Humanities (Performing Arts) Flashcards
Editors often use ________ in film to convey the passing of time, combining images from the different periods that are being covered.
Montage
• In addition to expressing the passage of time, montages can also be used to quickly highlight the light of a person, couple, or family.
Largely considered the best film of all time, _______ _____ was directed by Orson Welles.
Citizen Kane
• Many believe is based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
________, the Russian-American ballerina, she joined Diaghilev’s Ballet arise in 1924, and was prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1938 to 1958.
Alexandra Danilova
• After her time as prima ballerina ended, she formed her own company and taught at the School of American Ballet.
_________ founded Ballets Russes with Fokine, Bakst, and Benois.
Sergei Pavlovich Dighilev
• He put together a Russian dance troupe known as Diahilev’s Ballets Russes that forever left a mark on the world of dance.
Inventor of the telegraph and peep-show machine, ________ also produced over 125 films, including documentaries, dramas and comedies.
Thomas Edison
• Some of his best works include What Demoralized the Barber Shop, Pillow Fight and Record of a Sneeze.
The Great Train Robbery and Life of an American Fireman are the works of ________.
Edwin Peter
• He was one of the first filmmakers to realize that movies could expand beyond simply recorded theater, and explored the use of multiple settings and working outdoors.
Considered the most influential figure in modern dance, ______ developed her own form of choreography, calling for exemplary discipline and flexibility.
Martha Graham
• Many of her choreographed pieces draw from mythology and major historical events.
The first filmmaker to introduce fade-ins, ________ is responsible for Birth of a Nation (1915) and Orphans of the Storm (1922).
D.W. Griffith
• His Birth of a Nation was the longest movie ever produced in its time
The classic horror The Birds was the brainchild of _______.
Alfred Hitchcock
• His portfolio includes Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Rebecca, and Notorious
Italian film director _______ created Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vida and 81/2.
Federico Fellini
Entertainer _______ introduced the song April Showers and Mammy to popular culture.
Al Jolson
• Russian immigrant, he first began his vaudeville act performing Mammy in black face, to highly amused audiences.
___ _____ ______ was the first movie to use dialogue.
The Jazz Singer
• Made in 1927, it combined video with the photograph in the first attempt to integrate sound with the motion picture.
Choreographer _______ created The Firebird and Petrouchka, among others.
Michel Fokine
• Founding choreographer for Ballets Russes, he is considered the father of modern ballet and worked for elimination of rigid training schedules. More than 70 ballets are credited to him.
_________ developed the montage film technique.
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
• His first film was Strike in 1924, though he first gained fame for Odessa’s massacre in Potemkin the following year.
A dimly-lit film with dark, cynical characters is known as ________ _______.
Film Noir
• Stanley Kubrick is one well-known filmmaker who makes use of film noir style.
Born in 1896, ________ made her acting debut with D.W. Griffith, and starred in the Scarlet Letter and The Wind.
Lillian Gish
• After working in Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, she went on to star in most of his subsequent films.
__________ developed the character Little Tramp, with the trademark Derby hat and moustache.
Charlie Chaplin
The member of a film crew in charge of lighting is the ________.
Gaffer
• Gaffers usually begins trained electricians, with intricate lighting designs left to other staffers.
Commercials promoting the release of anew film are known as _________.
Trailers
The Scottish “Highland Fling” and the Hawaiian hula are both ______ ________.
Folk dances
• Tribal or ethic dances that are passed down through the generations are folk dances.
Born in 1859, _______ formed the English Folk Dance Society.
Cecil Sharp
________ is a Spanish dance in tripe time performed by a single couple.
Fandango
• The dancers are accompanied by live singers and castanet players. When the music stops, the couple stops remains in position perfectly still until sound resumes.
A lively Irish dance with fast, irregular steps is known as _________.
Jig
_________ creates the memorable films A Clockwork Orange and A Space Odyssey.
Stanley Kubrick
_________ won four Academy Awards, for her work in Morning Glory, Guess Who’s a coming to Dinner?, The Lion in Winter and On Golden Pond.
Katherine Hepburn
