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Dance History
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1. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Hip-hop
Isadora Duncan
Ruby Keeler
2. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Shirley Temple
Bill T. Jones
The Art of Making Dances
3. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Nijinsky
Rudolph Nureyev
Marius Petipa
Loie Fuller
4. HIV - choreographed Still Here - organized survivor workshops
Doris Humphrey
The Art of Making Dances
Franco-Prussian War
Bill T. Jones
5. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Aureole - 1962
Philip Taglioni
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Bill T. Jones
6. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
19th Amendment
Robert Ellis Dunn
Cachucha
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
7. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Jean Baptiste Lande
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Petipa Styles of Movement
Ulysses Dove
8. 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.
Charles Didelot
Philip Taglioni
Les Noces - 1923
Daughter of the Pharaoh
9. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Divertissement
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Russian Revolution
Jose Limon
10. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Les Sylphides
Swan Lake - 1895
Suzanne Linglor
Foyer de la Danse
11. (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
Lindy Hop
Ted Shawn
Marius Petipa
Anton Dolin
12. 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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13. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
Pablo Picasso
John Cage
Ballet Russes
14. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Divertissement
Stravinsky
Cachucha
Carlotta Grisi
15. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Isadora Duncan
Tsar
Ballet Russes
16. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Shirley Temple
Bill T. Jones
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Choreographers who died of AIDS
17. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Grand Pas de Deux
Isadora Duncan
Diaghilev
18. 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
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Eleo Pomare
Lion King - 1998
Agon - 1957
19. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Arthur Mitchell
Swan Lake - 1895
The Dying Swan - 1905
Mary Wigman
20. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Arthur Mitchell
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Still/Here - 1994
21. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Donald McKayle
22. 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
Tsar
Marius Petipa
Ted Shawn
Joffrey Ballet
23. 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
Jose Limon
Foyer de la Danse
Stravinsky
24. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Judson Church
Jean Coralli
Mikhail Baryshnikov
HIV+
25. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Milhaud
Ballroom Dance
26. 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
Loie Fuller
Busby Berkeley
Tsar
Alwin Nikolais
27. 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
Lindy Hop
Theophile Gautier
Divertissement
28. 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
Tchaikovsky
Alwin Nikolais
Dance Theater of Harlem
Charles Didelot
29. 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
Lindy Hop
Debussy
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Fall and Recovery
30. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Pelvic contraction and release
Dance Theater of Harlem
Arthur Mitchell
31. 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
Eleo Pomare
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
Swan Lake - 1895
32. Dancer - choreographer - teacher - born 1930 in NY - began dancing senior year of HS - scholarship to New Dance group. studied with Primus. Professional debut in 1948 - choreographed 1st pieces with group when 18 - 1951 founded contemporary dance gro
Doris Humphrey
Donald McKayle
AIDS
Apollo - 1928
33. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Prince of Wales
Isadora Duncan
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Paul Taylor
34. 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
American Ballet Theater
Robert Joffrey
Talley Beatty
AIDS
35. Radically new or original
Coca Chanel
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Avant-Garde
Talley Beatty
36. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Hanya Holm
Anton Dolin
Fall and Recovery
Eleo Pomare
37. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Jose Limon
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
38. 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
Margaret Sanger
Duet - 1957
Ruth St. Denis
39. Choreography Deeply There
Ruby Keeler
Parade - 1917
Franco-Prussian War
Joe Goode
40. 1896-1976 - American - Choreographer - Developed 1930's film fantasy with his daredevil and genius dance design - developed the stage style musical film into a more involved multi-shot fantasy film style with overhead shots - use of tiered set desig
Nijinsky
Busby Berkeley
Petrouchka - 1911
Carlotta Grisi
41. 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
Petrouchka - 1911
Fanny Elssler
Avant-Garde
Petipa Styles of Movement
42. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Coca Chanel
Political Asylum
43. 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
Les Sylphides
Giselle - 1841
Cachucha
44. 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
Denishawn
Ted Shawn
John Cage
Robert le Diable
45. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Cleopatre -1909
Lindy Hop
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Isadora Duncan
46. Waddling on their heels - legs straight - tap dance transition step - dances are about weight and being grounded - not defying gravity - jumps are about coming down - rather than going up - connection of Africanist dance & American modern dance
Garth Fagan
Four Temperaments - 1946
Percussive Movement
The Nutcracker - 1892
47. Works to question the complexities of real life
Massine
Avant-Garde
Postmodern Dance
Rudolph Nureyev
48. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Deeply There - 1998
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Twyla Tharp
Bill T. Jones
49. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille
Stravinsky
Pablo Picasso
Les Sylphides
American Ballet Theater
50. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness
Schizophrenia
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
American Ballet Theater
Tensile Involvement - 1953