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1. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ballroom Dance
The Dying Swan - 1905
Milhaud
2. 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)
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Nicholas Brothers
The Nutcracker - 1892
Four Temperaments - 1946
3. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Pablo Picasso
Debussy
Garth Fagan
4. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Parade - 1917
Ulysses Dove
Margaret Sanger
Fokine
5. 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
Tsar
Dr. Louis Vernon
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
6. 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
Cachucha
Donald McKayle
Isadora Duncan
John Cage
7. 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
Africanist Aesthetic
Hanya Holm
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
La Sylphide - 1832
8. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
Ruth St. Denis
Fanny Elssler
John Cage
Mary Wigman
9. 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
Buddy Dean Show
Robert le Diable
Lindy Hop
Katherine Dunham
10. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Rudolph Laban
Pilobolus
11. 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
Agon - 1957
Robert Ellis Dunn
HIV+
12. 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
Denishawn
Schizophrenia
Stravinsky
Scheherezade
13. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Alwin Nikolais
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Ted Shawn
Twyla Tharp
14. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Hanya Holm
Fanny Elssler
AIDS
George Balanchine
15. 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
Gas-lighting and curtain
Joffrey Ballet
Hanya Holm
Robert Ellis Dunn
16. Dances have no linear development; no central focus on stage; a field of dancers where you can watch any dancer from any direction and decide for yourself where the focus of the dance is
American Ballet Theater
Tap Dance
Merce Cunningham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
17. 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
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Deeply There - 1998
Jeux - 1913
Martha Graham
18. 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
Savoy Ballroom
Arthur Mitchell
Ballet Russes
Fanny Elssler
19. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Anton Dolin
Cachucha
Rose Adagio
Jeux - 1913
20. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Aureole - 1962
Lindy Hop
Nijinska
Choreographers who died of AIDS
21. 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
Giselle - 1841
Franco-Prussian War
Suzanne Linglor
22. First book of choreography; published posthumously in 1959
Schizophrenia
Martha Graham
The Art of Making Dances
Katherine Dunham
23. 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
Shirley Temple
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Margaret Sanger
Africanist Aesthetic
24. 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
Parade - 1917
George Balanchine
Jeux - 1913
Avant-Garde
25. This is a dynamic way to use the space of the dance floor to a fuller extent
Rudolph Laban
Russian Revolution
Postmodern Dance
Fall and Recovery
26. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Grand Pas de Deux
Denishawn
Jules Perrot
The Nutcracker - 1892
27. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare
Jockey Club
Pilobolus
Grand Pas de Deux
Isadora Duncan
28. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Leon Bakst
Ronald Brown
Ballet Russes
Pelvic contraction and release
29. 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
Acts of Light - 1981
Tchaikovsky
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Coppelia
30. 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
Divertissement
Jitterbug
Gus Solomons Jr
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
31. Choreography Deeply There
Joe Goode
Petipa Styles of Movement
Donald McKayle
Duet - 1957
32. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
Doris Humphrey
Eleo Pomare
Arthur Saint Leon
Lincoln Kirstein
33. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Petrouchka - 1911
Tchaikovsky
Tsar
Twyla Tharp
34. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Middle Class
La Sylphide - 1832
Duet - 1957
Alwin Nikolais
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
Carlotta Grisi
Dance Theater of Harlem
Buddy Dean Show
August Bournonville
36. 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)
Jean Coralli
Margaret Sanger
Doris Humphrey
Paul Taylor
37. Famous tennis player who took ballet (lover in Le Train Bleu)
Schizophrenia
Jitterbug
Lincoln Kirstein
Suzanne Linglor
38. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
Petrouchka - 1911
Lincoln Kirstein
Milhaud
Cachucha
39. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Charles Didelot
Ballet Russes
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
40. 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
Pilobolus
Nicholas Brothers
Paul Taylor
Eleo Pomare
41. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Ballroom Dance
Jockey Club
42. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Suzanne Linglor
John Cage
Imperial Russian Ballet
Jean Baptiste Lande
43. Choreographer of Parade & Three-Cornered hat - known for symphonic ballet - comedy satire - character dancing - and color
Hip-hop
Massine
Dr. Louis Vernon
Buddy Dean Show
44. (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
Stravinsky
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Alvin Ailey
Carlotta Grisi
45. Fokine - starred Nijinsky - about a sad puppet who wanted his soul to come to life - belonged to evil sorcerer
Petrouchka - 1911
Nicholas Brothers
Tchaikovsky
Rudolph Laban
46. 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.
Russian Revolution
Jose Limon
Fokine
Foyer de la Danse
47. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Milhaud
Jitterbug
Tchaikovsky
Charles Weidman
48. 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
Marie Taglioni
Gus Solomons Jr
Hip-hop
Four Temperaments - 1946
49. 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
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Rudolph Nureyev
Ruth St. Denis
Charles Didelot
50. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
August Bournonville
The Nutcracker - 1892
19th Amendment
Le Train Bleu - 1924