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Dance History
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1. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
The Art of Making Dances
Petipa Styles of Movement
AIDS
2. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Suzanne Linglor
Donald McKayle
Four Temperaments - 1946
3. 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
Gus Solomons Jr
Denishawn
Apollo - 1928
Katherine Dunham
4. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Four Temperaments - 1946
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Lindy Hop
5. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
Dr. Louis Vernon
August Bournonville
Tsar
Mikhail Baryshnikov
6. 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
Stravinsky
Pilobolus
Hanya Holm
Tensile Involvement - 1953
7. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Isadora Duncan
Tsar
Margaret Sanger
8. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Lincoln Kirstein
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Political Asylum
Les Noces - 1923
9. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky
Postmodern Dance
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Hip-hop
10. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Coppelia
Doris Humphrey
Nijinsky
Percussive Movement
11. 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
AIDS
Debussy
Ruby Keeler
Jean Jacques Rousseau
12. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Les Noces - 1923
Jules Perrot
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
The Nutcracker - 1892
13. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Deeply There - 1998
Ballroom Dance
Giselle - 1841
Pilobolus
14. 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
Hip-hop
Judson Church
Fokine
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
15. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Jeux - 1913
Le Train Bleu - 1924
New York City Ballet
Schizophrenia
16. 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
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Aureole - 1962
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Joffrey Ballet
17. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
AIDS
Massine
Tchaikovsky
18. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Diaghilev
Apollo - 1928
The Nutcracker - 1892
19. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Scheherezade
Franco-Prussian War
Pilobolus
20. Works to question the complexities of real life
Talley Beatty
Postmodern Dance
Suzanne Linglor
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
21. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Rite of Spring - 1913
Gas-lighting and curtain
Industrial Revolution
Dance Theater of Harlem
22. By Martha Graham - focuses on technique - used technique as her own language - inspired by when she moved to Santa Barbara as a child - choneo - straight out of technique class - running on the cliffs of Santa Barbara and the development of her techn
Political Asylum
Acts of Light - 1981
Theophile Gautier
Louis Horst
23. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Mikhail Baryshnikov
August Bournonville
Lindy Hop
Ruby Keeler
24. 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
19th Amendment
Apollo - 1928
Ballet Russes
Romantic Era
25. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Dance Theater of Harlem
Lion King - 1998
Still/Here - 1994
Coppelia
26. 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
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Scheherezade
Ronald Brown
27. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Savoy Ballroom
George Balanchine
Nijinsky
28. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Rudolph Laban
Isadora Duncan
Joffrey Ballet
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
29. 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
Jules Perrot
Loie Fuller
Louis Horst
30. 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
Coca Chanel
Tap Dance
Ruth St. Denis
Apollo - 1928
31. 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.
Alvin Ailey
Diaghilev
Charles Didelot
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
32. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Ulysses Dove
Percussive Movement
John Cage
Coca Chanel
33. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Joe Goode
Pelvic contraction and release
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Divertissement
34. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Postmodern Dance
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Paul Taylor
35. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
The Dying Swan - 1905
Tchaikovsky
Pelvic contraction and release
36. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Donald McKayle
Petrouchka - 1911
Gas-lighting and curtain
Joe Goode
37. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Alvin Ailey
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Petrouchka - 1911
38. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Jockey Club
Acts of Light - 1981
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Africanist Aesthetic
39. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Cachucha
Russian Revolution
Percussive Movement
Garth Fagan
40. Broke color barrier - developed stair dance - danced with Shirley Temple - made 'honorary mayor of Harlem' -
41. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Fall and Recovery
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jitterbug
The Art of Making Dances
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
Lindy Hop
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Gus Solomons Jr
Divertissement
43. 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
Rudolph Nureyev
Stravinsky
Schizophrenia
Jitterbug
44. 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.)
Divertissement
Rudolph Nureyev
Anna Pavlova
Stravinsky
45. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Massine
Ruth St. Denis
Merce Cunningham
Ruby Keeler
46. 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
Giselle - 1841
Philip Taglioni
Aureole - 1962
47. 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
Lincoln Kirstein
Scheherezade
Romantic Era
48. 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.
Pablo Picasso
Fanny Elssler
Loie Fuller
Foyer de la Danse
49. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Ballroom Dance
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Donald McKayle
AIDS
50. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
HIV+
Arthur Mitchell
Alwin Nikolais
Harlem