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Dance History

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1. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)






2. Outstanding for the way he combined expressive movements with dance steps; - choreographed the ballet Giselle






3. (1822-1910) created the first ballet that would later be classified as classical ballet. He also held the position of Ballet Master in Chief to the Imperial Tsar in 1869. created Don Quixote and La Bayadere and many other works. Though he did not cho






4. Choreography is famous for its speed - force and eroticism; died of AIDS at the age of 49






5. Created the role of Swanilda at age 16 - she died from a fever @ age 17






6. Gentlemen's club which indulged in fencing - horses - and mistresses; often took ballerinas with low incomes as mistresses






7. Star male dancer of Ballets Russes; became chief choreographer for one year - 1913 - Afternoon of a Faun - Rite of Spring - and Jeux. Rite caused a riot






8. Choreographed by Fokine - star was Pavlova - composer was Camille Saint Saenz - two minutes long






9. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)






10. Most important figure in Russia in immediately pre-Romantic days. Did much to improve the repertory and teaching. 20 ballets - raised standards. Flying wires - pointe works.






11. 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






12. 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)






13. 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






14. Robert Joffrey - 59 - Alvin Ailey - 58 - Christopher Gillis - 42 - Rudolph Nureyev - 54 - Ulysses Dove - 49






15. 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






16. 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






17. In Moscow - very flamboyant & expressive (opposite of Kirov Theater)






18. Choreographer of Robert le Diable (1831) father of marie - Marie was a dancer and always looked like She was floating when dancing






19. French cabaret singer who became a famous designer - costumes - color pink (patented)






20. 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






21. 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






22. Nijinsky's sister - choreographer - dancer - became leading dancer and choreographer in diaghliev's company






23. Russian dancer and choreographer; considered one of greatest male ballet dancers; became artistic director of American Ballet Theatre






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






25. 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






26. French for 'big dance for two' - Entrae - Adagio duet - Male solo - Female solo - Coda - plot structure of Petipa






27. Petipa & Tchaikovsky - was not successful at the time it came out - no trace of sensible dramatic action






28. Scene where Odile shows up to the ball & dances with Prince Siegfried - very famous dance






29. The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his native country as a political refugee.






30. 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






31. 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






32. Allowed people to dim lights; allowed for lighting changes; used for special effects in background of plays and dance such as ghosts






33. A signature piece of Taylor's in which he and his pianist remain motionless for the duration of the music-less score by John Cage.






34. Dance class at Dartmouth taught by Alison Chase - stunts - contortions - balance and leverage - men signed up for the class on a dare






35. Opera created that incorporated a ballet in the 3rd act called ballet of the nuns






36. Choreographer of Coppelia - died the year of the ballet from exhaustion - discovered Bozzacchi






37. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Apollo and Agon






38. Previous member of Denishawn (left late 1920's) - developed a comedic mime aesthetic - shared a school with Humphrey for years - pioneer of modern dance






39. 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






40. 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






41. An African American section of New York City. Many A/A writers and artists gathered in Harlem






42. 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






43. 1937 Founded by Ballet Russe's Mikhail Mordkin as Mordkin Ballet- Repertory company- features choreography of many artists such as Adolph Bolm - Michel Fokine - Leonide Massine - Bronislava Jijinska - Balanchine and Agnes de Mille






44. Pilobolus - human jousting horses






45. Published in London Times 1914 - want to make 'ballet a fully expressive art that mirrored life' - new movement for each dance - no mime (Petipa used so that the audience always understood) - use entire body (to be expressive) - no divertissement (no

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46. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers






47. 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






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






49. Sharp powerful movement; angle






50. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles