Ballet
He was a member of the Ballet Russes who choreographed the controversial Rite of Spring.
Who is Vaslav Nijinsky?
___________________________________ was an anthropologist, dancer, and choreographer who’s company and school is based in St. Louis.
Who is Katherine Dunham?
This choreographer used unique music and used chance in his choreography.
Who is Merce Cunningham.
Things that creative movement teaches the participants include these.
What is spatial awareness & self-awareness, socialization &cooperation, discipline and the joy of moving?
Three classical forms of Japanese dance are bugaku, noh and ________________.
What is kabuki?
Contemporary Choreographer of the all male Swan Lake.~~~~~~
Two composers that created musical scores for ballets.
Who is Matthew Bourne?
Who are Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky?
Author of book about making choreography.
Who is Doris Humphrey? The title is, The Art of Making Dances.
Three famous students that came out of the Denishawn school.
Who are Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman?
This is when participants remain in almost constant contact with one another for the duration of the dance or improvisation session.
What it contact improvisation?
In recent years, the term ____________ ___________ has become the most accepted term to describe dances that are specific to a certain country.
What is world dance?
Played the role of the Sun God and was called the Sun King. ~~~~~~~~
A duet between the male and female dancers.
Who is King Louis XIV?
What is a Pas de duex?
Nature and Greek culture inspired this modern dance pioneer.
She shortened the tutu and perfected dancing en pointe in many of her father's ballets.
Who was Isadora Duncan?
Who is Marie Taglioni?
Modern choreographer that was concerned with entertaining the audience.
Who was is Alvin Ailey?
Members of the _______________________ used improvisation throughout their work.
What is the Judson Dance Theatre?
In its original form, _________________ was a hand dance and was once a ritual that showed a celebration of nature.
What is the Hula?
One ballet from the romantic era that included mythical characters.
What is Giselle?
He directed the Ballet Russes and allowed unusual and avant garde choreography.
Who is Sergei Diaghlev?
Believed in motion not emotion in dance.
Who is Alwin Nickolais?
He created contact improvisation.
Who is Steve Paxton?
The influence of ____________________ ____________________ on world concert/ritual dance is a debated topic in all countries that have a strong dance tradition.
What is contemporary society?
Founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem.~~~~~~~~
Founder of New York City Ballet. ~~~~~~~~~
Founder of the American ballet company that performs contemporary works.
Who is Arthur Mitchell?
Who is George Balanchine?
Who is Robert Joffrey of the Joffrey Ballet?
She became famous for dancing the Fokine's Dying Swan.
Who is Anna Pavlova?
Helped develop a codified technique based on falling and recovering.
Had an all male dance company and founded Jacob's Pillow.
Who is Jose Limon?
Who is Ted Shawn?
______________________was a member of the Judson Dance Theater who created the "No Manifesto".
Who is Yvonne Rainer?
Name of American folk dance.
What is square dancing.