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Dance History
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1. Unsuccessful revival - Ballet Russes lose money
Parade - 1917
Sleeping Beauty - 1921
Jitterbug
Africanist Aesthetic
2. 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
Grand Pas de Deux
Martha Graham
Twyla Tharp
19th Amendment
3. 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.
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Franco-Prussian War
Louis Horst
Robert le Diable
4. 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
Debussy
Tap Dance
Loie Fuller
Philip Taglioni
5. Fokine - commoner wanted to have sex with Cleopatre - she said yes as long as He was put to dead the next day - she did
Doris Humphrey
Joe Goode
Cleopatre -1909
Rose Adagio
6. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Lincoln Kirstein
Middle Class
Ivanov
7. 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)
Dance Theater of Harlem
Gus Solomons Jr
Ronald Brown
Nicholas Brothers
8. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Debussy
Schizophrenia
Ronald Brown
9. 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
Romantic Era
Tchaikovsky
Tap Dance
Hanya Holm
10. (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
Jose Limon
Fall and Recovery
Savoy Ballroom
Alvin Ailey
11. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Stravinsky
Rudolph Laban
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Ulysses Dove
12. 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
Mary Wigman
Stravinsky
Eleo Pomare
13. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
Dance Theater of Harlem
Hanya Holm
14. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Rite of Spring - 1913
Jules Perrot
Debussy
Lion King - 1998
15. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.
Tsar
Political Asylum
John Cage
Joffrey Ballet
16. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
Black Swan Pas de Deux
Jean Baptiste Lande
American Ballet Theater
Choreographers who died of AIDS
17. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre
Cachucha
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Industrial Revolution
Anna Pavlova
18. 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
The Nutcracker - 1892
The Sleeping Beauty - 1890
Nicholas Brothers
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
19. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Jean Baptiste Lande
Stravinsky
Nicholas Brothers
D-Man in the Water - 1989
20. 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
Alwin Nikolais
Joe Goode
Lincoln Kirstein
Duet - 1957
21. 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
D-Man in the Water - 1989
Political Asylum
Tchaikovsky
Tensile Involvement - 1953
22. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Ballroom Dance
Africanist Aesthetic
Robert Joffrey
Coca Chanel
23. Pilobolus - human jousting horses
Ballet Russes
Ivanov
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Dr. Louis Vernon
24. 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.
Les Sylphides
Shirley Temple
La Sylphide - 1832
Robert le Diable
25. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Still/Here - 1994
Fanny Elssler
The Nutcracker - 1892
26. 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
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Ronald Brown
Denishawn
Scheherezade
27. 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
Deeply There - 1998
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Dr. Louis Vernon
Parade - 1917
28. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement
Romantic Era
Judson Church
Lincoln Kirstein
Twyla Tharp
29. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Hip-hop
Talley Beatty
New York City Ballet
30. Designer. Influenced by Greek and Asian art. Costumes and sets full of bold colors. Decorative motifs that employed perspective painting. Successful with ballet. 'sophisticated eclecticism'. Teacher.
Avant-Garde
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Jean Baptiste Lande
Leon Bakst
31. 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
Merce Cunningham
Doris Humphrey
Savoy Ballroom
Massine
32. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
Ballroom Dance
Nijinsky
Les Sylphides
33. Was listed as the choreographer because He was widely respected - was known Perrot (more gifted) was collaborating with him; Choreographed the corps for Giselle
Rudolph Laban
Petipa Styles of Movement
Louis Horst
Jean Coralli
34. Actress - singer and tap dancer successful in early musicals...... '42nd Street'
Anna Pavlova
Monkshood Farewell - 1974
Ruby Keeler
Still/Here - 1994
35. 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
Milhaud
Four Temperaments - 1946
Arthur Mitchell
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
36. 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
Nijinsky
Choreographers who died of AIDS
Diaghilev
37. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Les Noces - 1923
Les Sylphides
Louis Horst
Jules Perrot
38. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts
Jockey Club
Lincoln Kirstein
Gas-lighting and curtain
Marius Petipa
39. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
AIDS
Fanny Elssler
Daughter of the Pharaoh
Rudolph Nureyev
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
Paul Taylor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Cachucha
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
41. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Donald McKayle
Coca Chanel
Marius Petipa
New York City Ballet
42. Performed by fanny elssler in jean corallis le diable - was Spanish and had some obscene gestures - colorful dress worn by elssler
The Nutcracker - 1892
Cachucha
Pablo Picasso
Rudolph Nureyev
43. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Ruth St. Denis
Gus Solomons Jr
Ballroom Dance
44. Considered one of the greatest of African American choreographers - and also bears the titles dancer - educator - and dance company director. After studying under Katherine Dunham and Martha Graham - went on to do solo work and choreograph his own wo
HIV+
Louis Horst
Ulysses Dove
Talley Beatty
45. About 1815 to 1848 - reaction against rationalism of Enlightenment - YOUR interpretations - religious nature - UNIQUE individual
Romantic Era
Dance Theater of Harlem
Arthur Saint Leon
Talley Beatty
46. Known particularly for his long associations as musical director with Denishawn and Martha Graham.
Isadora Duncan
Louis Horst
Nijinska
Stravinsky
47. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Rite of Spring - 1913
Agon - 1957
Cleopatre -1909
Jules Perrot
48. The revolution that overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas I in 1917. Later established the Bolshevik government under Vladimir Lenin.
Cleopatre -1909
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
Fall and Recovery
Russian Revolution
49. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS
Rudolph Nureyev
Nicholas Brothers
Imperial Russian Ballet
Romantic Era
50. 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.
Alwin Nikolais
Loie Fuller
Robert le Diable
Massine