101 Cards in this Set
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In Harmony Dance
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Expressed joy and celebration; Imitated animals or nature (Image); Abstract and expressed joy (Imageless).
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Expanded Dance
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Men in patriarchal societies; Large movements.
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Close Dance
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Women; Connected to Earth or attempting to breakaway.
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Out of Harmony Dance
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Trance induced; Transition into altered state.
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Pure Convulsive
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Jerky, spasmodic, led to final collapse.
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Funeral Dance
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A mask an deceased's clothes, reenacted events.
Three Types: Ritual, Postures and Gestures of grief, Secular Dances.
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Pharaoh
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Son of the "sun god"
Dance of the Stars (Walked around temple and performed secret dances)
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Priests
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Next generation of Shamans; Train youth in order to preserve rituals.
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Bull Dance
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Religious rite, Acrobatic movements, Training up to 3 years.
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Minotaur
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Monster with body of man/head of bull; Annual offerings of women and children.
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Pyrrhic Dance
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Weapon Dance; Boys trained at 5
Four types: Podism, Xiphism, Homos, Tetracomos.
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Dithyramb
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Ancient Greek hymn song in honor of Dionysus.
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Dionysus
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Greek god of wine and fertility.
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Bathyllus of of Alexandra
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Invented Pantomime, played female roles.
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Pylades of Cilicia
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Also credited for inventing Pantomime, grand style of tragedy, toured, opened dance school, wrote book.
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Pantomime
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Don't speak but express actions in stylized form.
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Mime
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Imitate anything, spoke and portrayed comedies.
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Carole
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Hymn and processional dance; Leader and dancers held hands and walked to beat of music.
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Pavene
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Pavene/Galliard two-part suite; Ceremonial dance by nobility to show off attire; Music in 4/4 time with slow, dignified tempo.
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Galliard
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Follow Pavene; Man performs a solo for his partner.
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Volta
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Relative of the Galliard; Close couple dance performed in triple time; Lively, lifts, flips.
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Commedia Dell'arte
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Performed improvised plays with sketchy plots; Two types of characters: Straight and Exaggerated.
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Dance Epidemics
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Resulted from peoples' response to war, plague, famine, religious persecution, and fear of the world ending; Danced in homes/street until exhaustion/death.
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Mystery
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Educated the masses about church teachings.
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Miracle
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Told the lives of the Saints and Martyrs; Prisoner played Martyr and killed at the end.
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AR de la M
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Develop polite and courtly dance; Re-established by Louis XIV; Appointed Lully as administer; Became Paris Opera in next century.
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Ballet D'ecole
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Traditional style; Transformed ballet from court amusement to a profession, producing dancers for King's ballet.
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Masque
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Allegorical and mythological themes, Amateur cour daners, Aristocrats, and General Public.
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Anti-Masque
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Preliminary dance to masque; Performed by professional actors costumed as fools, satyrs, or baboons.
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Pierre Beauchamps
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King's dance master; Five Positions of the Feet; First Ballet Master at AR de la M.
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Catherine De'Medici
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Married King Henry II; Italian ballet to France; Ballet de Cour developed during reign.
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Louis XIV of France
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"Sun King"; Established AR de la M with Lully as Director with dance profession for men and women.
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James Baptist Lully
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Italian musician, composer, dancer, mime, and music teacher; Director at AR de la M.
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Ballet D'action
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Dramatic action told through dance and mime; Influenced by Russian Franz Van Hilverding.
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Lettres sur la Dance et sur les Ballet
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Ballet should move audience emotionally, logical plot, same theme, pantomime more understandable. (Noverre).
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Jean Georges Noverre
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Dancer, teacher, composer; Established Ballet D'action.
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John Weaver
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"Father of English Pantomime"
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Giselle
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Love triangle in small village; "He loves me, he loves me not"; Archetype of Romantic Ballet.
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La Sylphide
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Choreographed by Filippo Taglioni.
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Carlo Blasis
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Became director at the Dance Academy; Invented ballet position of attitude, codified ballet technique; Three types of dancers: Serious, Demi-Caractere, Comic.
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August Bournonville
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Ballets became the foundation for the Royal Danish Ballet, kept alive in Denmark; Balance between men and women roles.
