Quizzes Flashcards
Who were the Baby Ballerinas?
Irina Baronova, Tamara Toumanova, and Tatiana Riabouchinska
Founder of School of American Dance, married ballerina Maria Tallchief, and served as resident choreographer for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
George Balanchine
Loie Fuller is specifically recognized for her technological experiments with what element?
lights and costumes
Students of Isadora Duncan were called what?
Isadorables
American female choreographer who was infatuated with oriental/eastern styles and also co-founded the Denishawn School.
Ruth St. Denis
Romantic ballet that featured Willies?
Giselle
First ballerina to dance “en pointe” in La Sylphide?
Marie Taglioni
Era that innovated short, flat tutu style?
Classical
One Classical ballet that was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Swan Lake
In Ancient Greece, what two patterns frequently occurred during group dances?
They danced around someone (musician) or something (altar) or they danced in a processional.
In the Roman Empire, what three exaggerated theater components were combined into a single grand unit?
Theatre orchestra, scenery, and stage
Name artistic style that utilized exaggerated detail to produce drama and tension.
Baroque
Who married King Henry II and also brought court dance to France?
Catherine d’Medici
Louis XIV is also known as?
The Sun King