DANCE FINAL EXAM – Flashcards
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Jazz
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fusion of African and European movement traditions (may or may not be performed to jazz music, although some scholars would argue that jazz must be rooted in African traditional movement and done to jazz music)
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What are the characteristics of dance
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• Changing levels, directions, shapes & floor patterns • The use of diagonal, curved or asymmetrical lines • Relationship of the music to the dance: phrasing, varying rhythms, speeds, dynamics and syncopation • Personal style & individuality of the dancer • Repeated use of plie • Might have an improvisational feel
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Early 1900's: Early Dance Directors of the Early Musical Comedy and Revue
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1. Precision Dancing 2. Tiller Line 3. Julian Mitchell - production number
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1920's: Early Dance Directors
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1. Gertrude Hoffman 2. Bobby Connolly 3. David Bennett 4. Seymour Felix 5. Le Roy Prinz 6. Busby Berkeley
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Gertrude Hoffman
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- hybrid style / Duncan & Tiller
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Bobby Connolly
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- tap dance in chorus routines
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David Bennett
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- "Domino"
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Seymour Felix
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- dramatically motivated vision of show dance / not just tricks
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Le Roy Prinz
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- breaking the unison / conglomeration effect
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Busby Berkeley
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- MGM movie musicals / show girls / kaleidoscopic effect with the camera angles and the dancing / in the military prior to choreographing
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1930's - 1960's: Pioneering Choreographers
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1. Robert Alton 2. George Balanchine 3. Agnes De Mille 4. Gower Champion 5. Jerome Robbins
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Robert Alton
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- tap as a stylistic base / prolific choreographer & director
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George Balanchine
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- "choreographed by...." / On Your Toes / dance to further the plot / NYCB
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Agnes De Mille
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- Oklahoma / choreographer coequal to playwright, composer & lyricist / dances advanced the plot
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Gower Champion
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- singer / actor / dancer / choreographer / movie musicals: Hello Dolly, Guys and Dolls / Tony: 42nd Street
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Jerome Robbins
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- ballet to broadway / West Side Story / Fiddler / NYCB
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1911 - 1974: Jack Cole: Father of Jazz
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1. jazz-ethnic-ballet/ Cole style / urban folk dance 2. modern 3.dedicated to perfection / task master 4. isolation / quick direction changes / long knee slides / bharata natyam / muscles moving in oppostion / specificity of movement 6. Broadway 7.Film 8. Required the actors /singers to be equally accomplished in dance
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who is associated with modern
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denishawn (Indian Influence) / Humphrey-Weidman
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who is the father of jazz
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jack cole
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j cole broadway
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kismet, a funny thing, man of la mancha
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j cole film
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some like it hot, gentlemen prefer blondes, les girls
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1950's to today: The Cole Legacy
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Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse, Matt Mattox
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dancer
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Gwen Verdon
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Who is married to Fosse ( his muse)
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Gwen Verdon
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Damn Yankees
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Gwen Verdon
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Sweet Charity
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Gwen Verdon
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Chicago
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Gwen Verdon
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Jack Cole was her mentor
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Gwen Verdon
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artistic advisor for the Fosse musical revue
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Gwen Verdon
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who began in burlesque houses in early teens (shaped his bawdy choreography)
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Bob Fosse
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who was associated with movement styles that were associated with his flaws
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Bob Fosse
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What were Bob Fosse's flaws
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sway back, crane, position, broken doll legs and torsos, tea cup fingers, derby hat (he was bald), inverted legs and shoulder shrugs
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What broadway shows was bob fosse associated with?
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The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Damn Yankees, Chicago
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who is a performer in the film Seven Bridges?
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Matt Mattox
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Whos partners include Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Gwen Verdon, Cyd Charisse
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Matt Mattox
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who was associated with gentlemen prefer blondes
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matt mattox
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who was hired by Jack Cole for Magdelena
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matt mattox
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associated with theatrical jazz
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matt mattox
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whos movement style is a hybrid of the Cole style, modern, ethnic, flamenco, tap, ballet
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matt mottox
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associated with freestyle
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matt mattox
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matts system to train jazz dancers in jazz -
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integrated isolation & propulsive rhythm movement style is a hybrid of the Cole style, modern, ethnic, flamenco, tap, ballet
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who has a system to train jazz dancers in jazz
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matt mattox
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whos associated with jazzart
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matt mattox
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associated with chorus girl to high caliber performer
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matt mattox
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jazz from dance halls to concert halls
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matt mattox
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who was mentored by Gene Kelly
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Luigi
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broadway show on the town
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luigi
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who was paralyzed in a car accident?
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Luigi
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who has a system of exercises to rehabilitate himself as well as keep in "warm" on the set / ballet-jazz
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luigi
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what was luigi's system of excersizes to keep warm on set
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opposiitonal movement
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who first codified jazz technique
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Luigi
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who was highly commited to his students?
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Phil Black
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who had a studio on 50th & Broadway, tap & jazz
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Phil Black
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who trained professional dancers - his dancers got hired
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Phil Black
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who used jazz - rock, lyrical, straight (Cole), latin & swing all integrated into one style
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Phil Black
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who studied with Luigi, Alvin Ailey, Henry LeTang & Ernest Carlos
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Phil Black
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who was associated with Giordance Jazz Dance Chicago
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Gus Giordano
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who was a jazz master teacher with a codified technique
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Gus Giordano
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who was a concert jazz dance choreographer
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Gus Giordano
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who was a contemporary jazz dance teacher and choreographer
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Mia Michaels
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who was famous for choreographing for Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion and So You Think You Can Dance
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Mia Michaels
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who was a commercial jazz dance choreographer
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Mia Michaels
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Is Michael Jackson a jazz dance innovator
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who was a commercial choreographer for artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Rihanna and Usher
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Fatima Robinson
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who choreographed for President Obama's inauguration
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Fatima Robinson
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choreographed famous commercials for iPod, Gap and Coke
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Fatima Robinson
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who is a commercial choreographer for The Dance Scene / choreographed for Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and Diddy
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Laurie Ann Gibson
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what was born out of African folk art traditions
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hip-hop
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what was considered a way of life, not just a style of dance
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hip-hop
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what term was coined by Dj "Lovebug" Starski as a description of culture
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hip hop
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linked to Djing Mcing, rap and graffiti
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hip hop
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hip hops early influences
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Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker & James Brown
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who began developing "breakbeats" at block parties where the dancers would interject with
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Dj Kool Herc
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what are breakdancing dancers called
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bboys which originates from the terms the bronx boys, break boys or beat boys
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what are three major cities where hip-hop developed
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Philadelphia, New York City, & LA
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who is a hip hop historian
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Rennie Harris
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who created hip hop concert dance
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Rennie Harris
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who invented the "Campbellock" or "locking"
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Don Campbell
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what is campbellock or locking
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characterized by dance moves broken up into short abrupt pauses
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who is the creator of "popping" and the master of the boogaloo styles
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Boogaloo Sam
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when did hip-hop become mainstream and why
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1980's when MTV started featuring videos with hip hop and major motion pictures and Broadway shows featured hiphop dancers
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What type of music pushed Broadway show-tunes out of the mainstream in the 1970's?
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This lead to a variety of new shows that dealt with everyday life instead of offered a sugar-coated escape from it such as Hair (1970's), Rent (1990's), and American Idiot (2000's).
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Sondheim's musical Company was choreographed in the 1970's and was one of the first nonlinear musicals, which relates to which modern dance genre?
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look at what is jazz posting on the blog for an example of the cole style
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