayle
Ted Shawn
George Balanchine
21. 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
Ivanov
John Cage
Arthur Saint Leon
22. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Talley Beatty
Rudolph Nureyev
23. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Suzanne Linglor
Louis Horst
24. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Massine
New York City Ballet
Nicholas Brothers
Black Swan Pas de Deux
25. 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
Hanya Holm
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Tap Dance
26. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Petipa Styles of Movement
Debussy
Grand Pas de Deux
Marie Taglioni
27. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Marie Taglioni
Mikhail Baryshnikov
28. Inspired by Gautier's novel The Story of the Mummy - very complicated - spectacular - successful ballet - Aspica is the daughter - English Lord in sand storm goes into tomb & gets put into an opium dream where he becomes Tahor and saves Aspico from a
Katherine Dunham
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Suzanne Linglor
The Dying Swan - 1905
29. 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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Loie Fuller
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
30. One of the major figures in the development of modern dance - an American dancer - choreographer and teacher who created more than 150 works on a wide range of subjects from ancient Greek to modern American; contraction and release
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Fokine
Martha Graham
Tensile Involvement - 1953
31. 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)
Ivanov
Charles Weidman
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Giselle - 1841
32. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Coppelia
Ballroom Dance
Duet - 1957
Ronald Brown
33. 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
Nijinska
Buddy Dean Show
Middle Class
Robert Joffrey
34. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Suzanne Linglor
Eleo Pomare
Africanist Aesthetic
35. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
La Sylphide - 1832
George Balanchine
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Stravinsky
36. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Harlem
Jose Limon
19th Amendment
37. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Lion King - 1998
Ruby Keeler
John Cage
Cachucha
38. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
AIDS
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Pablo Picasso
Charles Weidman
39. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Cleopatre -1909
Milhaud
40. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Romantic Era
Tensile Involvement - 1953
19th Amendment
41. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Pilobolus
Ivanov
Harlem
Cachucha
42. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Alvin Ailey
Romantic Era
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
Donald McKayle
Arthur Mitchell
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Hanya Holm
44. 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
Jules Perrot
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Ivanov
HIV+
45. (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
Stravinsky
Dr. Louis Vernon
Percussive Movement
Alvin Ailey
46. 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.
Lincoln Kirstein
Foyer de la Danse
Robert Joffrey
Loie Fuller
47. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
New York City Ballet
Charles Didelot
Les Sylphides
48. 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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49. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
John Cage
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jeux - 1913
50. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Petrouchka - 1911
Stravinsky
Jeux - 1913
Imperial Russian Ballet