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Dance History
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1. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Cachucha
Petrouchka - 1911
Judson Church
Parade - 1917
2. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Fokine
Arthur Mitchell
3. 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
Bill T. Jones
George Balanchine
Apollo - 1928
Ivanov
4. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Katherine Dunham
Twyla Tharp
August Bournonville
Hip-hop
5. 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
The Art of Making Dances
Diaghilev
Denishawn
Russian Revolution
6. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Stravinsky
Giselle - 1841
Foyer de la Danse
7. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Romantic Era
Postmodern Dance
8. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Dr. Louis Vernon
Pelvic contraction and release
Anna Pavlova
Arthur Saint Leon
9. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Fanny Elssler
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Acts of Light - 1981
Lion King - 1998
10. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Philip Taglioni
Hanya Holm
Franco-Prussian War
11. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Still/Here - 1994
Philip Taglioni
Franco-Prussian War
Rite of Spring - 1913
12. 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)
Doris Humphrey
Isadora Duncan
Rudolph Nureyev
Harlem
13. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Marie Taglioni
Ronald Brown
Rite of Spring - 1913
AIDS
14. 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
American Ballet Theater
Alwin Nikolais
Tap Dance
Margaret Sanger
15. 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
George Balanchine
Anna Pavlova
Bill T. Jones
Ballet Russes
16. Composer of Le Train Bleu - influenced by jazz
Milhaud
Carlotta Grisi
Rudolph Laban
Daughter of the Pharaoh
17. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Four Temperaments - 1946
Fall and Recovery
Divertissement
Daughter of the Pharaoh
18. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Jeux - 1913
Marie Taglioni
Rudolph Laban
Joffrey Ballet
19. About a group of friends and neighbors during a final decline of a man
Robert le Diable
Charles Didelot
Deeply There - 1998
Postmodern Dance
20. 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
Apollo - 1928
Ruth St. Denis
Savoy Ballroom
21. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Rite of Spring - 1913
Aureole - 1962
Jean Jacques Rousseau
22. 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
Rudolph Laban
The Nutcracker - 1892
Fall and Recovery
D-Man in the Water - 1989
23. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Scheherezade
Jules Perrot
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Jeux - 1913
24. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Marius Petipa
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Twyla Tharp
25. 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
Jitterbug
Garth Fagan
Jean Coralli
26. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Apollo - 1928
Romantic Era
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Petrouchka - 1911
27. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert le Diable
Theophile Gautier
Paul Taylor
Robert Ellis Dunn
28. 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
AIDS
Debussy
Isadora Duncan
29. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Paul Taylor
Russian Revolution
Pablo Picasso
30. Martha Graham explored use of breath to contract & releases the muscles of the pelvis to create a powerful - grounded - percussive - angular dance
Charles Didelot
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
New York City Ballet
Pelvic contraction and release
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
Twyla Tharp
Apollo - 1928
Joffrey Ballet
Acts of Light - 1981
32. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Dance Theater of Harlem
Les Noces - 1923
George Balanchine
Anton Dolin
33. Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
Industrial Revolution
HIV+
Ivanov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
34. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Robert Joffrey
Deeply There - 1998
Pablo Picasso
Suzanne Linglor
35. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Romantic Era
Swan Lake - 1895
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Lion King - 1998
36. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Lincoln Kirstein
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Louis Horst
Swan Lake - 1895
37. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Aureole - 1962
Pilobolus
Postmodern Dance
38. 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
Paul Taylor
Buddy Dean Show
Cleopatre -1909
George Balanchine
39. Classical - Character - Demi-Character - Mime
Aureole - 1962
Romantic Era
Petipa Styles of Movement
Marie Taglioni
40. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers
August Bournonville
Lindy Hop
Arthur Saint Leon
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
41. 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
Rite of Spring - 1913
The Dying Swan - 1905
Daughter of the Pharaoh
42. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
Still/Here - 1994
Massine
Rose Adagio
Diaghilev
43. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
New York City Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Mary Wigman
44. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tsar
Rose Adagio
Rite of Spring - 1913
45. 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
Diaghilev
Martha Graham
Aureole - 1962
Ballroom Dance
46. Most eligible bachelor - do a wiggle before putting in golf
Pilobolus
Petipa Styles of Movement
19th Amendment
Prince of Wales
47. 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
Hip-hop
Robert Ellis Dunn
Franco-Prussian War
La Sylphide - 1832
48. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa
Donald McKayle
Jules Perrot
Grand Pas de Deux
Les Noces - 1923
49. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Massine
Debussy
Percussive Movement
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
50. 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.)
Merce Cunningham
Anna Pavlova
Nijinsky
Acts of Light - 1981
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