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Dance History
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1. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Coppelia
HIV+
Philip Taglioni
2. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Petipa Styles of Movement
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Margaret Sanger
3. Teacher in Merce's studio Who is remembered for creating a competitive environment filled w/ experimentation for new dance styles
Robert Ellis Dunn
Talley Beatty
Jean Coralli
Denishawn
4. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Charles Weidman
Gas-lighting and curtain
Rudolph Nureyev
Lion King - 1998
5. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film
Prince of Wales
Les Sylphides
Lion King - 1998
Africanist Aesthetic
6. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Rudolph Nureyev
Divertissement
Agon - 1957
7. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Massine
Russian Revolution
Pelvic contraction and release
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
8. 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.)
Ronald Brown
Anna Pavlova
Charles Didelot
Swan Lake - 1895
9. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle
Jules Perrot
Prince of Wales
Bill T. Jones
The Dying Swan - 1905
10. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance
Parade - 1917
Ted Shawn
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Doris Humphrey
11. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Cachucha
Hip-hop
Ted Shawn
12. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Alvin Ailey
Rose Adagio
The Nutcracker - 1892
Diaghilev
13. One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life - 1881-1973 - he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerfu
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Agon - 1957
Pablo Picasso
Suzanne Linglor
14. 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.
Rose Adagio
Grand Pas de Deux
Foyer de la Danse
Joe Goode
15. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Robert le Diable
Judson Church
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
16. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Gus Solomons Jr
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Hip-hop
Political Asylum
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
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Ballroom Dance
Cachucha
Tap Dance
18. 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)
Coppelia
Ivanov
Gas-lighting and curtain
Nicholas Brothers
19. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Judson Church
Nijinska
Romantic Era
Arthur Saint Leon
20. Inspired by afro-carribean movement and anthropolgy - dancer - choreographer - anthropologist - teacher - and writer; founded Ballet Negro; 20th century
Ruby Keeler
Katherine Dunham
The Nutcracker - 1892
New York City Ballet
21. A diversion or amusement; a short ballet or other entertainment performed between the acts of a play
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Divertissement
Four Temperaments - 1946
Dr. Louis Vernon
22. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Africanist Aesthetic
Ulysses Dove
Anna Pavlova
23. 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
Franco-Prussian War
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Duet - 1957
Agon - 1957
24. Peter the Great wants respect from the west and imports fashion and dance from France
Alvin Ailey
Les Noces - 1923
Imperial Russian Ballet
Savoy Ballroom
25. Danced in - - raw emotion - stark - harsh - disturbing - medieval themes - dance with masks - really started working with time - space - and energy - taught Hanya Holm
HIV+
Mary Wigman
The Nutcracker - 1892
Romantic Era
26. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
Nijinska
John Cage
Ballet Russes
Busby Berkeley
27. Ballet premeried in 1870 - comic variation of La Sylphide and Giselle. Choreographed by Arthur Saint-Laon
Fokine
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Coppelia
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
28. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long
Marius Petipa
The Dying Swan - 1905
Dance Theater of Harlem
Suzanne Linglor
29. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
Russian Revolution
19th Amendment
Foyer de la Danse
Alwin Nikolais
30. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company
Talley Beatty
Russian Revolution
Nijinska
Bill T. Jones
31. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon
Political Asylum
Schizophrenia
George Balanchine
Nijinska
32. 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
Carlotta Grisi
Pilobolus
Bill T. Jones
Ruth St. Denis
33. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Middle Class
Ballroom Dance
John Cage
34. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Fanny Elssler
Alwin Nikolais
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Acts of Light - 1981
35. Child actress could dance and sing very well - was able to keep up with Bill Robinson in tap dancing - was seen as the hope during the Great Depression.
Merce Cunningham
Jules Perrot
Charles Didelot
Shirley Temple
36. 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
Pilobolus
Acts of Light - 1981
Ballet Russes
Fokine
37. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Marie Taglioni
Mary Wigman
Schizophrenia
38. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Sylphides
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Pelvic contraction and release
Ballroom Dance
39. 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.
Judson Church
Loie Fuller
Fokine
Rudolph Nureyev
40. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns
Robert le Diable
Divertissement
Ivanov
American Ballet Theater
41. 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
Dance Theater of Harlem
Agon - 1957
Massine
Fanny Elssler
42. 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
Joffrey Ballet
Margaret Sanger
Ted Shawn
Acts of Light - 1981
43. 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
Ballroom Dance
Acts of Light - 1981
44. 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
Loie Fuller
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Tchaikovsky
45. From its very beginning the ballet was entirely dependent upon this individual; it was his ballet - under the direct supervision and guidance of a court minister appointed by this individual and answerable to him
Donald McKayle
Isadora Duncan
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Tsar
46. 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
Paul Taylor
Parade - 1917
Lincoln Kirstein
John Cage
47. In 1989 - became the first African American to lead a major national political party when He was elected chairman of the Democratic Party.
Isadora Duncan
Aureole - 1962
Ronald Brown
Petipa Styles of Movement
48. 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
Jean Baptiste Lande
Debussy
Fanny Elssler
Jean Jacques Rousseau
49. French composer; uses harmony to reinforce stasis; Prelude to Afternoon of a Fawn (half man - half goat - simulated masturbation); concert work that became a ballet
Arthur Saint Leon
Gas-lighting and curtain
Debussy
Martha Graham
50. Modern Dance Choreographer-- mixed media extravaganza's celebrating the electronic age; choreographed Tensile Involvement
Savoy Ballroom
Charles Didelot
Alwin Nikolais
Daughter of the Pharaoh