Giselle
Ballet is not the basis of all dances. Instead, it is known as this:
What is an ethnic dance?
This is a defining feature of jazz and tap music, which is created by playing two or more contrasting rhythms simultaneously.
What is a polyrhythm?
This female dancer known for her barefoot performances that celebrated independence and self-expression. Her style was influenced by ancient Greek sculpture, nature, and the writings of Nietzsche.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
This is the type of dance that involves a moving image work, the content of which has choreographic composition.
What is Screendance?
This is the male choreographer who came to speak with our class before break November 21st. He considers himself a postmodern dancer, and when he was in his 20s danced with Doug Elkins.
Who is Ben Munisteri?
Originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Giselle is part of this type of ballet, which was preceded by Classical Ballet.
What is the Romantic Ballet?
This was the dance move that gave Earl Tucker his nickname after he popularized the step in Harlem during the 1920s.
What are "Snakehips?"
Best known for his masterpiece, The Moor's Pavane, based on Shakespeare's "Othello,” this male dancer choreographed over seventy-four other works, including The Traitor, The Exiles, There is a Time, Chaconne, Emperor Jones, Carlota, Dances for Isadora, and The Unsung.
Who is Jose Limon?
This was the dance show we watched for class and wrote a paper on, which included tables, plants, and a cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers.
What is "Unspoken Spoken."
This is a type of dance that dissolves the way we think about dance, usually celebrates form and shape, and doesn't have to be narrative to be worth something.
What is postmodern dance?
Romantic ballets were often separated into how many Acts?
What are two acts?
This is the a social dance style that emerged at the turn of the 20th century when African American dancers began blending traditional African steps with European styles of movement.
What is Jazz Dance?
In 1964, this female dancer created "The No Manifesto."
Who is Yvonne Rainer?
This is the dance troop that created Unspoken, Spoken. It is located in London, England, and includes disabled and non-disabled actors.
What is Candoco Dance Company?
Using dance as a tool to advocate for social justice issues, by creating performances that raise awareness, spark conversation, and inspire action around important topics like racial equality, gender equity, environmental concerns, or other societal problems...
What is Dance for Social Change?
The second act of a Romantic Ballet is known as this, which is recognized by ethereal, aerial, Pagan Gothic aesthetics.
What is the White Act?
Most famously know for is stair dance, this tap icon was also an actor and singer who was the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
Who was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
What is Contemporary Concert Dance
These are stereotypical archetypes of disabled people, such as "The Overcome Narrative," or "The Outcast Narrative."
What are Tropes of Disability?
DAILY DOUBLE!
From 1890-1930, the government put these prohibitions in place to try to trip Native Americans of their culture. They were repealed in 1980.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Giselle reflects the values of this rising class, which include social hierarchy and resulting class tensions, emotional authenticity and expressiveness, and the moral lesson that it is in this social class's best interest to adhere to social norms.
These are a variety of principles and elements used to describe a the movements of dances like jazz and tap, which include polyrhythm, Embracing the Conflict, High affect Juxtaposition, and Ephebism.
What are Africanist Aesthetics?
Romantic and creative partner of John Cage, this male dancer's work set a trend towards exploring random chance and indeterminacy in choreography.
Who was Merce Cunningham?
Disability is this: a word that describes how disability is not just a static condition but is actively constructed and expressed through social interactions, behaviors, and cultural performances.
"Disability is something that one does, not something that one is."
What is performative?
This is the dance theater that reimagined Giselle with an Afro-Creole focus and setting in 1840s Louisiana.
What is the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH)?