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People of Dance Flashcards

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What Russian choreographer started the early 20th-century era of contemporary ballet?

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Michel Fokine

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Who was one of Alvin Ailey’s principal dancers, the solo CRY created for, and assumed the position of artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre after Ailey’s death?

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Judith Jamison

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Who developed the format for classical ballet, used symmetrical choreography, and is known as the father of classical ballet?

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Marius Petipa

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Name Ballets by Marius Petipa

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The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère and Coppélia

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Who was the principal dancer in Russia’s Imperial Ballet, The Dying Swan, known for beautiful dramatic dancing

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Anna Pavlova

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which style of dance is Isadora Duncan associated with?

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Free dance; earliest association manifestation of modern dance

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What is Martha graham’s technique?

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Contract and Release

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Doris Humphrey technique?

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Fall and Recovery

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Bob fosse created and is known for

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Jazz hands, caberet, chicago

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Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?

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Swan Lake, nutcracker, sleeping beauty.

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Who is known as the father of tap dance?

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William Henery “Master Juba” Lane.

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What are the four qualities in Laban’s theory of effort?

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time, weight, space, and flow

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Lester Horton’s hallmark movement.

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The lateral T is a hallmark of Horton technique. When executed correctly, the body resembles the letter T

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What is the Alexander technique?

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  • Method used for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support, and coordination.
  • Corrects unconscious patterns of posture and movement (precursors to injury)
  • Recognizes habitual movements, patterns, and postures that cause problems
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What is the Feldenkrais technique?

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using repetitive motions from gestures to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns to release tension

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Bartentieff fundamentals are

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Based on laban movement analysis, this encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind and body movement patterns and internal and external enviornments.

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Who encorporated elements of african and carribean movements into modern dance?

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Katherine Dunham

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Martha Graham is known as

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the mother of modern dance.

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Which of the following best describes a contraction as it is practiced in the Martha Graham technique in modern dance?

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Pulling the torso 45 degrees around the spine

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Laban movement analysis terms

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float, punch, glide, slash, dap, wring, flick, and step

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What is a Devadasi?

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a Carnatic dancing girl whose art was dedicated to temple deities.

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Modern dance works in which the organization of elements is random or arbitrary reflect the influence of the choreographic style

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Merce Cunningham

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What person is most likely to evaluate a dance performance based on emotional response?

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a member of the audience.

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Developing an understanding of the ways in which dance serves as a medium for communication is an integral part of the job of a dance

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therapist

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What exercises were created by Thomas Hanna in the 1970s to bridge the mind-body, relieve, muscular tension and improve flexibility?

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Somatics

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Bob Fosse popularized the use of

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Jazz Hands

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When Harry Fox first performed what became the foxtrot. What was he working as?

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he was working as a vaudeville actor

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Marie Taglioni was often credited for being the first to dance on

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pointe

29
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Loie Fuller experimented with the effects of

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gas lighing on silk costumes

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Catherine de Medici brought what to her court?

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Musicians and dancers. This is how court dance form became established in France.

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King Louis XIV established what?

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The Royal Academy of Dance. the worlds first professional ballet school.

32
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The Jazz dance choreo in the musical theater classics of Chicago and Cabaret is the work of who?

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Bob Fosse

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Father of Tap Dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NYC

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William henry master juba lane

34
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Early modern dance composition, such as that of Martha Graham, was characterized by what form?

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Narrative

35
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Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?

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Sleeping Beauty
The Nutcracker
Swan Lake

36
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Who composed the ballets, Giselle and Le Corsaire?

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Adolphe Adam.

37
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What Type of ballet did Marius Petipa begin?

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Classical ballet.

38
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Who was the Frenchman who improved the Russian ballet program?

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Marius Petipa

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Who was hired by the royal ballet, danced Romeo and Juliet, and was famously paired with Margot Fonteyn?

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Rudolf Nureyev

40
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Who is the founder of Jacob’s Pillow?

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Ted Shawn

41
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Who founded the Denishawn school of dance?

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Ruth St. Denis ( partner of Ted Shawn. )

42
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Garth Fagan created choreography for which popular broadway?

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The Lion King

43
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The Garth Fagan Dance School uniquely blends which types of dances?

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Modern, Jazz, World dance.

44
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Who is known as Ballet De La Nuit / The Apollo Sun God, The Sun King.

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King Louis XIV

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What are the two main contributions Marie Camargo gave during 18th-century ballet?

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Strong high jumps, changed ballet costume to no a short skirt with no corset, changed the shoes from heeled to slippers.

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Who was the first artist credited with introducing syncopation and improvisation in his performances?

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William Henry Lane Master Juba

47
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What is Pierre Beauchamps credited with having invented?

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The 5 Leg positions

48
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Who was the first to do pointe?

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Marie Taglioni

49
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Who starred in La Sylphide?

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Marie Taglioni

50
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Who choreographed La Sylphide?

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Phillippe Taglioni, ( taught and created the dance for his daughter )

51
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The Denishawn school of dance is inspired by

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different cultures educate on the mind-body and spirit

52
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Who brought ballet from France to Italy?

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Catherine de Medici

53
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What are some characteristics of the Joffrey Ballet?

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  • first to hire short dancers
  • rock ballets
  • brought together different historical eras
54
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Who founded the dance theatre of Harlem?

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Arthur Mitchell

55
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Who was the first African American hired in ballet in the ’50s and was motivated by MLK jr’s assassination?

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Arthur Mitchell

56
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Who is a famous ballerina paired with Rudolf Nureyev and danced in Romeo and Juliet?

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Margot Fonteyn

57
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Who made everyday movement absurd and dramatic?

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Charles Weidman

58
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Who is a celebrated teacher who founded the Jazz Dance World Congress

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Gus Giordani

59
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Star choreographer and Controversial Dancer

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Vaslav Ninjinsky

60
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Who codified many ballet rules still used today?

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Pierre Beauchamps and Jean George Noverre

61
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Who was the founder of Ballet Russes?

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Sergei Diaghilev

62
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Who was the choreographer of Ballet Russes?

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Michel Fokine

63
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Who was a Hollywood jazz and tap dancer who popularized wearing pantyhose in place of stockings?

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Ann Miller

64
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who is Gene Kelly?

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He is a broadway and hollywood jazz and tap dancer who was also a movie star.

65
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Who is the dancer with physical disabilities who created a therapeutic method which led to the development of standard Jazz Techniques

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Luigi

66
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Who was the Denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer who invented theater dance?

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Jack Cole

67
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Who was an award winning choreographer for both broadway and Hollywood jazz and modern dance?

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Twyla Thrap

68
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Who was a celebrated teacher of Jazz technique?

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Matt Mattox

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