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Loie Fuller was one of the first lighting designers for dance. She created "Serpentine Dance" with different colored lights that reflected up a white dress she used to perform in.
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Anna Pavlova performed The Dying Swan choreographed by Michel Fokine. She played the role of the swan with such great emotions that it attracted audience members from all over.
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Sergei Diaghilev created The Ballet Russes which pushed the norms of ballet and dance as an art form, and made classical ballet a modern art form.. He was influenced by artists such as Picasso. At times, his avant-guarrde take on dance offended and appauled others.
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Michel Fokine choreography and Stravinsky music, performed by Anna Pavlova
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Scarf dance of the faun with the shocking sexual scene (1912) choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. Music by Debussy.
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Dance with long braids (1913). Choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky.
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Honya Holm's mentor and educatorcreated "Witch Dance" in 1914. Americ did not seem to be ready for this type of expressive modern dance just yet.
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Based his work off of chance. "Chance Dance."
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He was one of the choreographers for The Ballet Russes. He choreographed Firebird and Petrouchka. His ballets were organized and made appropriate to the theme and setting.
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He was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor. He wrote for Firebird, Les Sylphides, and Petrouchka dance by The Ballet Russes.
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Founder and director of The Ballet Russes.
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CHoreographed Ballets for The Ballet Russes (Parade).
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Balanchine created a ballet with mor contemporary elements.
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CHoreographed by Doris Humphrey.
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Choreographed by Martha Graham
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Dance pioneer, choreographed Esplanade (1975).
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Lincoln Kerstein and George Balanchine opened the School of American Ballet which later became New York City Ballet.
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Choreographed by Ted Shawn (all men dancers)
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Introduction to contact improvisation.
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Choreography: Oklahoma
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Choreographed Fancy Free and West Side Story.
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See Agnes de Mille.
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See Jerome Robbins
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CHoreographedby Martha Graham. Wedding dance.
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Moved from Russia to the US to help runthe School of American ballet. Choreographed many works like: Prodigal Son, Agon, Jewel, and Apollo.
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Choreographed by George Balanchine in 1957. Music by Stravinsky. The ballet has no musical or choreographic subject. Esentially, movement for movement's sake. Up for interpretation.
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See Jerome Robbins
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Choreography by Balanchine. The ballet is a full length production with dancers representing different types of jewels.
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CHoreographed by Alwin Nikolais (The magican of dance) Plaed with lights and secial effects, also props such as the strings in "Crucible."
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Choreographed by Twyla Tharp
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Modern Dance Pioneer from Mexico to the US.
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Modern dance pioneer... woman of drama.