Dance Midterm
General Education 1713.901 with Hardy at University of Oklahoma
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American Bandstand
- 1952-1989
- late-afternoon television dance party
- Began 1952 as 'Bandstand'
- spread trends in dance and music
- Hosts Bob Horn, Dick Clark
- had 1987 Guiness world record for longest running variety show
Fred Astaire
- 1899-1987
- dancer/choreographer on Broadway and vaudville stages
- started vaudville career age 6 with sister Adele
- trademarks: top hat and cane
- Astaires performed 10 performances between 1917-1932
- first solo success Broadway Gay Divorce (1932)
- 212 musical numbers on film, insistence camera follow choreographic flow
Charles "Cholly" Atkins
- Born 1913 in Alabama, died 2003
- began career singing waiter 1929
- vaudville act 'Rhythm Pals' and "Cotton Club boys"
- rose to fame as tap-dancing duo with Honi Coles through 1950s
- "picture dancing" - two dancers sound like one
- choreographer for Motown Records
- won a Tony award for choreography in Black and Blue (1989)
Balasarawati
- 1918-1984
- master of bharata natyam - classical dance style from South India
- debut 7 years old - praised for abhinaya - expressive mime
- 7th gen. in family for classical dance/music
- trained by Kandappa Pillai
- 1962 American tour at Jacob's Pillow
- Berkley - Balasarawati school of music/dance
- India - title Exemplary Golden Lotus
Michael Bennet
- 1943-1987
- director and choreographer
- winner 7 Tony awards, 1 Pulitzer Prize
- greatest success A Chorus Line (1975)
- genre - realistic concept and theatrical magic
Busby Berkeley
- 1895-1976
- Dance Director
- entertainment officer in Army 1917, exceptional drill routines
- by 1930 had 21 Broadway musicals to his credit
- Hit movie 42nd street
- wowed depression audience with brillaint visual concepts
- each shot 1 angle, no retakes
Trisha Brown
- 1936-
- Choreographer, very inventive
- Founding memeber of Judson Dance Theater and Grand Union
- explored levitating in Trillium (1962)
- Trisha Brown company established 1970
- named by President Clinton to the National Council of the Arts in 1994
- used unique elements in choreography - unusual spaces, improv, logical opera, post modern aesthetics
John W. Bubbles
- 1902-1986
- singer/dancer/comedy act at age 10 with 6 year old "Buck" Washington
- formed pair Buck and Bubbles lasted nearly 1/2 a century
- 1st black performers at New York's Radio City Music Hall
- significant - incorporate jazz into tap dancing, altered accents and timing, heel drops
- vaudeville, Broadway, Hollywood
- 1980 won Lifetime Achievement Award from American Guild of Variety Artists
Irene and Vernon Castle
- 1893-1969, 1887-1918 respectively
- married couple, ballroom dancing, good manners
- brought ragtime and jazz music dances to a new audience
- met and married in 1911
- Opened Castle House, a dancing school
- (2) Castle clubs moved social dancing from ballroom to venue
- 1914 Whirlwind tour 32 cities in 28 days
Charleston
- dance first seen in black musical Runnin' Wild
- dance of female emancipation, roaring decade, no restraints
- ratification to 19th amendment in 1920, women shortened skirts, bobbed hair, flappers
- flirtatious energy, high kicks, arm swings
- Jazz based music, couple dance or line dance
- faced lots of opposition from conservatives
Jack Cole
- 1911-1974
- "Father of Jazz Dance"
- Began career at Denishawn, left to study with Doris Humphrey
- mastery of India's bharata natyam, influenced his jazz style
- established dance workshop at Columbia Pictures in Hollywood to train dancers
- choreographed movies, television, casino shows
- At Twentieth Century Fox coached Marylin Monroe
Honi Coles
- 1911-1992
- self taught tap dancer
- 1931 joined Miller Brothers
- Teamed with Charles "Cholly" Atkins, toured and did short films
- Kiss Me Kate - Broadway
- Won a Tony in 1983 for a role in My One and Only
- National Medal of Arts recipient in 1991
Asadata Dafora
- 1890-1965
- singer, composer, dancer, choreographer, writer
- Came to U.S. from Sierra Leone to present dance dramas based on West African myth and lore
- first artist to present authentic African forms outside tribal setting
- 1934 production of Kykunkor (Witch Woman) had 65 sold out shows in New York
- His company - Federal Theater African Dance Troupe
- appreciation of African Heritage, incorporate African elements in choreography and performance
Dance Theater Workshop (DTW)
- Founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman, and Jack Moore
