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Dance History
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1. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Leon Bakst
Petipa Styles of Movement
Scheherezade
Coppelia
2. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Charles Didelot
3. 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
Fanny Elssler
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Coca Chanel
Franco-Prussian War
4. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Scheherezade
Ruth St. Denis
Rite of Spring - 1913
Margaret Sanger
5. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Charles Weidman
La Sylphide - 1832
Carlotta Grisi
Arthur Saint Leon
6. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Les Noces - 1923
Africanist Aesthetic
Nijinska
Robert le Diable
7. 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)
Merce Cunningham
Talley Beatty
Ronald Brown
Nicholas Brothers
8. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Dance Theater of Harlem
Gas-lighting and curtain
Ronald Brown
Lincoln Kirstein
9. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Avant-Garde
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
10. 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.
Alwin Nikolais
Grand Pas de Deux
Robert Joffrey
Leon Bakst
11. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Louis Horst
Jitterbug
Petrouchka - 1911
The Art of Making Dances
12. (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
Ruth St. Denis
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Alvin Ailey
Political Asylum
13. 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.
John Cage
The Art of Making Dances
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Charles Didelot
14. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Isadora Duncan
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Rite of Spring - 1913
15. 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)
Arthur Saint Leon
Africanist Aesthetic
Doris Humphrey
Lion King - 1998
16. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Four Temperaments - 1946
Isadora Duncan
AIDS
17. Choreographed by Filippino Taglioni and performed by one of the greatest ballerinas of the 19th century Marie Taglioni. One of the most famous Romantic Ballets. - First true romantic ballet
Ivanov
Percussive Movement
Ruth St. Denis
La Sylphide - 1832
18. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Schizophrenia
Diaghilev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rose Adagio
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
Imperial Russian Ballet
Parade - 1917
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Aureole - 1962
20. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Suzanne Linglor
Apollo - 1928
Martha Graham
Twyla Tharp
21. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Pablo Picasso
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Gas-lighting and curtain
Denishawn
22. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Debussy
Ivanov
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
23. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Donald McKayle
Robert Ellis Dunn
Garth Fagan
24. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Robert Ellis Dunn
August Bournonville
Stravinsky
Parade - 1917
25. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Arthur Mitchell
Carlotta Grisi
Fanny Elssler
26. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Lion King - 1998
Gus Solomons Jr
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
27. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Agon - 1957
Ivanov
Rite of Spring - 1913
Louis Horst
28. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Les Noces - 1923
Tchaikovsky
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Anton Dolin
29. 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
Agon - 1957
Parade - 1917
Suzanne Linglor
Marie Taglioni
30. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Industrial Revolution
Coppelia
Romantic Era
Katherine Dunham
31. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Rite of Spring - 1913
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Hanya Holm
Isadora Duncan
32. 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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Robert le Diable
Nijinsky
Eleo Pomare
33. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Schizophrenia
La Sylphide - 1832
Philip Taglioni
Fokine
34. 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.
Fokine
Joffrey Ballet
Loie Fuller
Katherine Dunham
35. 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
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Joe Goode
Fanny Elssler
36. 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.)
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Anna Pavlova
Pelvic contraction and release
Charles Didelot
37. 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
Schizophrenia
Ballet Russes
Lindy Hop
Talley Beatty
38. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Twyla Tharp
Jules Perrot
AIDS
The Art of Making Dances
39. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Les Noces - 1923
Ronald Brown
Fokine
Cleopatre -1909
40. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jose Limon
Coca Chanel
41. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Twyla Tharp
Apollo - 1928
Political Asylum
Alvin Ailey
42. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Nijinska
Arthur Saint Leon
Coppelia
Rudolph Laban
43. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Imperial Russian Ballet
Africanist Aesthetic
Donald McKayle
Debussy
44. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
The Art of Making Dances
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Rose Adagio
Harlem
45. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Franco-Prussian War
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Eleo Pomare
46. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Ballet Russes
Postmodern Dance
Scheherezade
47. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Bill T. Jones
Les Sylphides
Scheherezade
48. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Lion King - 1998
Swan Lake - 1895
Lindy Hop
The Art of Making Dances
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
Hip-hop
Acts of Light - 1981
Loie Fuller
Lincoln Kirstein
50. Created the well-known Denishawn school with his wife Ruth St. Denis. They taught dancers diverse styles - With his wife they set up the foundations for the principal of Musical Visualization 'a concept that called for movement equivalents to the tim
Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Joffrey
Ted Shawn
Leon Bakst