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Dance History
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1. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.
Agon - 1957
Jean Coralli
The Nutcracker - 1892
Hanya Holm
2. End of ACT I - Aurora partnered with 4 different princes - en pointe a rose is exchanged. Difficult.
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Ruth St. Denis
Rose Adagio
The Art of Making Dances
3. Ballet by Michel Folkine; 1910; based on '1001 nights'
Scheherezade
Harlem
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Industrial Revolution
4. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing
Philip Taglioni
Robert Joffrey
The Art of Making Dances
Talley Beatty
5. Means 'The Wedding' - arranged Russian Stravinsky wedding
Fanny Elssler
Les Noces - 1923
Talley Beatty
Massine
6. Called the most poetical of ballets of the 20th century. Premiered during first ballet russes season (1909)
Still/Here - 1994
Tsar
Les Sylphides
HIV+
7. 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
Mary Wigman
Tsar
Busby Berkeley
Diaghilev
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
Fanny Elssler
Schizophrenia
Shirley Temple
Debussy
9. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance
Joe Goode
Charles Weidman
Paul Taylor
Buddy Dean Show
10. 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
Cachucha
Four Temperaments - 1946
The Art of Making Dances
Merce Cunningham
11. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
Joffrey Ballet
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Twyla Tharp
Avant-Garde
12. Comedy - has sport movements - about a train taken to the beach where a plane flies over - spoof about Frenchman who wants to be very shallow American
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Charles Didelot
Duet - 1957
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
13. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
George Balanchine
Doris Humphrey
AIDS
Gas-lighting and curtain
14. United States choreographer (1930-1988) - reconstructed pieces of ballet russes in America died of aids
Robert Joffrey
Gus Solomons Jr
Cachucha
Loie Fuller
15. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)
Coca Chanel
Nijinsky
Les Sylphides
Swan Lake - 1895
16. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Merce Cunningham
Rose Adagio
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
17. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893); composed score for Nutcracker - Sleeping Beauty
Scheherezade
Robert Ellis Dunn
Tchaikovsky
American Ballet Theater
18. 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
Suzanne Linglor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Buddy Dean Show
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
19. Different names but same theater under different political influences
Fanny Elssler
Rudolph Nureyev
Denishawn
Maryinsky Theater to Kirov Theater
20. The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation; industrialization allowed for stable incomes and allowed for centralized support of art in cities
Lincoln Kirstein
Massine
Industrial Revolution
Arthur Mitchell
21. Opened in 1948 - artistic director Balanchines. Distinguished choreographers: Tudor - Frederick Ashton - Robbins...Permanent home New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
La Sylphide - 1832
New York City Ballet
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Afternoon of a Faune - 1912
22. 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
Robert Ellis Dunn
Dance Theater of Harlem
HIV+
Arthur Saint Leon
23. Famous for her incredible technique - lightness - and ethereal presence -(1804-1884) -Introduced new costume design (bare neck/shoulders - tutu) -Perfected dancing en pointe -La Sylphide`
Marie Taglioni
Twyla Tharp
Hip-hop
Pelvic contraction and release
24. Sharp powerful movement; angle
Percussive Movement
Fall and Recovery
AIDS
Rite of Spring - 1913
25. 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
Political Asylum
Le Spectre de la Rose - 1911
Lincoln Kirstein
Joe Goode
26. Nijinsky choreographed - rustic - sacrifice a virgin by making her dance to death
Schizophrenia
Dance Theater of Harlem
Arthur Saint Leon
Rite of Spring - 1913
27. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity
Ballroom Dance
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Three-Cornered Hat - 1919
Divertissement
28. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49
19th Amendment
Pilobolus
Jose Limon
Choreographers who died of AIDS
29. Major 20th C composer - Three famous ballets The Firebird - Petrushka - The Rite of Spring
Charles Didelot
Stravinsky
Isadora Duncan
Suzanne Linglor
30. (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
Mary Wigman
Jean Coralli
Alvin Ailey
Busby Berkeley
31. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17
Parade - 1917
Postmodern Dance
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Busby Berkeley
32. 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
Romantic Era
Suzanne Linglor
Savoy Ballroom
Merce Cunningham
33. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi
HIV+
Tchaikovsky
Scheherezade
Arthur Saint Leon
34. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Diaghilev
Deeply There - 1998
Shirley Temple
The Art of Making Dances
35. 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
The Dying Swan - 1905
Apollo - 1928
Ballroom Dance
D-Man in the Water - 1989
36. Were top musical stars of the '30s; appeared in musicals that were considered old-fashioned when they were made; displaced their characters' sexual desire into fighting with each other
Jeux - 1913
Prince of Wales
Moscow - Bolshoi Theater
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
37. 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
Nijinska
Merce Cunningham
Denishawn
Ballroom Dance
38. American composer - 'chance music' - music not expressive or communicative because it says nothing - invented prepared piano
John Cage
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Avant-Garde
Parade - 1917
39. 1st principal dancer with Royal Ballet - choreographer-in-residence during the second year (1941) of Ballet Theater
Suzanne Linglor
Le Train Bleu - 1924
Grand Pas de Deux
Anton Dolin
40. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49
Jockey Club
Anton Dolin
Ulysses Dove
Nijinska
41. Embraces conflict - polyrhythmic - pelvis off centered - high affect juxtaposition (intenseness of feeling) - ephebism (power - vitality) - cool (intensity) - improvisation
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Africanist Aesthetic
Postmodern Dance
Still/Here - 1994
42. Nijinsky choreographed - means 'games' - about a trio (2 women - 1 man) - relief sexual tension through tennis
Arthur Mitchell
Jeux - 1913
AIDS
Postmodern Dance
43. Predominately black - but whites attended - social dances were done - had to change the floor every three years because of the intense dancing - many whites went to go watch Black People Dance
Savoy Ballroom
Ulysses Dove
Carlotta Grisi
Political Asylum
44. 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
Paul Taylor
Tsar
Shirley Temple
Black Swan Pas de Deux
45. Works to question the complexities of real life
August Bournonville
Rite of Spring - 1913
Postmodern Dance
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
46. 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)
American Ballet Theater
Fokine's 5 Major Principles
Giselle - 1841
Coca Chanel
47. Choreographed 'Lion King'; worked with untrained dancers and combined AFrican and Caribbean with ballet and modern
Garth Fagan
Jockey Club
Gus Solomons Jr
Buddy Dean Show
48. Capitals of Russia during various times of political influence; Leningrad during Bolsheviks and USSR - return to St. Petersburg pax-USSR
Dr. Louis Vernon
St. Petersburg to Leningrad to St. Petersburg
Lindy Hop
Bill T. Jones
49. 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
Ballroom Dance
Coca Chanel
Donald McKayle
Paul Taylor
50. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses
Jockey Club
Parade - 1917
Ted Shawn
New York City Ballet