- art center and producer, widens audience base
- support to emerging artists
- 8 separate programs
- Home base - The Bessie Schonberg Theater in Chelsea
- gives out awards - "The Bessies"
Chuck Davis
- 1937-
- performer and artistic director, African Dance
- Olatungi Dance company
- pursued African themes in choreography, message Peace Love Respect for Everybody, encourgage multicultural understanding
- Chuck Davis Dance Company founded 1968
- started DanceAfrica, a festival of dance, in 1977
Federal Arts Programs: Federal Dance Project, National Endowment of the Arts
- Federal Dance Project: New Deal, employment during Great Depression, 4 categories: Ballet, modern, vaudeville, teaching; first performance "The Eternnal Prodigal" in 1936
- National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) established 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society", merit based support, first attempt at fed. gov. contributions to art funding, Project with PBS "Dance in America" series
Bob Fosse
- 1927-1987
- dancer, director, choreographer
- danced in nightclubs at age 13
- naval entertainment officer during WWII
- in Hollywood Kiss Me Kate 1953
- style sexy, distinctive, high stepping struts and vertical movement
Savion Glover
- Born in 1973
- "Man who saved Tap dancing'
- 5 seasons of Sesame Street
- age 12 debut "The Tap Dance Kid" in 1986
- Tony nomination for "Black and Blue"
- "Tap" movie with Gregory Hines 1988
José Greco
- Born in 1919
- Spanish Dancer, Italian by birth
- immigrated at age 9
- went to Leonardo de Vinci High School of Art
- Partnered with La Argentinita, and La Quica, flemenco artist
- founded Ballet y Bailes de Espana de Jose Greco
Gregory Hines
- Born 1946
- dancing toddler, professional by age 5
- act with brother Maurice - The Hines Kids
- act with brother and drummer dad - Hines, Hines, and Dad
- Afro-Cuban technique, toured for more than 2 decades
- movie "Tap" 1988 with Savion Glover
Lester Horton
- 1906-1953
- pioneer in modern dance, training in Ballet, native American dance, aesthetic
- dancer, choreographer, teacher Los Angeles
- Studied at Denishawn school
- Lester Horton Dance Group appeared 1932, style political protest and satire
- Opened Dance Theater 1948, teaching academy
- created dances for 19 Hollywood films, highlight "The Beloved"
Hip Hop
- South Bronx block-party entertainment in the 1970s
- spread worldwide music videos 80s, marketing and art form 90s
- collaging elements music, poetry, dance, visual design
- draws on African diaspora: rhythm and blues, disco, salsa, reggae, call and response
- DJ Grandmaster Flash, grafitti artists, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
George Balanchine
- Born 1904
- russian-american dancer, choreographer
- attended Imperial school in russia
- choreographer for Digalev ballet Russes
- founded New York City Ballet school
Mikhail Baryshikov
- russian-american dancer, company director
- trained at American Ballet Theater, became director there later
- trained at New York City Ballet
- danced in The Little Ballet by Twyla Tharp
Adolph Bolm
- 1884-1951
- Russian-American dancer, choreographer, teacher of ballet
- Imperial Ballet school in Russia at age 10
- dance partner Anna Pavlova
- member of Digalev's Ballet Russes
Bennington school of dance
- 1934-1942, 9 summer sessions
- modern dance school
- founded by Martha Hill
- Bennington college in town of Bennington in Vermont
- Later becomes American Dance Festival
Lucia Chase
- 1907-1986
- actress and ballet dancer
- began in Mordkin Theater, then switched to American Ballet Theater
- became co-director of American Ballet Theater, when she retired Baryshnikov became director
Christensen Brothers (3)
- early 1900s,
- dancers/teachers/choreographers of classical ballet
- western United States kept their individuality
- performed in and built dance companies, vaudville acts, extened family dancers
Aaron Copland
- Leading American composer for ballet scores
- worked with 3 people - Eugene Loring, Agnes de Mille, Martha Graham
- Rodeo, Appalachian Spring
- 1900-1990
- colaboration between musician and choreographer
Merce Cunningham
- born 1919, modern dancer, training in tap, ballroom, modern, ballet
- went to college at Cornish School,
- joined Martha Graham's dance company
- studied at School of American Ballet
About this deck
By: Valerie Senkowski
Created: 2010-10-05
Size: 31 flashcards
Views: 77
Created: 2010-10-05
Size: 31 flashcards
Views: 77
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