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Carlotta Grisi
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Italian dancer; Giselle.
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Jules Perrot
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Greatest male dancer of Romantic Era; French dancer and ballet master; Soloist at King's Theater.
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Filippo Taglioni
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Italian dancer, choreographer, and ballet master; New style of dance feat. female elevation.
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Marie Taglioni
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La Sylphide; Use of pointe shoes; Worked alongside father (Filippo).
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Sleeping Beauty
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Choreographed by Petipa, Music by Tchaikovsky.
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Swan Lake
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Four act ballet: Half by Petipa, Half by Ivanov; Prototype of a Classical Ballet.
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Lev Ivanov
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Russian dancer and choreographer; Overshadowed by Petipa; Nutcracker.
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Marius Petipa
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Acclaimed as dancer in Romantic Ballets; Lavish costumes/sets; Demanded strong ballerinas; Dramatic content, form, and music.
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Serge Diaghilev
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Founder of Ballets Russes; Russian Opera to Paris; Thematic experience.
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Elevation and soaring leaps; Civilian prisoner in Austria; Mental institution.
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Isadora Duncan
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Joined Loie Fuller's Company; Used body and personality; Est. school is Germany teaching Organic Movement.
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Ted Shawn
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Company: Him + Male Dancers; Jacob's Pillow; Summer camp for dancers; Restoration of male as center role.
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Ruth St. Denis
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First lady of American Modern Dance; Self-taught; Est. Denishawn; Religious dance view.
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George Balanchine
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"Father of American Ballet"; Skilled Musician/Imperial Ballet School; Ballet master of Metropolitan Opera.
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Agnes de Mille
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Oklahoma!; Synonymous with American style; Lectures on history of dance.
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Anthony Tudor
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Ballet Club & Ballet Rampert; Used movement to tell story; Psychological and social themes; Joined Metropolitan Opera Ballet School as Director.
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Martha Graham
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Codified language of Modern Dance; Opened studio/dances were solos; Release breathing and opposition of force.
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Doris Humphrey
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Collaborated with St. Denis (Music Visualization); Formed school with Charles Weidman; Artistic director of Jose Limon's Company; Relationship b/w dancer and choreography (Humans and gravity); The Art of Making Dances (Book).
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Jerome Robbins
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Joined NYC Ballet as dancer and choreographer; Returned to Broadway with West Side Story; Choreographed Fiddler on the Roof; Est. Archives in NY Public Library.
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Lester Horton
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Danced in Michio Ito's Company; Created dances based on African American, Haitian, Mexican, and Native American themes; Movement technique w/ Bella Lewitzky (Expands body, Builds strong dancer).
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Jose Limon
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Created company w/ Doris Humphrey; Provided strong role model for men in Modern Dance; Ranged from narrative to abstract dances; Believed man is the finest subject to choreography.
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Gerald Arpino
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Director of Joffrey Ballet after Joffrey died; Contemporary Ballet choreographer; Required speed; Attracted younger audience.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Did Classical Ballet as well as Contemporary works by Balanchine; White Oak Dance Project; Created Arts Center in NY.
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Suzanne Farrell
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NYC Ballet; Became a Balanchine Muse.
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Robert Joffrey
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Did ballet to combat Asthma; Formed concert with Gerald Arpino; Did Topical Ballets by Arpino.
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Arthur Mitchell
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First black principal dancer in a major dance company; Found Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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Astarte
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By Joffrey; Feat. in Time Magazine; Used rock music, film, and projections.
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Regional Ballet Movement
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Created as a network of nonprofessional companies.
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Karole Armitage
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Choreographed "Ne" with Cunningham Co; Two part Drastic Classicism combining ballet and Cunnningham technique; New technique: Combo of ballet and modern (Watteau Duets).
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Elliot Feld
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Started tuition free school of dance (Ballet Tech); Choreography feat. ensemble, uses subtle point work w/ fresh style, playful, emotionally charged; Head and shoulders move opposite of torso.
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Alonzo King
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Created International Ballets; San Fran Dance Center (Dancers' home and studio space).
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Peter Martins
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Danish born dancer, choreographer, NYE Ballet Director; Danced title role in Balanchine's Apollo; Could equally perform Classical and Contemporary; Partnered with Suzanne Farrell; Calcium Light Night.
