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DANC 101 1nd EditionExam # 4 Study Guide Lectures: 14 – 19The Vaudeville Era o Americas early variety shows – live – 1890s-1930s; variety acts: singers, dancers, actors, comedians, Broadwayo The Harlem Renaissance- New York – uptown island of Manhattan- 1920’s rebirth interest in Black culture known as ‘The Roaring 20’s’ Dresses were shortened, hair wasn’t long anymore Industrial revolution and early motion pictures began (without sound) – ‘The Flickers’o The Cotton Club- The ‘in’ club- Primarily Black people but all the audience were whiteo “The Black Crook”- The Golden Age of Movie Musicals (1930-1950)o Stars that couldn’t sing or dance were ‘made’ to sing and danceo Choreography was much more polished and good looking girls were now being filmed- Busby Berkeley o Choreographer, director and camera man on Broadwayo Cinematic genius – innovated camera shotso Trademark Style and Camera Work What he’s known for – great with the camera Often filmed from above (his trademark) overhead shots and colorful movement/motion/arrangemento Instead of choreographing dancers, they would arrange them in patterns and be filmed from aboveo “42nd Street” – a street for people who wanted to ‘make it big’ in Broadway A film on Broadway which he helped make big because of his filming skillso Filmed as many dancers as he could- Fred Astaire (1899-1987)o Wanted dance to be filmed full-bodied with no cuts or weird camera angles – wanted it to be filmed in a way where it feels like you’re in the audienceo Dressed very spiffy – fashionable and elegant – not athletic or boyisho Performer, choreographer, and directoro Performed in musical theatre and was a tap dancero Ballroom and tap dancing styleo He and Ginger Roger were stars in ‘Class Act’o When MGM paired with Ginger Roger and Fred Astaire, America flocked to see their motion picture movies- Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)o “Royal Wedding”, “The Barclays of Broadway”, “The Gay Divorcee”, “Flying Down to Rio”,“Top Hat”. “Swing Time”, “Holiday Inn”- Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878-1949)o Elegant – African American – control and balanceo Tap dancer ‘Hoofer’ in 1930s-1940s when America was segregated – he and Shirley Temple dancing together showed hope and promise to America that we can one day be desegregated – performed family musicalso Went from Vaudecille to Broadway to motion pictureo Was the headliner of the Vaudeville circuit- Shirley Templeo “The Little Colonel”, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”o Movie Musicals, Stage Musicals, Broadway, The West End, Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadwayo Left acting in adult years – became ambassador of US Nationso Was a child star3 story Musicalso Book Musicals – from a text, book, or novelo Concept Musicals – an idea, the musical is based around ito Musical Reviews – 1-2 composers loosely tied together by a story, may form the music from the era- Florenz Ziegfeld (1867-1932)o “The Ziegfeld Follies”o Put on fantastic musical reviews that later became part of Vegas Shows- George Balanchine (1904-1983) *Crossover from ballet to Broadwayo “On Your Toes”, “Babes in Arms”, “The Boys from Syracuse”, “I Married An Angel”o Came from Russia- Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) *Crossovero “Cabin in the Sky”, “Stormy Weather”o Black Concert Dance- Gene Kelly (1912-1996)o “Singing In the Rain”, “An American in Paris”, “On The Town”, “Brigadoon”o Performer, choreographer, and director who usually filmed in Hollywoodo Created his own style – ‘The American Style’ in Broadway and movieso Loved to film live – not on a stage with a background or seto Ballroom and jazz – made dance cinematico Played the ‘everyday, average American guy’ dressed in khakis, sweatshirts; also sometimes played military roles in his filmso Masculine and athletic- Agnes de Mille (1905-1993) *Crossover from ballet to Broadwayo Ballet and Broadway and Movie Musicalso “Rodeo”, “Oklahoma”, “Brigadoon”, “Carousel”o Dream Ballet innovator – ballet section within a musical that furthers the plot of the show because they are in the dreams/mind of the actoro All Ballets are set in Scotland- Gower Champion (1921-1980)o “42nd Street”, “Hello Dolly”, “Bye, Bye Birdie”, “Carnival”, “I Do! I Do!”o 42nd street had an earlier connection to Busby Burkley the movie musical- Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) *Crossover from ballet to Broadwayo “West Side Story” His best known piece of work – a Broadway musical Best example of American Musical- 1st a stage musical, then a motion picture musical based on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2 gangs – sharks (Puerto Ricans) and jets (Caucasian)o “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Peter Pan”, “The King and I”, “Gypsy”, o “Fancy Free” 1st ballet ever preformed by a major company (American Ballet Theatre) Turned into a Broadway musical and movie About 3 sailors on a day in NYC; sense of humor; pedestrian music ‘On the Tow’ was the musical ballet based on this ballet in Hollywoodo Ballet to Broadway and Backo Ballet Style photographyo Didn’t start dancing until he was 19; natural and talented; the ‘best of the best’o He was a choreographer and came up with the original story of balleto ‘Comfort Corset Company’o Associated with NYC Ballet – George Balanchine put him in charge of it after he died o Also American Ballet Theatre- Twyla Tharp (b. 1942) *Crossover- contemporary dance to Broadway to balleto Modern/Contemporary Dance, Movie Musicals, Broadwayo American Ballet Theatreo “Baryshnikov by Tharp”, “Hair”, “Amadeus”, “White Nights”,“Singing in the Rain”, “Movin’ Out”, “Come Fly Away”. “The Times They are a-Changin”, “Push Comes to Shove”, “The Catherine Wheel” o Choreographed to music by Frank Sinatra o Modern dance is the ‘genre of the individual’- Gillian Lynne (b. 1926) *Crossovero “Cats”, “Phantom of the Opera”, “Aspects of Love”; “The Secret Garden”, “Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang”o The Royal Balleto Worked in London as a choreographer; similar to Broadway- Susan Stroman (b. 1954)o “Contact”, “The Producers”, “Young Frankenstein”, “Crazy for You”, “Steel Pier”, “Center Stage”o Revivals: “Showboat”, “Oklahoma”, “The Music Man”o ‘The


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