DANC 325 - Exam 1 Flashcards

2508206032	Gender roles associated with 19th century ballet	Women are fragile, not sexual & need to be rescued by the men who are said to be the hero	0
2508206033	Why did these gender roles seem less appropriate for some part of the population in beginning of 20th century?	Chekckckckdk	1
2508206034	Characteristics that make dance a ballet	5 canonical positions	2
2508206035	Founder of Ballet Russe	Sergei Diaghilev	3
2508206036	Two important dancers with the Ballet Russe	Vaslay Nijinsky & Anna Pavlova	4
2508206037	Two important choreographers with the Ballet Russe	Leonid Massine & Michel Fokine	5
2508206038	Describe what was unique or different about Nijinsky's Afternoon of a Faun	120 hour rehearsals. Studied rhythm of tense muscularity, not rhythmically tied to music, erotic, still & angular with flexed wrists and feet	6
2508206039	Balanchine's contributions to ballet	Dance to music relationship is essential - founded School of American Ballet & Ballet Caravan. Development in modern neoclassical ballet & merged the corps de ballet so it was less hierarchical	7
2508206040	Two famous Balanchine ballerinas	Suzanne Farrell & Patricia McBride	8
2508206041	The founder of a popular form of exercise based on modern "scientific" principles that influenced many early modern dancers	Francois Delsarte	9
2508206042	What the above person said: "Grace is..."	Grace is efficiency of movement	10
2508206043	Three social trends that influenced the beginning of modern dance.	1. Age of invention 2. Art nouveau 3. Women's movement	11
2508206044	The founding "mothers" of modern dance	1. Isadora Duncan 2. Loie Fuller 3. Ruth St. Denis	12
2508206045	Two contributions Loie Fuller made to the art of performing dance	1. Darkened theater 2. Projected stage light	13
2508206046	What Duncan thought motivated dance and what great art influenced her	1. Motivated is motivated by emotion 2. The art of Ancient Greece - and Boticelli's Primavera	14
2508206047	One culture that Ruth St. Denis researched for her dances	India	15
2508206048	The name and founders of the first school of modern dance	Denishawn: Ruth St Denis & Ted Shawn	16
2508206049	Name two famous pupils of this school	Martha Graham & Doris Humphrey	17
2508206050	Principles associated with Doris Humphrey and what she felt was the full potential of the art form, and her most famous pupil.	1. All patterns of movement consist of opposition, succession & unison 2. Group dance is like a symphony - full potential of the art form 3. Movement is based on fall & recovery 4. All movement has sustained flow, rest & accents 5. Famous pupil: Jose Limon	18
2508206051	Name one dance choreographed by Jose Limon	Dances for Isadora	19
2508206052	Name an influential German Modern dance pioneer	Mary Wigman	20
2508206053	Name a well known pupil of the above pioneer	Hanya Holm	21
2508206054	What was significant about the technique of Hanya Holm?	Used technique without stylization	22
2508206055	Name five principles of Martha Graham's work	1. Art should be indigenous, not imported 2. Music should be created to fit a specific dance 3. Dance is introspective & psychological 4. Changes of breathing lead to contraction and release 5. Use floor strength like roots of a tree	23
2508206056	Name one famous Graham dancer	Merce Cunningham	24
2508206057	Name one well known Graham dance	Letter to the World	25
2508206058	Name 5 principles associated with Merce Cunningham	1. Not every movement means something 2. Spine is the axis of the body 3. Dance on stage can include pedestrian actions 4. The only relationship between music, dance & set is that they occupy the theater at the same time 5. Elements of chance and disassociation with the music lead to freedom in choreogrpahy	26
2508206059	On what was Katherine Dunham's work based?	Caribbean dance routes	27
2508206060	Significance of Anna Sokolow's work	Socially conscious themes inspired by her ethnic background and political awareness	28
2508206061	Two major choreographers who created work for Ballet Caravan	Agnes DeMille & Anthony Tudor	29
2508206062	Two characteristics of Agnes DeMille's choreography	Classical, Modern, Narrative	30