Dance History Review

Romantic Ballet Era

100

First woman to dance en pointe

Who is Marie Taglioni

200

Romantic ballets were heavily influenced by ideas and themes that came out of this ideology

Romanticism

300

First Romantic era ballet

La Sylphide

400

Considered to be the last romantic ballet

Coppélia

500

These dancers were the prominent feature in romantic ballets

Ballerinas

Classical Ballet Era

100

History of classical ballet traces its roots back to this country in the 1800s

Russia

200

A Russian ballet company created by Sergei Diaghilev

Ballet Russes

300

Ballets in this era were always performed on these types of stages

Proscenium stages

400

This ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinksy in 1913 later became known as a modern ballet

Rite of Spring

500

This famous choreographer created popular classic ballet such as The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake

Marius Petipa

Early Dance Forms

100

Images of dancers can be seen on these from the 3rd and 4th century

cave paintings

200

This historical region had a dance for the goddess Ishtar

Mesopotamia

300

One of the earliest forms of dance is believed by historians to come from this country

Ancient Egypt

400

Classical East Indian Dance

Bharatanatyam

500

These types of dances celebrated and reflected the people of origin in which the dances came from

Folk dances

Modern Dance History

100

Considered to be the Mother of Modern Dance

Isadora Duncan

200

Early modern dancers were rebelling against this popular dance form

Ballet

300

This modern dance icon often created work that centered around Greek tragedies

Martha Graham

400

This modern dance icon created iconic modern work "The Moor's Pavane" in 1949

José Limón

500

The first school created in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn to train modern dancers

The Denishawn School

Jazz Dance History

100

Vernacular Jazz Dance was born out of this type of dancing

Social dances

200

Vernacular Jazz Dance as well as all other branches of jazz dance has roots in this type of dance

African Dance

300

Traditional African dances performed on the plantations

Cakewalk & Jubba

400

Considered to be the "Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance"

Jack Cole

500

Hip Hop, an urban dance form, was originally was referred to as this type of dance

Breakdancing or "Breakin'"