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The start date is actually 2 million years ago but this is the earliest the website lets me enter a start date.
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We know people danced in this timeframe because of rock paintings depicting dance.
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Male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse. He was popular around 600 BC.
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One of the muses of dance. Daughter of Zeus. Immortal.
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God of light, music, poetry, philosophy, and healing. Although turned human by his father Zeus, he gained godhood again after defeating Python, so he is immortal.
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Form of Attic theater performance in Greece related to both comedy and tragedy. Popular in the 400's BC.
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God of wine, fertility, lasciviousness, and insanity. Dithyramb was a form of honor to the god Dionysus. He was the son of Zeus, who was the god of weather and atmospheric phenomena, but does not have a specific date of birth or death. He was immortal so there was not a death date found.
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An ancient Roman dramatic performance featuring a solo dancer and narrative chorus.
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Best known war dance of the Greeks. Popular between 100 BC and 100 AD.
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Large open-air venue used for public events in the ancient Rome Empire. Popular around 400 AD.
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Popular dances included: Labyrinth dances, Ring dances, Dans Macabre, Line dance.
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Dance consisted on groups of people dancing erotically, thousands at a time.
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Promoted the residency of classical philosophy, literature, and art.
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Popular court dance. Partners move quietly and gracefully in a slow gliding or walking motion without leaving the floor.
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The African Diaspora refers to the movement of black Africans and their descendants throughout the world.
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Organized court festivals in France to try and distract from fighting.
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Theoretician and historian of dance. Wrote the dance manuscript "Orchesography".
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Period in which architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, and other arts flourished in Europe. Allemande was the most common dance style in Baroque music.
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First recorded ballet performance, directed by Balthazar Beaujoyeulx.
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Choreographer known for developing the 5 foot positions of dance.
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Composer of elegant, sophisticated music.
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King of France known for his absolute power and reign of 72 years.
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Primary opera and ballet company of France founded by King Louis XIV.
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French dancer who was first to execute the entrechat quatre.
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He was known as an major advocate of ballet d'action.
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Choreographer. Most famous ballet is La Sylphide.
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Base of the Shim Sham.
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Ballet dancer who was the daughter of choreographer Filippo Taglioni. Her famous roles were in La Sylphide and Pas de Quatre.
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Choreographer. Most famous ballets were La Sylphide, Napoli, Flower Festival in Genzano and the Kemesse in Bruges.
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Rice was a white comedian who is given the credit for popularizing blackface.
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Ballet dancer. Her famous roles were in Cachucha, La Sylphide, Giselle, and La Esmeralda.
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Choreographer. Most famous ballets were Pas de Quatre, La Esmeralda, Ondine, and Giselle.
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Italian dancer and choreographer. Her famous roles were in Pas de Quatre, Le Jugement de Paris, and Alma ou La Fille de feu.
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Italian ballet dancer. Her famous roles were in Giselle, La Peri, and Pas de Quatre.
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Ballet dancer. Her famous roles were in Valdemar, La Sylphide, and Pas de Quatre.
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One of the first African American performers in the U.S. to play onstage for a white audience.
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Romantic ballet performance choreographed originally by Filippo Taglioni.
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He was responsible for creating a more family friendly Vaudeville show.
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Romantic ballet performance choreographed by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli.
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The Christy’s Minstrels were an all black performance troupe formed in 1843. They were known for solidifying the 3 act form.
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Romantic ballet performance choreographed by Jules Perrot.
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In 1918, he opened a ballet school in London and was instrumental in developing ballet in England.
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It is defined as an American entertainment form consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing and music. It is the 1st distinctly American theatrical form.
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Modern dancer known for contributing to dance production innovations.
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First modern musical.
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He was not a dancer or choreographer but he would hire famous artists to style his shows in Ballet Russe.
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Eccentric woman and modern dance who was surrounded by drama all her life.
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He was famous that he got to break the Vaudeville rule of holding a white girl's hand as a black person.
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Founded Denishawn Dance Company with Ted Shawn.
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Called the "Queen of variations". She fought to preserve the traditions of Petipa and the Imperial Ballet.
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His work laid foundations for Labanotation and other more specific developments in dance notation. Pioneer of modern dance in Europe.
