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Dance History
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1. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Romantic Era
Donald McKayle
Deeply There - 1998
Acts of Light - 1981
2. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Political Asylum
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Schizophrenia
Imperial Russian Ballet
3. 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.
Robert Ellis Dunn
Charles Didelot
Les Noces - 1923
Martha Graham
4. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
Ted Shawn
Petipa Styles of Movement
Fall and Recovery
5. 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
La Sylphide - 1832
AIDS
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ruth St. Denis
6. 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
Aureole - 1962
Ruby Keeler
Acts of Light - 1981
Divertissement
7. 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
Four Temperaments - 1946
Petipa Styles of Movement
Franco-Prussian War
8. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Foyer de la Danse
Savoy Ballroom
Joffrey Ballet
Judson Church
9. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Marie Taglioni
Margaret Sanger
Prince of Wales
Acts of Light - 1981
10. 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
Donald McKayle
Katherine Dunham
Anton Dolin
John Cage
11. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Joffrey Ballet
Judson Church
Gas-lighting and curtain
Isadora Duncan
12. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
HIV+
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Bill T. Jones
Political Asylum
13. 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.
Foyer de la Danse
Anton Dolin
Lion King - 1998
Buddy Dean Show
14. 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
Political Asylum
Fanny Elssler
New York City Ballet
Isadora Duncan
15. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Buddy Dean Show
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Philip Taglioni
Carlotta Grisi
16. 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
Swan Lake - 1895
Acts of Light - 1981
Anna Pavlova
Duet - 1957
17. 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
Ballet Russes
Carlotta Grisi
Ivanov
Le Train Bleu - 1924
18. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Grand Pas de Deux
Paul Taylor
Duet - 1957
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
19. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Jitterbug
Mary Wigman
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Debussy
20. 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
Philip Taglioni
Tap Dance
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Prince of Wales
21. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Coppelia
Ted Shawn
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Ulysses Dove
22. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Jean Coralli
The Dying Swan - 1905
Les Sylphides
Ballroom Dance
23. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
The Nutcracker - 1892
Fokine
Ruth St. Denis
Les Noces - 1923
24. 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
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Jose Limon
Denishawn
Debussy
25. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Coca Chanel
Massine
Jean Baptiste Lande
Katherine Dunham
26. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
George Balanchine
Petrouchka - 1911
Parade - 1917
Garth Fagan
27. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Savoy Ballroom
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Acts of Light - 1981
28. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Hip-hop
Savoy Ballroom
New York City Ballet
29. (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
Middle Class
Schizophrenia
Alvin Ailey
Fall and Recovery
30. 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
Busby Berkeley
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Charles Weidman
Suzanne Linglor
31. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Mary Wigman
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Jules Perrot
Harlem
32. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Gas-lighting and curtain
Jose Limon
Rose Adagio
Jean Coralli
33. 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)
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Pilobolus
Nicholas Brothers
Alwin Nikolais
34. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Denishawn
Charles Weidman
Rose Adagio
Petipa Styles of Movement
35. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Fall and Recovery
Ronald Brown
Savoy Ballroom
Cachucha
36. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Prince of Wales
Tchaikovsky
Charles Weidman
Petipa Styles of Movement
37. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Massine
Rite of Spring - 1913
Jean Baptiste Lande
38. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Jules Perrot
Rudolph Nureyev
Middle Class
Tchaikovsky
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Swan Lake - 1895
Ballroom Dance
Anton Dolin
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
40. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Nijinsky
Alwin Nikolais
Arthur Mitchell
Franco-Prussian War
41. 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.
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Lincoln Kirstein
Leon Bakst
Daughter of the Pharaoh
42. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Acts of Light - 1981
Jean Coralli
Nicholas Brothers
Still/Here - 1994
43. 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.)
Margaret Sanger
Anna Pavlova
Merce Cunningham
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
44. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Judson Church
Louis Horst
Tsar
Les Sylphides
45. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Suzanne Linglor
Ballroom Dance
Imperial Russian Ballet
46. St. Petersburg Ballet School 1738 - Director of Imperial Theater - Official Patronage 1766 & Moscow 1806; - first dancing master that was brought to russia - from france
Jean Baptiste Lande
Middle Class
Buddy Dean Show
Aureole - 1962
47. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Acts of Light - 1981
Africanist Aesthetic
Milhaud
Ivanov
48. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958); Established the Choreographic Institute in Zurich - Founded branches across Europe - Kinetographie Laban=labanotation - primary movement - notation stilled used today in dance - Conte
Buddy Dean Show
Harlem
Rudolph Laban
Debussy
49. 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
Middle Class
Dr. Louis Vernon
Savoy Ballroom
Twyla Tharp
50. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Tchaikovsky
Jitterbug
Lincoln Kirstein
Lion King - 1998