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Dance History
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1. One of the major figures in the development of modern dance - an American dancer - choreographer and teacher who created more than 150 works on a wide range of subjects from ancient Greek to modern American; contraction and release
Jockey Club
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Divertissement
Martha Graham
2. 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.
Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
Franco-Prussian War
Percussive Movement
3. Radically new or original
Avant-Garde
Africanist Aesthetic
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
4. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Romantic Era
Avant-Garde
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
5. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
The Nutcracker - 1892
Joffrey Ballet
Savoy Ballroom
6. St. Denis and Ted Shawn's company that helps spread the gospel of dance from the constraints of ballet - opened a school in Los Angeles - brought dance to the middle class by supporting good health and virginal spirituality
Parade - 1917
John Cage
Lincoln Kirstein
Denishawn
7. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem
Hip-hop
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Garth Fagan
Harlem
8. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Ronald Brown
Louis Horst
Hanya Holm
Pilobolus
9. Nijinsky choreographed - in the forest - nymphs shows up to flirt with the Faun - one of them drops her scarf - they all leave - and he masturbates into the scarf
Coppelia
Anna Pavlova
Lincoln Kirstein
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
10. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Arthur Mitchell
Jockey Club
Nijinsky
Suzanne Linglor
11. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Leon Bakst
Four Temperaments - 1946
Shirley Temple
12. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Cleopatre -1909
Gus Solomons Jr
13. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a woman who comes home from a ball and puts a rose on a table - falls asleep and dances with the spirit of the rose - the rose jumps out the window; most famous jump in dance history
Petrouchka - 1911
Middle Class
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
The Art of Making Dances
14. 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
Louis Horst
Judson Church
Rudolph Laban
Hanya Holm
15. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
The Art of Making Dances
Fanny Elssler
Ulysses Dove
16. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Tap Dance
Jean Coralli
Diaghilev
Scheherezade
17. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Denishawn
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Coca Chanel
Les Sylphides
18. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
Jitterbug
Anna Pavlova
19th Amendment
Ulysses Dove
19. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Louis Horst
The Dying Swan - 1905
Garth Fagan
Charles Didelot
20. 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
Aureole - 1962
Cleopatre -1909
Fanny Elssler
Hip-hop
21. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Cleopatre -1909
Alwin Nikolais
Massine
Charles Didelot
22. 1957 TV show (similar to the Corny Collins show from Hairspray) - Lindy Hop dance; segregated; eventually shut down due to refusal to fully integrate; presented black music and dance on TV
Stravinsky
Africanist Aesthetic
Buddy Dean Show
Katherine Dunham
23. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Coppelia
Stravinsky
American Ballet Theater
Jeux - 1913
24. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Ballroom Dance
Leon Bakst
Marie Taglioni
Charles Weidman
25. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Buddy Dean Show
Philip Taglioni
American Ballet Theater
Jeux - 1913
26. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Stravinsky
Jean Coralli
Parade - 1917
27. 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
Africanist Aesthetic
Fanny Elssler
Ulysses Dove
Ballroom Dance
28. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Debussy
Nijinsky
Arthur Saint Leon
Les Sylphides
29. Based on Bill T. Jones' seminar workshops; swirling with arms out to side - spinning - stomping feet - flying
Still/Here - 1994
Scheherezade
The Dying Swan - 1905
Deeply There - 1998
30. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Tensile Involvement - 1953
New York City Ballet
Petipa Styles of Movement
Russian Revolution
31. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Ted Shawn
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Katherine Dunham
Twyla Tharp
32. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Anton Dolin
Robert Joffrey
Busby Berkeley
Cleopatre -1909
33. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.
Ivanov
Rose Adagio
Duet - 1957
La Sylphide - 1832
34. (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
Pelvic contraction and release
Charles Weidman
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
35. 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
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Jeux - 1913
Dance Theater of Harlem
Ivanov
36. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Milhaud
Anton Dolin
Political Asylum
Black Swan Pas de Deux
37. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Giselle - 1841
Rudolph Nureyev
Ivanov
38. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
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St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Marius Petipa
Mikhail Baryshnikov
39. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Rose Adagio
Suzanne Linglor
Black Swan Pas de Deux
40. 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)
Nicholas Brothers
The Dying Swan - 1905
Schizophrenia
Charles Weidman
41. Was inspired by a cigarette poster featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis to begin investigation Asian art and dance - Founded the Denishawn School of dancing and Related Arts with her husband Ted Shawn in 1915 in Los Angeles - California - Believed tha
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Les Noces - 1923
42. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Tap Dance
Petrouchka - 1911
Pelvic contraction and release
Nijinska
43. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Arthur Mitchell
Pablo Picasso
Imperial Russian Ballet
Theophile Gautier
44. 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
Ivanov
Industrial Revolution
Arthur Saint Leon
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
45. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Apollo - 1928
Ballet Russes
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Charles Weidman
46. Writer of Giselle - Dance Critic - Wrote against male dancers - Praised ballerinas for their sensuality and beauty - in love with Carlotta Grisi
Ronald Brown
Foyer de la Danse
Nijinsky
Theophile Gautier
47. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Imperial Russian Ballet
Divertissement
Donald McKayle
Talley Beatty
48. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Nicholas Brothers
Ballroom Dance
Massine
Jean Baptiste Lande
49. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Arthur Saint Leon
Rudolph Nureyev
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Pilobolus
50. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Mitchell
New York City Ballet
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater