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Dance History
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1. 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.)
Jose Limon
Jitterbug
Anna Pavlova
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
2. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Deeply There - 1998
Still/Here - 1994
Lindy Hop
Donald McKayle
3. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
Suzanne Linglor
Apollo - 1928
4. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
August Bournonville
Gas-lighting and curtain
Mary Wigman
Mikhail Baryshnikov
5. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Fall and Recovery
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Ulysses Dove
Martha Graham
6. (1819-1899) -Italian ballerina -Leading role in Giselle -Combined techniques of Taglioni & Elssler -Known for strength & lightness
Savoy Ballroom
Cachucha
Carlotta Grisi
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
7. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
The Dying Swan - 1905
Alwin Nikolais
Jose Limon
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
8. Radically new or original
Avant-Garde
Jose Limon
Nijinsky
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
9. 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
American Ballet Theater
Garth Fagan
Lincoln Kirstein
George Balanchine
10. 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.
Franco-Prussian War
Massine
Charles Didelot
Paul Taylor
11. 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
New York City Ballet
American Ballet Theater
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Jean Coralli
12. 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
Franco-Prussian War
The Dying Swan - 1905
Loie Fuller
Daughter of the Pharaoh
13. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Ronald Brown
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Les Sylphides
Arthur Saint Leon
14. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Postmodern Dance
Divertissement
Suzanne Linglor
Agon - 1957
15. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Rose Adagio
Cleopatre -1909
Louis Horst
Pilobolus
16. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Lincoln Kirstein
George Balanchine
Carlotta Grisi
Coca Chanel
17. 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
Fanny Elssler
Tap Dance
Suzanne Linglor
Bill T. Jones
18. 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
Eleo Pomare
Paul Taylor
Arthur Mitchell
American Ballet Theater
19. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Debussy
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
Bill T. Jones
20. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Gas-lighting and curtain
Divertissement
Talley Beatty
Busby Berkeley
21. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Martha Graham
Eleo Pomare
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
22. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Tsar
The Nutcracker - 1892
The Art of Making Dances
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
23. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Debussy
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Merce Cunningham
Anton Dolin
24. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robert le Diable
Le Train Bleu - 1924
25. 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.
Pilobolus
Ronald Brown
Leon Bakst
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
26. (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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Alvin Ailey
Lincoln Kirstein
Charles Didelot
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
Tchaikovsky
Savoy Ballroom
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
28. 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
Marius Petipa
Aureole - 1962
Massine
Jean Jacques Rousseau
29. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Martha Graham
Jitterbug
New York City Ballet
Anton Dolin
30. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Marius Petipa
Percussive Movement
Rite of Spring - 1913
Fall and Recovery
31. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Ivanov
Giselle - 1841
New York City Ballet
Imperial Russian Ballet
32. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Eleo Pomare
Petrouchka - 1911
Middle Class
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
33. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
George Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
Coppelia
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
34. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Paul Taylor
Pablo Picasso
Merce Cunningham
Jean Coralli
35. 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.
Tchaikovsky
Loie Fuller
Rose Adagio
Tap Dance
36. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
August Bournonville
Ruth St. Denis
Schizophrenia
37. 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
Robert le Diable
Aureole - 1962
Tensile Involvement - 1953
Martha Graham
38. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
19th Amendment
Bill T. Jones
Grand Pas de Deux
Robert Ellis Dunn
39. A pioneer of modern dance - established importance of the male dancer - created masculine movement style - founded own company in 1947; died of prostate cancer
Jose Limon
Lincoln Kirstein
Merce Cunningham
Jean Coralli
40. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Margaret Sanger
Nijinska
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Africanist Aesthetic
41. 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
Louis Horst
Petrouchka - 1911
Daughter of the Pharaoh
42. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Jean Coralli
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Hanya Holm
43. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Twyla Tharp
Petrouchka - 1911
The Art of Making Dances
Eleo Pomare
44. Choreography Deeply There
Still/Here - 1994
Joe Goode
Paul Taylor
Apollo - 1928
45. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Jules Perrot
Rose Adagio
Mary Wigman
Ruby Keeler
46. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Jean Coralli
Jean Jacques Rousseau
George Balanchine
47. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Harlem
Alvin Ailey
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
48. 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.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ruby Keeler
Fall and Recovery
Charles Didelot
49. 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)
Philip Taglioni
Diaghilev
Anton Dolin
Doris Humphrey
50. 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
Leon Bakst
Rite of Spring - 1913
Dance Theater of Harlem
Schizophrenia