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Precursor to modern tap.
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Vaudeville is defined as a genre of variety entertainment prevalent in the U.S. and Canada from early 1880s-the early 1930s.
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His famous choreographies were The Dying Swan, Petrushka, and Firebird.
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Known for being an expressionist dancer and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of modern dance.
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He choreographed Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring in Ballet Russe.
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One of the first Africans to introduce African drumming music to the U.S.
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Created by Fuller.
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She choreographed Les Noces for Ballet Russe. She was Vaslov Nijinsky's younger sister.
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Founded Denishawn Dance Company.
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She had a University of dance that taught dance notation and music.
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American modern dance pioneer. Her technique reshaped American dance.
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Created by Fuller.
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Partnered with Richard Rogers to make popular musicals.
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American dancer that was one of the second generation modern dance pioneers.
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He choreographed Parade for Ballet Russe.
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Started off with musicals with her brother Fred Astaire and retired when she got married.
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Started off with musicals with his sister Adele Astaire then headed off to Hollywood.
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Started in early 1900s and is still danced today.
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He choreographed The Green Table.
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One of the pioneers of modern dance in America
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Famous singer and dancer known for being in the due "Buck and Bubbles".
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Partnered with Oscar Hammerstein II to make popular musicals.
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One of the most memorable early 1900s musical.
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One of the most memorable early 1900s musical.
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Famous pianist and dancer known for being in the duo "Buck and Bubbles".
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Choreographer who started the School of American Ballet with Lincoln Kirsten in 1934.
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She wanted to be an actress at first but eventually turned to dance. She trained with Marie Rambert and Antony Tudor.
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Writer who was intrigued by ballet. Started the School of American Ballet with George Balanchine in 1934.
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Choreographer who created Jardin Aux Lilas, Dark Elegies, and The Leaves are Fading.
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Creator of the Dunham technique. She had one of the most successful dance careers in African American and European theaters in the 20th century.
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He believed "the art of the motion which, left on its own merits becomes the message as well as the medium".
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She became widely known after partnering with Fred Astaire.
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Began his dance career when he was a child. He hated it because he would get teased about it but he returned to the dance world when he was a teenager to talk to girls.
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Part of the Nichols brothers and they were the only black act allowed to mingle with white patrons in Harlem's Cotton Club.
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First dance academy in the U.S. to produce a professional dance company.
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Group of 6 dancers who were adopted by Isadora Duncan and performed all over the world.
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His technique was called modern on top and ballet on the bottom.
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American dancer who presented African dances to American audiences.
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Minstrelsy dance.
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A style of ballet that uses traditional ballet vocab and is less rigid than Classical Ballet. It was popular all throughout the 20th century till now.
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Part of the Nichols brothers and they were the only black act allowed to mingle with white patrons in Harlem's Cotton Club.
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Co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet
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Founded by Martha Graham. Oldest American dance company.
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An invention that made it possible for films to transition from silent to talking.
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The earliest musical with the modern recipe.
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First full-length feature to use a recorded song and dialogue.
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Tap routine created by Vaudeville performers.
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Notation system for recording human movement.
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Dance company founded by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman.
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American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomnat in Hollywood.
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African dance company founded by Asadata Dafora.
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Dance that represents ideas of acceptance choreographed by Martha Graham.
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Dance that represents what Graham desired to accomplish when exploring the human condition.
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Long dance that furthered the story of a musical through movement vs. words.
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American dancer and choreographer. One of the third generation of America's modern dance artists.
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Co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet
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Dance choreographed by Asadata Dafora.
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Festival founded by Ted Shawn. Started in 1933 and is still celebrated today.
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Dance choreographed by Asadata Dafora.
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Founded the Dance Theater of Harlem in1968.
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American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker. Her work is considered minimalist art. She is still alive now
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Dance choreographed by Doris Humphrey.
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Film with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple.
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Musical about African American life in a fictitious neighborhood.
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Caroline- a future bride- throws a farewell party before the wedding and sees the man she really loves among the guests, as well as her fiancé’s mistress. After quick meetings between the bride and her love, the story ends with Caroline leaving on the arm of her betrothed, never having satisfied the desperate longings for the final kiss.
