People of Dance Flashcards
What Russian choreographer started the early 20th-century era of contemporary ballet?
Michel Fokine
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?
Judith Jamison
Who developed the format for classical ballet, used symmetrical choreography, and is known as the father of classical ballet?
Marius Petipa
Name Ballets by Marius Petipa
The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère and Coppélia
Who was the principal dancer in Russia’s Imperial Ballet, The Dying Swan, known for beautiful dramatic dancing
Anna Pavlova
which style of dance is Isadora Duncan associated with?
Free dance; earliest association manifestation of modern dance
What is Martha graham’s technique?
Contract and Release
Doris Humphrey technique?
Fall and Recovery
Bob fosse created and is known for
Jazz hands, caberet, chicago
Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?
Swan Lake, nutcracker, sleeping beauty.
Who is known as the father of tap dance?
William Henery “Master Juba” Lane.
What are the four qualities in Laban’s theory of effort?
time, weight, space, and flow
Lester Horton’s hallmark movement.
The lateral T is a hallmark of Horton technique. When executed correctly, the body resembles the letter T
What is the Alexander technique?
- 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
What is the Feldenkrais technique?
using repetitive motions from gestures to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns to release tension
Bartentieff fundamentals are
Based on laban movement analysis, this encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind and body movement patterns and internal and external enviornments.
Who encorporated elements of african and carribean movements into modern dance?
Katherine Dunham
Martha Graham is known as
the mother of modern dance.
Which of the following best describes a contraction as it is practiced in the Martha Graham technique in modern dance?
Pulling the torso 45 degrees around the spine
Laban movement analysis terms
float, punch, glide, slash, dap, wring, flick, and step
What is a Devadasi?
a Carnatic dancing girl whose art was dedicated to temple deities.
Modern dance works in which the organization of elements is random or arbitrary reflect the influence of the choreographic style
Merce Cunningham
What person is most likely to evaluate a dance performance based on emotional response?
a member of the audience.
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
therapist
What exercises were created by Thomas Hanna in the 1970s to bridge the mind-body, relieve, muscular tension and improve flexibility?
Somatics
Bob Fosse popularized the use of
Jazz Hands
When Harry Fox first performed what became the foxtrot. What was he working as?
he was working as a vaudeville actor
Marie Taglioni was often credited for being the first to dance on
pointe
Loie Fuller experimented with the effects of
gas lighing on silk costumes
Catherine de Medici brought what to her court?
Musicians and dancers. This is how court dance form became established in France.
King Louis XIV established what?
The Royal Academy of Dance. the worlds first professional ballet school.
The Jazz dance choreo in the musical theater classics of Chicago and Cabaret is the work of who?
Bob Fosse
Father of Tap Dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NYC
William henry master juba lane
Early modern dance composition, such as that of Martha Graham, was characterized by what form?
Narrative
Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?
Sleeping Beauty
The Nutcracker
Swan Lake
Who composed the ballets, Giselle and Le Corsaire?
Adolphe Adam.
What Type of ballet did Marius Petipa begin?
Classical ballet.
Who was the Frenchman who improved the Russian ballet program?
Marius Petipa
Who was hired by the royal ballet, danced Romeo and Juliet, and was famously paired with Margot Fonteyn?
Rudolf Nureyev
Who is the founder of Jacob’s Pillow?
Ted Shawn
Who founded the Denishawn school of dance?
Ruth St. Denis ( partner of Ted Shawn. )
Garth Fagan created choreography for which popular broadway?
The Lion King
The Garth Fagan Dance School uniquely blends which types of dances?
Modern, Jazz, World dance.
Who is known as Ballet De La Nuit / The Apollo Sun God, The Sun King.
King Louis XIV
What are the two main contributions Marie Camargo gave during 18th-century ballet?
Strong high jumps, changed ballet costume to no a short skirt with no corset, changed the shoes from heeled to slippers.
Who was the first artist credited with introducing syncopation and improvisation in his performances?
William Henry Lane Master Juba
What is Pierre Beauchamps credited with having invented?
The 5 Leg positions
Who was the first to do pointe?
Marie Taglioni
Who starred in La Sylphide?
Marie Taglioni
Who choreographed La Sylphide?
Phillippe Taglioni, ( taught and created the dance for his daughter )
The Denishawn school of dance is inspired by
different cultures educate on the mind-body and spirit
Who brought ballet from France to Italy?
Catherine de Medici
What are some characteristics of the Joffrey Ballet?
- first to hire short dancers
- rock ballets
- brought together different historical eras
Who founded the dance theatre of Harlem?
Arthur Mitchell
Who was the first African American hired in ballet in the ’50s and was motivated by MLK jr’s assassination?
Arthur Mitchell
Who is a famous ballerina paired with Rudolf Nureyev and danced in Romeo and Juliet?
Margot Fonteyn
Who made everyday movement absurd and dramatic?
Charles Weidman
Who is a celebrated teacher who founded the Jazz Dance World Congress
Gus Giordani
Star choreographer and Controversial Dancer
Vaslav Ninjinsky
Who codified many ballet rules still used today?
Pierre Beauchamps and Jean George Noverre
Who was the founder of Ballet Russes?
Sergei Diaghilev
Who was the choreographer of Ballet Russes?
Michel Fokine
Who was a Hollywood jazz and tap dancer who popularized wearing pantyhose in place of stockings?
Ann Miller
who is Gene Kelly?
He is a broadway and hollywood jazz and tap dancer who was also a movie star.
Who is the dancer with physical disabilities who created a therapeutic method which led to the development of standard Jazz Techniques
Luigi
Who was the Denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer who invented theater dance?
Jack Cole
Who was an award winning choreographer for both broadway and Hollywood jazz and modern dance?
Twyla Thrap
Who was a celebrated teacher of Jazz technique?
Matt Mattox
