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
Cuban line dance
Conga
Brazilian dances
Lambada and Samba
Bohemian dance
Polka
English-Irish dance
Jig
Argentine (seductive) dance
Tango
Court dance
Pavan
Dying Swan ballerina
Anna Pavlova
Ballet move extending one leg straight back 90 degrees
Arabesque
Ballet move bending at the knee
Plié
Number of classical ballet positions
Five
Radio City Music Hall dancers
Rockettes
Denishawn Dance school founders
Ted Shawn and Ruth st. Denis
The Tap Dance Kid star
Savion Glover
Dance Party host
Arthur Murray
Fred Astaire’s sister
Adele Astaire
Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee dancer
Fred Astaire
Famous burlesque stripper
Gypsy Rose Lee
Famous fan dancer
Sally Rand
Black St. Louis born dancer who lived in France
Josephine Baker
Tap dancer who danced with Shirley Temple
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
Ballerina who defected from the Kirov Ballet in 1970
Natalia Makarova
Singin’ in the Rain dancer and choreographer
Gene Kelly
Ballet dance for two
Pas de deux
Classic 1948 ballet film
The Red Shoes
West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Choreographer of Rodeo and Oklahoma!
Agnes de Mille
Appalachian Spring choreographer
Martha Graham
Vernon Castle’s ballroom dancing partner
Irene (Foote) Castle
movie Hair choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Maria Tallchief’s husband
George Balanchine
Afternoon of a Faun choreographer
Vaslav Nijinsky
Chicago Ballet founder
Maria Tallchief
American Dance Theater founder
Alvin Ailey
Moscow School of Dance founder
Isadora Duncan
Native Amerian ballerinas from Oklahoma
Maria and Marjorie Tallchief
Impressario who founded Ballet Russe
Sergei Diaghilev
Grand Hotel choreographer
Tommy Tune