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Dance choreographed by Weidman.
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One of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater and the post modern dance movement.
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The accompaniment (songs) of the piece are sung by vocalists onstage while a group of village peasants dance their grief, resignation and acceptance of a tragedy.
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Created by Katherine Dunham.
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First animated musical.
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Film that Buck and Bubbles performed in.
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Dance choreographed by Weidman.
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Dance choreographed by Katherine Dunham.
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Dance choreographed by Katherine Dunham.
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Co-founder of Judson Dance Theater and Grand Union. He is still alive now.
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A period that hit the perfect cohesive balance between book, music, storyline, songs and dance.
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Her works were a mix of dance and theater.
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Dance choreographed by Weidman.
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Formed the Twyla Tharp Dance. She is still alive today.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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Dance performed by Katherine Dunham.
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First musical of the Golden Age period.
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The Nichols brothers show the classic "flash" act in this film.
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Dance originally set on Martha and her husband. Choreographed by Martha Graham.
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Display of Americana.
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Kelly's breakthrough in films with Columbia studios.
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Organization established by Rudolf Von Laban in England.
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Dance choreographed by Pearl Primus.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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Film by Gene Kelly.
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Choreographed Giselle, Swan Lake, and Carmen. He is still alive.
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This ballet is one of his earliest ballets, pre-dating the formation of New York City Ballet. It is based on a medieval belief that the body was made of four temperaments. The temperaments were based on the four earth elements (earth, fire, wind, water) and were labeled black bile, blood, phlegm and bile.
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Starred in the film "Tap" released in 1989 and co-starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in "White Nights".
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Dance choreographed by Doris Humphrey.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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She created the "Liz Lerman Toolbox" to expand community dance. She is still alive today.
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Choreographed Sarabande, and Petite Mort. He is still alive.
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Choreographed Russian classics like the Nutcracker and Don Quixote. He is still alive.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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Musical by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers.
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One of the famous musicals from the Golden Age.
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Live Disney film.
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Founded by Alwin Nikolais.
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Musical that explored racial tolerance.
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Musical made specially for film.
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Live Disney film.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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Musical made specially for film.
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Choreographer and creator of the Gaga movement language, and House choreographer of Batshera Dance Company. He is still alive.
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His theories of creating work focused on imbuing classical ballet with other movement styles and cultural transitions. He is still alive.
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In his works he explores issues that relate to humanity at large. He is still alive today.
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Dance choreographed by Nikolais.
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Live Disney film.
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Dance company founded by Merce Cunningham.
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Musical made specially for film.
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Choreographed by De Mille.
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Founded La La La Human Steps in 1980. Choreographed for Paris Opera Ballet and The Nederlands Dans Theater. He is still alive.
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Live Disney film.
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Father of Hip-Hop. He is still alive.
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Choreographed In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, The Loss of Small Detail, and One Flat Thing. He founded the Forsythe Company in 2005. He is still alive.
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One of the famous musicals from the Golden Age.
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Created the Mark Morris Dance Group and the White Oak Dance Project. He is still alive today.
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One of the famous musicals from the Golden Age.
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Musical made specially for film.
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Stars and Stripes is a storyless ballet, but is interesting because it still maintains some of the storied ballet compositional structures.
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Founded by Alvin Ailey.
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A ballet company that has won several awards both nationally and internationally.
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One of the famous musicals from the Golden Age.
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Live Disney film.
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Dance choreographed by Alvin Ailey.
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Her dance training started off pretty late and she started the company Rosas. She is still alive today.
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Group of dancers that danced at the Judson Memorial Church.
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Dance choreographed by Nikolais.
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Musical that explored Jewish subjects and issues.
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Live Disney film.
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Dance choreographed by Yvonne Rainer.
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Musical by Bob Fosse.
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Partnered with Paul Lightfoot in choreographies for Nederlands Dans Theater. She is still alive.
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Joined Nederlands Dans Theater in 1985, choreographed with Sol Leon. He is still alive.
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Jewels is a full-length ballet; a three act plotless ballet. It uses the music of 3 different composers and was inspired by the work of jewelry designer Claude Arpels. The three jewels represented are Emeralds, Diamonds and Rubies.
