Dance Flashcards
1940s-50s jive dance
Jitterbug
Defected from the Bolshoi Ballet in 1974
Mikhail Baryshnikov (Misha)
Defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1961
Rudolph Nureyev
Theater Baryshnikov directed from 1980-89
American Ballet Theater
Ukranian-born dancer who came to the U.S. in 1916
Vaslav Nijinsky
George Balanchine established this theater
New York City Ballet
British ballet theater
Royal Ballet
Joffrey Ballet’s current home
Chicago
St. Petersburg ballet theater
Kirov
Moscow Square ballet theater
Bolshoi
Peter Tschaikovsky ballets
Swan Lake ;Sleeping Beauty
other Stravinsky ballets (i.e. besides Petrushka)
Firebird; The Rite of Spring
1911 Igor Stravinsky puppet ballet
Petrushka
Andelusian (gypsy) dance
Flamenco
Sailor’s dance
hornpipe
British ballerina known as Margot Hookham
Margot Fonteyn
3/4 time Viennese dance
Waltz
Court dance of Louis XIV
Minuet
“Vulgar” French dance
Can Can
Tango relative
Mambo
Italian dance
Tarantella
Spanish dance with castanets
Fandango
Spanish dance with one hand over head
Bolero
Polish national dance
Mazurka