Dance History A
What was Alwin Nikolais criticized for?
His choreographic intention was to depersonalize his dancers, relieve them of their forms, and they allow them to identify with whatever they portrayed.
How did Debbie Allen contribute to a community based on her experience
In 2001, Allen opened the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles, California. The nonprofit school offers a comprehensive dance curriculum for students from 4 to 18, regardless of financial status.
Who is Gerald Arpino and what did he do for ballet
Attracted a new, younger ballet audience, for Joffrey ballet, by dancing to new rock music
What event pushed ballet into contemporary ballet and who was responsible
- Martha graham and George Balanchine created "episodes"
don campbell
- 1969 Don Campbell (famous street dancer in LA)
- Campbell lock- mixing the robot with expansive moves, adding stop and start movements with comic facial expressions.
- Inspires a dance movement - Locking
What does bill t. jones choreographic works reflect?
Jones’ works are filled with emotion and reflect the social issues of African American, morality, the LGBTQ+ and AIDS
Who is "Pistol Pete"?
Famous street dancer, popper that created "electric boogaloo".
Matt Maddox
known for developing jazz dance into a genre separate from Broadway jazz making it adaptable for theater and concert dance
What are 3 post modern choreographic intentions that Trisha brown explored
Accumulation
- Improvisational games
- Body weight
- Falling
- Happening
- Complicated arm gestures
- Chance organization of movement
- Pivots
- Collages
- Unaccented phrases
Who was the innovator of contact improvisation?
steve paxton
What does Gus Giordano Jazz technique emphasize?
His technique teaches isolation movements, emphasizing the head and torso and creating an uplifted look of elegance
There was a boost in Jazz dance in the 80s , Why were younger people becoming interested in jazz technique
- Movies such as, dirty dancing, footloose, flash dance, fame., breakfast club, feris buellers day off
Who is "Pistol Pete"?
Famous street dancer, popper that created "electric boogaloo".
Who is Charles Cholly Atkins?
The idea of the lead singer being spotlighted in front while the backup singers performed choreographed moves
Who is Anna Halprin?
Her works evolved from "happenings" into "events"
o The audience participated in choreography with the performers
o Rituals based on life passages, body 'movements therapies and dance as healing art.
Who is Arthur Mitchell?
- First African American principal dancer in a Major Ballet company
- Founded the dance theatre of Harlem in 1969
Who is Twyla Tharp?
- In Tharps choreographic approach, the dancers make movement discoveries
- Tharp layers movement phrases and asks dancers to figure out how to make them work
- Instead of unison being dicated by counts, they are dictated by relationships
Why in the 60s are we moving dance out of the theatre and into alternative venues?
Theater rental fees are increasing, as a form of rebellion dancers took their performances to alternative venues.
What influenced Luigis dance technique?
His accident which left him paralyzed on the right side, left him to develop a dance technique as a form of rehab. Resistance, basketball hands
Why was Jazz dance featured on commercials for popular brands
Business models noticed the rising popularity of jazz dance and saw an ability to capitalize on it
Who is Garth Fagan
Fagans’s style is unique blend of modern dance, jazz and Afro-Caribbean forms with some subtle ballet influences. He also created dances for the Broadway version of the lion king.
How does Micheal bennet change Broadway choreography and it's production process?
- Convinced that the usual method of developing the Broadway musical was counterproductive (out-of-town tryouts, rewrites and last-minute submissions)
- He had a better idea; rather than starting from a script he would let the story evolve out of the performers' lives and experiences
What is eliot feld known for?
- Eclectic ballets with modern dance movements
- Choreography features:
o Ensembles
o Avoids Virtuoso technique
o Uses subtle pointe work
o Uses theme and variation
o Pushes ballet further into the contemporary lens
o Creates an environment that draws emotions and feelings from the music
Who Is the originator of the moonwalk?
Bill bailey in 1955
What year was the Houston ballet company founded
1969