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Christopher Wheeldon
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Choreographer, director, and co-founder of Morphoses/Wheeldon Co; NYCB Soloist; Alice and Wonderland.
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Jiri Kylian
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Czech Contemporary Dance Choreographer; Explored limitations and capabilities of space, body, entrance/exit, contrasts, and humor; Started Chamber Co. for dancers over 40; Symphony of Psalms.
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Petit Mort
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Kylian; Blends of Classical sensibility with Modern wit; Anniversary of Mozart; Jousting and Coupling.
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Trisha Brown
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Founder of Judson Dance Theater; Created improvisational games of dance and word; Participated in "happenings"; Dances connected to floor w/ arm gestures; Interplay b/w ideological extremes.
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Garth Fagan
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Jamaican National Dance Co; Blend of modern, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean forms; The Lion King.
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David Gordon
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Choreographed for Living Theatre and co-founded Judson Dance Theater; Founding member of Grand Union; Referred to himself as constructor; Chair, autobiographical info, universal truth.
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Bill T. Jones
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Studied African dance, ballet, and modern dance; Created solo works with Arnie Zane; Formed American Dance Asylum; Choreographed/Directed Multicultural Co (Works that reflect social issues of blacks, mortality, and AIDs).
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Mark Morris
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Dance company in Brussels; White Oak Dance Project; Blends Classic Modern dance and Post-Modernism; "Classicist"; Opened Dance Center in Brooklyn.
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Dido and Aeneas
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Modern Dance; Marriage of 2 monarchs; Girl mislead by witches.
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The Hard Nut
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Spoof of the Nutcracker.
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Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land
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Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane; Racism, faith, sexual freedom; Confronts audience and offers vision; Crisp, detailed.
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Accumulation
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Adds one gesture to another; Personal expression.
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Alvin Ailey
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"First Chronicler of the Black Experience"; Studied Modern Dance at Martha Graham School and Afro-Haitian Dance with Katherine Dunham.Horton's technique with African overtones and jazz.
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John Cage
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"The Principle Theorist of New Music"; Invented the prepared piano; Worked with dance accompanist Merce Cunningham.
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Merce Cunningham
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Choreographed and concerts w/ John Cage; Concerned with time and space; Anti-gravity, detachment, and non-sequitar movements.
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Robert and Judith Dunn
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Dance composition workshops leading to Judson Dance Theater; Accompanist for Graham and Cunningham; Cunningham dancer.
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Meredith Monk
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Composed in her teens; Used her own music/voice; Created works at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and Guggenheim in NY.
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Alwin Nikolais
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Choreographer at Federal Theater Project in Hartford; Made audience made their own interpretation w/ motion, color, light, video, and sound; Accused of "dehumanizing" dancers.
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Yvonne Rainer
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Founding member of NY Judson Dance Theater; Aimed for Naturalism and Uninflected movement.
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Paul Taylor
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Movements mirror Classical music used; Dramatic portrayals of good vs. evil and American themes w/ sense of humor and mockery or social/historical events; Unique movement w/ glimpses of Graham's technique.
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Twyla Tharp
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Started her own all-female co; Tank Dive (Based on mathematical style/No music); International artist; Films, TV, creation for Olympic ice skater; Mixture of detachment/intensity and trendy/unexpected.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
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One of the first to be multiethnic; First resident Modern Dance Co. at NYC Center.
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Grand Union
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Group of artists w/o leader; Yvonne Rainer, Steve Paxton, Douglas Dunn, Trisha Brown; Improvised performances/games.
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Judson Dance Theatre
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Group's experiments led to Postmodern Dance.
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Pilobolus Postmodern Dance
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Emerged as an outgrowth of dance composition class taught by Alison Chase at Dartmouth; All-male class using weight-shared movement; Humor, playful w/ magical illusions; Entangle bodies in usual/counterbalance human sculptures.
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"Push Comes to Shove"
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Tharp and Baryshnikov for American Ballet Theatre; Jazzy, cool, contemporary.
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"Revelations"
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Ailey's signature piece; African American spirituals and gospel songs; Adversity and life's joys.
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"Points in Space"
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Development of videotape; With the BBC.
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DANC 101: Exam 1