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Dance History
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1. Alwin Nikolais - had a lot of ribbons - very involved in the sounds - wearing skin colored clothes - drum music - elastic ropes and strings - all across stage
Savoy Ballroom
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Philip Taglioni
2. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Ivanov
Aureole - 1962
Scheherezade
Daughter of the Pharaoh
3. 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
Lindy Hop
Postmodern Dance
Rudolph Nureyev
Nijinsky
4. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Cachucha
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Prince of Wales
5. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Four Temperaments - 1946
Hip-hop
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Ballroom Dance
6. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Louis Horst
Judson Church
Petipa Styles of Movement
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
7. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Tsar
Dance Theater of Harlem
Rudolph Nureyev
Cleopatre -1909
8. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Pelvic contraction and release
Industrial Revolution
9. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
George Balanchine
Jeux - 1913
Jean Coralli
10. Last member of the group that helped found the modern dance movement - Amassed a growing collection of 133 dances - His work created the Paul Taylor Dance Company - Known for his innovative and sometimes controversial choreography - Still considered
La Sylphide - 1832
Paul Taylor
Les Noces - 1923
Eleo Pomare
11. 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)
Acts of Light - 1981
Cleopatre -1909
Romantic Era
Doris Humphrey
12. 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
Apollo - 1928
Pelvic contraction and release
La Sylphide - 1832
Lincoln Kirstein
13. 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
Paul Taylor
Ivanov
Avant-Garde
Les Sylphides
14. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Loie Fuller
Robert Ellis Dunn
Deeply There - 1998
Arthur Mitchell
15. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Busby Berkeley
Robert Ellis Dunn
Isadora Duncan
16. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Percussive Movement
Fanny Elssler
Le Train Bleu - 1924
17. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Ronald Brown
Grand Pas de Deux
Jean Baptiste Lande
Louis Horst
18. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Garth Fagan
Acts of Light - 1981
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
19. 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
Industrial Revolution
Joe Goode
Dr. Louis Vernon
Fanny Elssler
20. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Nijinsky
Jose Limon
Katherine Dunham
Marius Petipa
21. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Ronald Brown
Debussy
Margaret Sanger
Petrouchka - 1911
22. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
Rudolph Laban
23. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Nicholas Brothers
Busby Berkeley
24. 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
Martha Graham
Schizophrenia
Alvin Ailey
Jules Perrot
25. 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
Margaret Sanger
Hip-hop
HIV+
Coca Chanel
26. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
La Sylphide - 1832
Merce Cunningham
Anna Pavlova
27. (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
Alvin Ailey
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
La Sylphide - 1832
Avant-Garde
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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Les Sylphides
Tsar
Harlem
29. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Joffrey Ballet
Ballroom Dance
Leon Bakst
Robert le Diable
30. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Apollo - 1928
Marius Petipa
Nijinska
Talley Beatty
31. 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.
Apollo - 1928
Franco-Prussian War
Loie Fuller
Stravinsky
32. 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
Pilobolus
The Dying Swan - 1905
19th Amendment
Debussy
33. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Talley Beatty
Judson Church
34. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
La Sylphide - 1832
Political Asylum
Theophile Gautier
35. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Martha Graham
Ronald Brown
The Art of Making Dances
Rose Adagio
36. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Africanist Aesthetic
Robert Joffrey
Foyer de la Danse
Imperial Russian Ballet
37. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Lindy Hop
Louis Horst
Martha Graham
Jean Coralli
38. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Eleo Pomare
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Ballroom Dance
Charles Weidman
39. 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
Jean Baptiste Lande
Marie Taglioni
Middle Class
Gus Solomons Jr
40. 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
Pablo Picasso
Fokine
Dr. Louis Vernon
The Nutcracker - 1892
41. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Prince of Wales
Rudolph Nureyev
Stravinsky
Apollo - 1928
42. 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
19th Amendment
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Postmodern Dance
Shirley Temple
43. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Lion King - 1998
Schizophrenia
Hanya Holm
Merce Cunningham
44. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Robert Ellis Dunn
Theophile Gautier
Massine
Fall and Recovery
45. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
August Bournonville
Rite of Spring - 1913
Joffrey Ballet
Jose Limon
46. 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.
Suzanne Linglor
Mary Wigman
Ruth St. Denis
Leon Bakst
47. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Charles Weidman
Merce Cunningham
Diaghilev
Ballroom Dance
48. Choreography Deeply There
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
George Balanchine
Joe Goode
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
49. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Fanny Elssler
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Coppelia
50. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Franco-Prussian War
Louis Horst
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912