Dance History
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1. Associated with Danish-style ballet; equal roles for male and female dancers

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; Nijinsky had this illness

6. Massine - parable about freedom - Picasso - aesthetic unity

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

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

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

10. 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

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

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

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

14. Concerts organized by Dunn continued here until 1968; concert in 1962 considered to have begun the postmodernist movement

15. Sharp powerful movement; angle

16. 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

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

18. 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

19. (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

20. Broadway production choreographed by Garth Fagan; eventually turned into an award winning family film

21. Music by Stravinsky - ancient Greek contest debate between forces.

22. Performed with New York City Ballet under Balanchine - later founded Dance Theatre of Harlem - first African American principle dancer

23. 1st male dancer to make an impression in United States. Danced with Dane Margo Fontain in the Royal Ballet; died of AIDS

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

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

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