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Dance History
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1. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Merce Cunningham
Arthur Saint Leon
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Still/Here - 1994
2. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Fall and Recovery
Joffrey Ballet
Garth Fagan
Philip Taglioni
3. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Talley Beatty
Doris Humphrey
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Les Noces - 1923
4. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Ruth St. Denis
Marie Taglioni
Duet - 1957
Jockey Club
5. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Les Sylphides
Paul Taylor
Les Noces - 1923
Jules Perrot
6. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Doris Humphrey
Ronald Brown
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
7. 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.)
Loie Fuller
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Saint Leon
Four Temperaments - 1946
8. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Prince of Wales
AIDS
Judson Church
Avant-Garde
9. 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
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Charles Weidman
Ted Shawn
Jean Coralli
10. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
New York City Ballet
Prince of Wales
George Balanchine
11. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Garth Fagan
Nijinska
Massine
Political Asylum
12. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
New York City Ballet
Russian Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Merce Cunningham
13. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HIV+
Political Asylum
Massine
Joe Goode
14. (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
Gas-lighting and curtain
Nijinska
Petipa Styles of Movement
Marius Petipa
15. Choreography Deeply There
Middle Class
Political Asylum
Joe Goode
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
16. 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
Anton Dolin
Middle Class
Denishawn
Apollo - 1928
17. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Theophile Gautier
Robert Joffrey
Prince of Wales
New York City Ballet
18. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Hip-hop
Gus Solomons Jr
Foyer de la Danse
Harlem
19. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Les Sylphides
Fokine
Imperial Russian Ballet
Stravinsky
20. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Rudolph Nureyev
Ulysses Dove
21. 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
Percussive Movement
Ruby Keeler
Fall and Recovery
22. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
Postmodern Dance
Imperial Russian Ballet
Grand Pas de Deux
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
23. 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
Arthur Mitchell
Schizophrenia
Joffrey Ballet
24. Famous for her incredible technique - lightness - and ethereal presence -(1804-1884) -Introduced new costume design (bare neck/shoulders - tutu) -Perfected dancing en pointe -La Sylphide`
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Marie Taglioni
Swan Lake - 1895
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
25. 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
Choreographers who died of AIDS
New York City Ballet
The Dying Swan - 1905
Busby Berkeley
26. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Harlem
Grand Pas de Deux
Jitterbug
Busby Berkeley
27. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Martha Graham
Percussive Movement
Suzanne Linglor
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
28. 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
Pelvic contraction and release
Four Temperaments - 1946
Ronald Brown
Tap Dance
29. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Africanist Aesthetic
Hanya Holm
30. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Les Sylphides
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Les Noces - 1923
Petipa Styles of Movement
31. 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
Joe Goode
Fokine
Marius Petipa
Acts of Light - 1981
32. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Milhaud
Fall and Recovery
Margaret Sanger
Le Train Bleu - 1924
33. 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
Duet - 1957
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Petipa Styles of Movement
Coppelia
34. 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
Agon - 1957
Massine
Fokine
Gus Solomons Jr
35. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Debussy
Prince of Wales
Duet - 1957
Tchaikovsky
36. 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
Philip Taglioni
Prince of Wales
Parade - 1917
Suzanne Linglor
37. 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.
Gus Solomons Jr
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
Middle Class
38. Height of Romantic Ballet - Star: Carlotta Grisi - Choreographer: Jules Perrot (Carlotta's lover) & Jean Coralli - Written by: Gautier (Who was in love with Grisi) - Act I (sunlit) - Act II (moonlit)
Giselle - 1841
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Lion King - 1998
Louis Horst
39. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Philip Taglioni
Tsar
Four Temperaments - 1946
40. 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
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Nijinska
Jean Coralli
Paul Taylor
41. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Still/Here - 1994
Jeux - 1913
Aureole - 1962
Anna Pavlova
42. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Avant-Garde
George Balanchine
Still/Here - 1994
Nijinska
43. African American social dance in the 1920s; spurred the Jitter Bug
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Lindy Hop
Margaret Sanger
Apollo - 1928
44. 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.
Loie Fuller
Charles Didelot
Ted Shawn
Middle Class
45. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Political Asylum
Loie Fuller
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Jules Perrot
46. 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
Diaghilev
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Schizophrenia
47. 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
Jean Coralli
Hanya Holm
Swan Lake - 1895
Massine
48. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Merce Cunningham
Ballroom Dance
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Les Noces - 1923
49. 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
Loie Fuller
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ivanov
Ballroom Dance
50. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Nicholas Brothers
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg