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10,000 BCE
Paleolithic period
The Stone Age and human prehistory is the name given to the period between about 2.5000,00 and 20,000 years ago it begins with the earliest human like behaviors of crude stone to manufacture and ends with a fully modern human hunting and gathering societies the Paleolithic is the earliest archaeology anything older is paleontology -
1900 BCE
Neolithic Age
The Neolithic. Is the final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans in this stage humans were no longer dependent on hunting fishing and gathering wild plants -
1750 BCE
Boroque Era: music
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1730 BCE
Late Boroque period
1680-1730 -
1630 BCE
Middle Boroque Period
1630- 1680 -
1600 BCE
beginning of Boroque Era
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1500 BCE
Medieval
started with the fall of the roman empire between 400- 500CE and ended with the start of the reniassance between 1400-1500 CE -
535 BCE
Ancient Greece; new spoken voice
Thepsis of Attica added a new element to the Dithyramb, spoken voice -
525 BCE
Ancient Greece: Aeschylus of Athens
first writer of tragedy who produced first real drama (525-456 BCE) -
508 BCE
Ancient Greece: contest of Dithyramb
contest of Dithyrambic song and dance was established -
497 BCE
Ancient Greece: Sophocles
plays examplafied qualities of Aristotle (497-405 BCE) -
480 BCE
Ancient Greece: old comedy
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448 BCE
Ancient Greece: Aristophanes
father of comedy (448-380 BCE) -
400 BCE
Ancient Greece: middle comedy
4000-320 BCE -
342 BCE
Ancient Greece: Menander
writer of comedies during Hellenistic Era (342-291 BCE) -
320 BCE
Ancient Greece: new comedy
320 BCE to mid 3rd century -
248 BCE
Rome: spectacle
The last spectacle was staged in the flooded colosseum arena -
240 BCE
Rome: Roman Pantomine had its inception
240 BCE -
166 BCE
Rome: Terence
Produced his first play in 166 BCE -
165 BCE
Rome: Lucious Anneus Seneca
4 BCE - 165 BCE, second son of Statesman and Philosopher, Seneca the elder -
139 BCE
Rome: Terence
185-139 BCE born in Carthage about the time of Platus death -
55 BCE
Rome: festival
at the dedication of the first theater, a festival was held -
1500
African diaspora
Refers to the movement of black Africans and their descendants throughout the world. -
1500
Early Ballet: The Renaissance Period
As a cultural movement, and encompassed a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual, but widespread, educational reform -
1518
Early Ballet: Peak of dance mania
The mania peaked in 1518 in Straussburg. Dancers filled the streets around the clock, accompanied by musicians. The presence of musicians was not unusual, it was widely believed that the order and patterns that are inherent in music was a cure not only for ailments of the spirit but of the flesh as well -
1533
Early Ballet: Catherine de Medici
brought her love of the arts from Italy to France when she married into the French royal family. -
1581
Early Ballet: Ballet La Comique de La Reine
first official ballet performed in 1581 -
Early Ballet: Boroque
The broke. Saw an explosion of new musical styles with the introduction of the concerto the Sonata and the opera -
Early Ballet: Pierre Beauchamp
Choreographer and teacher in France who developed the 5 basic positions of the feet. Main teacher of King Louis XIV who he taught for 22 years. -
Early Ballet: Jean-Baptiste de Lully
Italian -French composer who established the basic form of French Opera. Introduced new dances such as the minuet and used a higher proportion of quicker dances. Took over the Sun King's Academy of Music. -
Early Ballet: King Louis XIV
King of France who was an absolute ruler. He felt very passionate about dance. Was known as the Sun King because of a ballet role he performed. Used his power to create the first training school and organization that would become a professional company. -
1st professional theaters
Theaters for entertainment appeared in the US and the works presented there were primarily pantomimes or ballad operas -
Early Ballet: The Acedemie d’Opera
Created in 1669 then merged into Paris opera which still exists -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Peter I
Often called the modernizer of Russia, came to power and decided that in order to compete with the rest of the world, Russia needed to build a Navy in 1696 which was when early ballet was already established in parts of Western Europe. He was the one to realize how far behind Russia was compared to other European countries ,so to modernize, he had people engage in western forms of entertainment like ballet -
Early Ballet: Academie Royal de Danse
considered first ballet school and was an opportunity for those who wanted to perform in shows and learn more complicated dance steps. -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Empress Anna Ivanova
Neice of Peter the Great who took over his role when he died and continued the westernization that Peter started -
Marie de Camargo
French dancer who was taught by Francoise Prevost. First woman to execute entrechat quarte. Also changed attire of ballet -
Jean George Noverre
French dancer who choreographed more than 150 ballets . Wrote the Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets. -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: First ballet school
1738 is when the first ballet school in Russia, the imperial ballet school, started under Anna in the winter palace in Saint Petersburg led by Jean Baptiste de Lande -
Filippo Taglioni
Live November 5, 1777 to February 11, 1871 from Milan Italy famous for choreographing La Sylphide -
Native / American born musicals
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Minstrelsy
American entertainment form consisting of comic skirts, variety acts, dancing and music -
Marie Taglioni
Lived from April 23, 1804 to April 1884. Performed in la sylphide in a part specifically choreographed by her father and was believed to be the first ballerina to dance on pointe -
August Bournonville
Lived August 21, 1805 to November 30, 1879 from Copenhagen Denmark famous for his own version of La Sylphide -
Thomas D. Rice
A white comedian who is given credit for popularizing blackface -
Pauline Leroux
Lived from August 19, 1809 to February 5, 1891 had her first success when she created the role of Marie in la tentation by Jean Coralli and was a pupil of Auguste Vestris and Jean Francois Coulon -
Jules Perrot
Lives from August 18, 1810 to August 29, 1892 from Lyon France famous for lot Esmeralda -
Fanny Cerrito
Lived from May 11, 1817 to May 6, 1909 played the “Cieca di Portici” in The role of an actress in the first season of La Scala and danced in “La Foresta Incantata” by Rugoli, becoming The uncontested star of the Milanese theater -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Marius Petipa
What is a French ballet dancer who is one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history -
Carlotta Grisi
Lived June 28, 1819 to May 18 99 known famously for classic role as Gisele. She trained at the ballet school of the famous Teatro alla Scala in Milan -
Lucille Grahn
Live June 30, 1819 to April 4, 1907 took on the leading role of Astrid in Bournonvilles Valdemar in 1835 and was the first danish ballerina to attain international fame -
Master Juba
African American dancer. Played onstage for white audiences -
Slave and Levee dancers brought to the table the development of tap dance with with white performers copying their dances and finding fame in the Mistrel shows during the 1830’s.
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Romantic Ballet: La Sylphide
Setting: Scotland, which would have been considered a “far off land” for the French during that time period. The main characters are James, Effie, the Sylph, and an old witch, Madge Who wants revenge on James. The original was choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832 in Marie Taglioni was the principal dancer -
Jules Chéret
French painter and Lithographer. Often regarded as the originator of the artistic lithographic poster -
Stéphane Mallarmé
French poet and critic whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools -
Christy’s Minstrels
An all black performance troupe formed in 1843. Aside from being an all black group, they were instrumental in solidifying the three act form. They also popularized the line which is a structured grouping that constituted The first act of the three act show -
Romantic Ballet: peak of period
1845 with the premiere of Pas De Quatre -
Enrico Cecchetti
Italian ballet dancer, mine, and founder of the Cecchetti method. The son of two dancers from Civitanova Marche, he was born in the costuming room of the Teatro Tordinona in Rome -
Romantic Ballet: Romantic ballet Period
Part of a larger movement entitled Romanticism. It was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe and reached its height between 1800 and 1850. -
Broadway development
By 1850 musicals were a commonplace on Broadway but were not called “musicals” yet. Rather they were called burlettas, extravaganzas, operettas, etc. -
François-Raoul Larche
French art Nouveau sculptor who was one of several artists inspired by the dancer Loie Fuller. One of his best known statues depicts Fuller dancing with part of her drapery billowing -
Loie Fuller
Born January 15th, 1862. Was an American actress and dancer. Her innovative use of colored lighting with music and movement profoundly altered the visual arts and theater of her day -
The Black Crook
First modern musical -
Romantic Ballet: Coppelia
Dr. Coppelius create life-size doll that is so lifelike that Frantz falls in love with her, even though he is betrothed to another. Swanhilde breaks into inventor shop. Everyone is caught, but swanhilde hides and sees the inventor trying to bring Coppélia to life with Frantz’s life force and secretly dresses as the doll. She shows everyone their folly and the ballet ends with swanhilde and Frantz marrying. The choreographer is Arthur St. Lèon Giuseppina Bozzacchi was the principal ballerina -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Sergei Diaghilev
Was from the Chudosky district of Russia and was the reason the Ballet Russes was created. He was neither a Dancer or choreographer and was the reason the Ballet russes was created. -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Classical period
Classical period took place in the last half of the 19th century approximately 1877 to 1900 and was initiated as a response to the decline of popularity of ballet -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Swan lake
One of the most famous ballets that premiered in 1877 -
Isadora Duncan
Made her way in the world without a man which made her a symbol of the women’s movement. She developed a “new system” of dance based on emotion, music, nature, breath, and natural movement -
Bill Robinson
American tap influencer -
Rudolph Von Laban
Believed movement should be able to be accessed by all, opened dance farms in Switzerland during the summer, where every day people would come to Dance and make work about their lives and livelihoods. -
Agrippina Vaganova
Was a Soviet and Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method, The technique which derived from the teaching methods of the old imperial ballet school under the Premier Maître de Ballet Marius Petipa throughout the mid to late 19th century, through mostly throughout the 1880s and 1890s. She became prima ballerina in 1950 and began teaching in 1916 -
Ruth st. denis and Ted Shawn
Started Denishawn dance company. Important to the history of dance approached movement as a spiritual outlet and legitimate profession for men and women. This school could be considered the first official training school of dance in America and trained many of those who would become the first major generation of true modern dance creators. -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes:Michel Fokine
One more quick workout for the ballet Russes was a ballet of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade Which premiered in 1910 -
Vaudeville
A genre of variety entertainment prevalent in the US and Canada from early 1880s through the early 1930s -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Ana pavlova
She was invited to join the ballet Russes on tour during the opening season in Paris. While touring, the Ballet Russes frequently visited Australia, and there she played an instrumental role in Russian ballet’s influence on the future of Australian dance -
Mary Wigman
Born Nov. 13th, 1886. Was a German dancer and choreographer, notable as a pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Vaslov Nijiinsky
He began his career in 1912 as a choreographer and created many ballet‘s for the ballet Russes -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Sleeping beauty
One of the most popular ballets that premiered in 1890. The basic story is that princess auora is cursed into 100 year sleep by a prick on her finger on her 16th birthday. Doomed by faith, the only thing that can wake her is true loves kiss from the prince to break the spell -
The art of Nouveau movement
1890-1914 movement that questioned the definition of art and blurred the lines between high art and everyday objects -
Asadata Dafora
Was introduced when he went to performance of west African songs in a German nightclub in 1910. Learned 17 different dialects. Created a company in New York City called Shogolo Oloba. Goal of the company was to portray African Culture in a sophisticated light. -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Bronislav Nijiinska
She danced with the ballet Russes in Paris beginning in 1909 and also choreograph several ballet‘s for the company -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: The nutcracker
One of the most popular ballet’s that debuted in a 1892 -
Hanya Holm
Dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. Known as one if the “Big Four” founders of American Modern Dance. She won many awards for modern dance and Broadway -
Martha Graham
American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. She took inspiration from her father who was a psychologist. Created first diverse dance company. -
Doris Humphrey
Partly due to financial concerns, Humphrey opened a dance school with her mother. Her role was to teach dance while her mother was the manager. She joined the Denishawn company for around 10 years -
Oscar Hammerstein II
American lyricist, theatrical producer, and director for musical theater -
Classical Ballet/Ballet Russes: Ballet russes
Radical group of Russians that sought to promote the freer and more creative styles found in Europe at the time -
Fred Astaire
American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, and television presenter. Considered greatest dancer in film history. -
Blackface
A form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by performers of non-African descent to portray a caricature of a dark skinned person of African descent. -
Two colored rule
Suggested no black performer could be a soloist -
Musical entertainment progression
Musicals took two forms (modern day musicals and reviews) -
Kurt Joss
Born January 12, 1901 and died May 22, 1979. A famous German ballet dancer and choreographer mixing classical ballet with theater. He is widely regarded as the founder of Tanztheater. His dance dramas combined expressionistic modern dance movements with fundamental ballet technique. -
Charles Weidman
Became interested in dance after seeing Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn perform. He trained and performed with the Denishawn dance company but soon left to create his own unique style. Taught Bob Fosse, Jack Cole, Alvin Ailey, and Gene Kelly -
John W Bubbles
American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. -
Richard Rogers
American composer largely known for his work in musical theater -
The wizard of Oz
Musical -
Babes in Toyland
Musical -
Ford Lee “Buck” Washington
American Vaudeville performer -
George Balanchine
Born January 22, 1904 and died April 30, 1983. For Balanchine, the choreography was not tied to the virtuosity of the ballerina, the plot or the decor, but the movement. He demanded that woman feel stronger, more flexible and skinnier than ever before. -
The dying swan
The dying swan -
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer -
Lincoln Kirstein
Born May 4, 1907 and died January 5, 1996. Was an American writer and cofounder of New York city ballet. He wrote the libretto’s for several ballet’s. He also founded and directed ballet caravan, and ensemble for dancers recruited from the American ballet and the school. -
Ziegfeld Follies
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Anthony Tudor
Was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer. He is famous for developing the so-called psychological ballet -
Katherine Dunham
Studied dance and anthropology as both an undergrad and graduate student. Made her students take courses in humanities, philosophy, languages, drama, aesthetics, and speech. Started the Negro Dance group which later transformed into the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. Her technique was a blend of ballet, modern, and Caribbean movement. -
Alwin Nikolais
His philosophy was that Dance is the art of motion which, left on its own, becomes a message as well as a medium. Also believed that dance is only one element in an integrated spectacle of lights, props, music, and costumes. He also believed in desexualizing his dancers and often made men and women wear the same thing -
Ginger Rogers
American actress, dancer, and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood -
Afternoon of a Faun
The story is of a young fun who meets several nymphs, he flirts with them and chases them. The ending scene caused a major scandal because it portrayed the faun masturbating and climaxing -
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker and choreographer -
The rite of spring
Composed by Stravinsky, which in and of itself cost a lot of uproar simply because it was so dissonance and different, with some even calling you ugly music. The story is as the title suggests, it is a primitive rite where a virgin maiden is chosen to appease the gods and is sacrificed to do so -
Nicholas brothers
Duo of dancing brothers that were highly acrobatic -
Denishawn
Ruth St. Dennis and Ted Shawn started this dance company which was considered the first official training school of dance in America and trained many of those who would become the first major generation of true modern dance creators -
Pearl Primus
Attended Hunter College when she discovered dance. Hired as an understudy which was her first theatrical experience. Received a grant for 18 months on Central and West Africa. Received a M.A in 1959 for education and a Ph.D in 1978 for anthropology from NYU -
Merce Cunningham
Cunningham‘s movement style has been called modern on top and ballet on the bottom because it utilizes elements such as contraction and release and unaligned torso, while legs and feet are quick and precise with exact execution -
Neoclassical ballet
Neo classical ballet appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghlev’s Ballet Russes, in response to the excess of romanticism and post romantic modernism -
Cecchetti’s method
His method has a fixed regimen with set exercises for each day of the working week. All the exercises were executed on both sides where one side of the body was done one week and the other side the next week. He thought it was more important to execute a movement once correctly then many times carelessly -
Les Noces
Full length ballet, but not at the same time. It tells a full story but as much shorter than the previous classical ballet’s -
Gerald Arpino
Born January 14, 1923 and died October 29, 2008. American dancer and choreographer and cofounder of the Joffrey ballet. He became known for his hard, fast, youthful ballets -
Vitaphone
Coordinated filmed images with sound recorded on large phonograph disks -
Showboat
Earliest musical with modern recipe -
The Jazz Singer
First full length feature to use recorded song and dialogue -
Humphrey Weidman Company
Humphrey felt that dance happened between two deaths, the moment of stillness of standing completely prone and the moment of stillness of lying completely flat. Based on this idea, developed a movement style of fall and recovery to represent this in between place. Weidman expanded on the idea of what happens before and after the fall in the form of suspension. His ideas added a lot of floor work, jumping, and falling to the technique -
Heretic
One of Graham’s earliest pieces. It was made for 12 women and represents ideas of acceptance -
Robert Joffrey
Born December 24, 1930 and lived until march 25, 1988. Was an American dancer and cofounder of the Joffrey ballet. He is credited with bringing a distinctly American approach to dance and with reviving experimental ballet’s from earlier era’s -
Lamentation
One of Graham’s most famous, and really represented what she desired to accomplish when exploring the human condition. Graham said, “I wear a long tube of material to indicate the tragedy that obsesses the body...” -
Classic modern
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Paul Taylor
Created from watching people move through their daily lives. Made clearly weighted bodies seem ultimately graceful. His works were compared to classical ballet as well as modern. Few contemporary choreographers as versatile as Taylor. He was known as a choreographic Chamaeleon. -
Alvin Ailey
Felt very strong that movement should be based on whatever technique best suits the theatrical moment. He also went against the grain of his early contemporaries and created work specifically with the audience in mind and felt that a positive experience was important. In a time when most choreographers were stripping the emotion out of the movement he deliberately explored ideas that evoked emotion -
Yvonne Rainer
In 1964 she translated into stripping movements of expressive qualities. All her movement was direct, functional, and devoid of stylization. She questioned the role of entertainment in dance. -
Arthur Mitchell
What is a ballet dancer and choreographer. He was the first African-American dancer to be granted the right to join any American ballet company. He was also the first African American dancer to be promoted to the role of principal. He opened the doors for other black dancers -
Porgy and Bess
Musical that deals with African American life -
Trisha Brown
Brown wanted to make Dance more accessible to the audience by demystifying dance, particularly the choreographic process -
Jardin aux lilas
This ballet was first performed by ballet Rambert in London, but has been in the New York City ballet repertory. Choreographed by tudor, It broke from the convention of using fanciful characters or settings and valleys, presenting instead a situation that could have been drawn from one’s life experienced. Premiered in 1936 -
Dark Elegies
Premiered in 1937. Was the first performed by ballet Rambert in London and has been in the repertory of the Paris opera ballet since 1985 -
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
After she got back from researching in 1937, she started the Negro dance group, which later became the Katherine Dunham dance company. This company was the first black company that was successful without any outside funding. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
First animated musical -
L’ag’ya
This piece was done hams first for evening life peace. The movement was a blend of ballet, modern, and traditional folk and social dance forms such as the habanera and majumba. -
Barrelhouse Blues
This piece is considered to be one of Dunhams first American works. She explained that the piece was about a beat old woman who goes to a dance to recapture her youth. Movement is taken from the social dance, the shimmy. -
Steve Paxton
Paxton believe untrained dancers could contribute to dance and took great interest in pedestrian movement. Paxton sought to minimize the differences between the audience and the performer. Paxton showed interest in how objects could impact movement and how the body would manipulate it self around different objects. -
Pina Bausch
German dancer and choreographer who is a significant contributor to a neo expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater -
“Golden Age” of musicals
Musicals during this period hit a cohesive balance between book, music, storyline, song, and dance. All elements came together and contributed to furthering the story -
Twyla Tharp
American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary Pop music. -
Oklahoma
Ushered in the golden age and is considered to be the first musical of the period. -
On the Town
Example of Americana musical -
Cover Girl
Musical / Romance -
Appalachian Spring
This piece was in collaboration with famous American composer Aaron Copland, and was a celebration of settlers building a new farmhouse for a new couple. The characters were a bride, groom, an older pioneer woman who oversees the events surrounding the new bride and groom, and a preacher and his congregation. -
Mats Ek
Born April 18, 1945. He is a Swedish dance and ballet Kröger for, dancer, and stage Director. Regarded as being one of the best Swedish ballet dancers and instructors. He was the manager of the Cullberg ballet from 1985 to 1993 -
Anchors Aweigh
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Gregory Hines
Celebrated American tap dancer -
William Forsythe
Born December 30, 1947. Is an international choreographer credited with revolutionizing ballet. He founded the Forsythe Company, which he directed from 2005 to 2015. His methods are grounded in a deconstructive reconsideration of classical ballet structures and theatricality. He is currently a professor at the University of Gloria Kaufman school of dance -
Jiri kylian
Born March 21, 1947. Is a dance choreographer who studied in Prague in London. He joined the Stuttgart (ballet) in 1968 where he began to choreograph in addition to dancing. He became artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater in 1975 and remained in this position until 1999. Over the years the company has won several awards both nationally and internationally -
Day on Earth
This piece explored humanity, as well as the cycles of birth, love, work, loss, companionship, death, etc. -
Liz Lerman
American choreographer and founder of Liz Lerman dance exchange. -
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Born January 27, 1948. Is a Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He choreographed several iconic pieces which have made him one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the70’s and 80’s. -
South Pacific
Musical that explores issues of racism -
Guys and dolls
Musical -
The king and I
Explored racial tolerance -
An American in Paris
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Ohad Naharin
Born June 22, 1952 is an Israeli choreographer and contemporary dancer. He served as artistic Director of Batsheva dance company from 1990 to 2018. He has been hailed as one of the worlds preeminent contemporary Choreographers first he is creator of the gaga movement language -
Bill T jones
American choreographer, Director, author and dancer -
Singin in the rain
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Seven brides for seven brothers
Musical -
Edouard Lock
Is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, la la la human steps. In 1988 he used point shoes and classically trained dancers for the first time, creating bread dances for the national ballet of Holland. Over the years he has been invited to create works for some of the worlds leading dance companies. Many of his works have appeared on film. He is counted as one of the groundbreaking choreographers for modern dance -
Mark Morris
American dancer, choreographer, and Director whose work is a claimed for its craftsmanship, humor, and eclectic musical accompaniment. -
My fair lady
Musical -
The music man
Musical -
Sound of music
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Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
Contemporary dance choreographer -
Fiddler on the Roof
Explored Jewish subjects and issues -
Paul Lightfoot
Paul Lightfoot was born in 1966 in Kingsley England. He got trained at the Royal ballet school London. He became a member of the Nederlands Dans theater in 1985. after two years with NDT2 he got promoted to NDT1 in 1987 -
Hair
Racially integrated, explored issues like homosexuality and sexuality in general -
Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor was born on March 12, 1970. Was a British choreographer and director who is the artistic Director of studio Wayne McGregor and resident Kroger for of the royal ballet he has used the choreographic device of manipulation of numbers to show the choreographic intention of inferences between two people -
Contact improvisation
Defined as the communication between two moving bodies and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion, gravity, momentum, friction, and inertia. The movement include weight transfer, wait sharing, counterbalance, rolling, falling, suspension, and lifting -
Contemporary Period
Creative period that started in the late 70s and early 80s that continues through today -
Musical changes
Rock musicals flourished, a chorus line premiered and its formula completely departed from everything around it, and Bob Fosse began to make an impact on the Broadway stage. -
Pilobolus
Rebellious dance company that has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies -
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon was born on March 22 1973 and is an English international choreographer of contemporary ballet. He began dancing at eight and attended the royal ballet school between the ages of 11 and 18. He became the first British choreographer to create a new work for the Bolshoi ballet. -
Cloud gate dance theater
Modern dance group based in Taiwan -
Savion Glover
American tap dancer, actor, and choreographer -
The leaves are fading
Premiered in 1975. First performed at the American ballet Theatre and originally it was created for ballerina Gelsey Kirkland -
Rocky Horror Picture Show
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A chorus line
No real story to the musical -
Sankai Juku
Internationally known dance troupe. -
Push comes to shove
Twyla Tharp piece 1976 -
Kontakthof
Bausch piece -
Big budget musicals
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Nelken
Bausch piece -
Rosas danst Rosas
Keersmaekers piece -
Creole Giselle
is not actually choreographed by Mitchell, but it’s important because it demonstrated a shift in how ballet was accessed by non-white and mostly middle class and wealthy dancers and patrons -
DV8 Physical Theater
Company based in England led by an Australian-based dancer that performs both live work and dance for the camera work and seeks to break the barriers between dance, theater and personal politics. -
Sol Leon
Born in Córdoba Spain is a dutch choreographer. She received her dance training at the national ballet academy of Madrid with teachers such as Victor Ullate . In 1987 she joined NDT2, and in 1989 became a member of NDT1. Choreographed with Paul Lightfoot for many years -
L’Allegro il Pennseroso ed il Moderato
Mark Morris piece 1988 -
Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men
DV8 piece -
Maple leaf rag
South African suite. This ballet is a fun demonstration of contemporary ballet performed by members of dance theater of Harlem. -
Achterland
Keersmaekers piece -
The Hard Nut
Mark Morris piece 1991 -
Strange Fish
DV8 piece -
Newsies
Attempt to bring back live film musical -
South African suite
South African suite Was it a ballet which was a fun demonstration of contemporary ballet performed by members of dance theater of Harlem -
Still/Here
Bill T Jones piece -
Cost of living
DV8 piece -
Full moon
Bausch piece -
Ferocious Beauty: Genome
Lermans piece -
Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
Bill T Jones piece -
The matter of Origins
Lermans piece -
Hamilton
Racial roles were reversed and was a rap musical