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Live Disney film.
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Dance choreographed by Steve Paxton.
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Musical that explored issues of homosexuality and sexuality in general, drugs, the Vietnam War, questioning the government, and contained a nude scene.
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Developed by Paxton and others in the 70's. Based on the ideas that all humans can dance and contribute to the movement conversation.
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Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of the Royal Ballet. He is still alive.
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Dance choreographed by Alvin Ailey.
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American Modern Dance Company that was known for finding beauty in unexpected places.
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Genre of dance where emphasis is on craft and composition of the movement for the camera.
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Rock musical.
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Modern dance group based in Taiwan.
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Company renamed by Pina Bausch
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Rock musical.
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Became the youngest person to receive a scholarship at Newark Community School of the Arts. He is still alive.
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This ballet is a near-plotless work; rather it is more a series of wistful romantic duets for seven couples; the seven couples seem to embody a woman’s nostalgic memories.
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Dance choreographed by Paul Taylor.
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Dance choreographed by Pina Bausch.
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Internationally known butoh dance troupe.
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Musical by Bob Fosse.
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Its formula completely departed from everything around it.
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Founded by Liz Lerman. A professional dance company that performs as a broad definition of dance.
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Dance choreographed by Twyla Tharp.
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Dance choreographed by Trisha Brown.
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Dance choreographed by Pina Bausch.
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Musical popular in the 70s.
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Musical popular in the 70s.
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Dance choreographed by Trisha Brown.
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Big budget musical.
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Post-modern artists who found their way back to some of the more formal structures of dance.
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Dance choreographed by Merce Cunningham.
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Dance choreographed by Pina Bausch.
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Dance choreographed by de Keersmaeker.
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The story is mostly the same as the original Giselle, but the location is now set in 1840s Louisiana. Giselle is not a peasant in love with an aristocrat; rather she is in love with a black man who has a higher social status.
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Dance choreographed by Nikolais.
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Dance choreographed by Nikolais.
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Film starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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A company in England led by Lloyd Newson with a group of dancers who were frustrated with the dance scene at the time.
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Big budget musical.
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Sarah Crompton (writer for The Guardian) said of the piece “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated – “which, despite its fierce, modern appearance is structured as a very traditional theme and variations – seems to represent a classic order tilting towards change and disruption.”
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Dance choreographed by Mark Morris.
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Dance choreographed by DV8.
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Animated film by Disney.
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Celebration of tap dance as an American art form.
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This piece plays with the idea of masculinity and what it means to be a man.
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Dance representation of Martha's softer side.
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Dance choreographed by de Keersmaeker.
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Originally created for NDT. “petite mort” translated from French means “little death” and is generally used as a euphemism for a sexual orgasm.
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Dance choreographed by Mark Morris.
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Animated film by Disney.
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Dance choreographed by DV8.
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Animated film by Disney.
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Big live musical by Disney.
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Animated film by Disney.
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Big budget musical.
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Hoofing dance by Savion Glover.
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Dance choreographed by Merce Cunningham.
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Dance choreographed by Clouds Gate Dance Theater.
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This ballet is a fun demonstration of contemporary ballet performed by members of Dance Theater of Harlem.
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Dance choreographed by Bill T. Jones.
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This piece has been done as both a live stage work and a dance for the camera piece.
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Dance choreographed in Sankai Juku.
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Disney story turned into a musical.
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Dance for the camera work.
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Dance choreographed by DV8.
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This piece is a full length ballet originally set on NYCB.
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Dance choreographed by Pilobolus.
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Dance choreographed by Pina Bausch.
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Dance choreographed by Lerman.
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Glover did tap sounds in this film.
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Dance choreographed by Bill T. Jones.
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Dance choreographed by Pina Bausch.
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Dance choreographed by Lerman.
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It was the first new full length ballet made for the Royal Ballet in 20 years.
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This is a recent piece Forsythe choreographed and is a great demonstration of how he utilizes multiple mediums within his work.
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Musical based on a biography written about Alexander Hamilton.
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Talks about dance culture and what you need to know about it. I could not find a birth date for her.
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Talks about dance culture and what you need to know about it. I could not find a birth date for him.