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Period: 50,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE
Paleolithic Period
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Period: 10,000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Neolithic Period
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1725 BCE
Baroque Era
Began around 1600 to 1725. This era is the style of music, dance, painting, sculpture and many more. It flourished in Europe then spread across the country. -
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Medieval Era
From 476 AD to 1500. Began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
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Period: 9 BCE to 12 BCE
Ancient Greece
a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states.
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Period: 5 BCE to 8 BCE
Ancient Rome
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1501
Classical Ballet
Was in the time period of the 15th and 16th centuries. Started as a form of entertainment for aristocrats. Maruis Petipa was a famous ballet dancer during this time. -
Early Ballet
During the 15th and 16th centuries. Its origins to the Italian Renaissance. Maria Tallchief was a famous dancer during this time. First American prima ballerina. -
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“Master Juba”
was an African-American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. His real name was believed to be William Henry Lane, and he was also known as "Boz's Juba" -
Romantic Ballet
Filled with folk dancing from different nations. From 1830's to 1840's with a gradual demis. Was also a performing arts movement in the 19th century. Camille Saint-Saens was famous during this time and was also a conductor. -
Soft shoe
A style of tap dance that uses soft-soled shoes, as opposed to ones with hard metal soles. This phrase can refer to an actual choreographed dance or to a shuffling movement that vaguely resembles it. -
Broadway tap
Broadway tap is the type of show dancing seen in live stage musicals and Hollywood films such as "42nd Street", "Anything Goes", "My One and Only" and "The Artist". It typically incorporates more arm movements, artistic body movements, and movements across the dance floor than rhythm tap dancing . Online Videos of Broadway Style Tap Dancing -
Rhythm tap
Black American clog dance marked by wing-like steps; this was the forerunner of the present style of Rhythm Tap. A movement normally traveling to the side but may be executed in place. Although the buffalo is executed in one fashion, the approach into the buffalo can vary. 1 1 -
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Vincent van Gogh
a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history -
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Loie Fuller
American actress and dancer who was a pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting -
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Isadora Duncan
American Dancer who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Was born and raised in California -
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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. -
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Ruth St. Denis
American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art. was the co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts and the teacher of several notable performers. -
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Rudolf von Laban
also known as Rudolf Laban, was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist, choreographer and dance theorist. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe and the "Founding Father of Expressionist dance" -
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Pablo Picasso
a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. -
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Ted Shawn
Was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Was the first choreographer to introduce carefully researched interpretations of traditional American Indian dances. -
The Judson Church
An architecturally eclectic building at 55 Washington Square South, at the corner of Thompson Street, was designed by Stanford White in 1892. -
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Martha Graham
Was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide -
Serpentine Dance
Popular dance that was in Europe in the 1890's becoming a staple of stage shows -
Two colored” Rule
In Vaudeville circuit, a theatrical genre of entertainment which took over from minstrel shows in the 1900s, there was an unspoken agreement known as the “two-colored rule”. It suggested that no black performer could be a soloist, but Robinson broke that supposed protocol. -
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
was a theatre-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals -
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“Buck and Bubbles”
Buck and Bubbles were stride piano and tap dance team Ford Lee "Buck" Washington -
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Agnes de Mille
was an American dancer and choreographer.. -
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Frida Kahlo
was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. -
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Katherine Dunham
was an American dancer, choreographer, creator of the Dunham Technique, author, educator, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in African-American and European theater of the 20th century, -
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Alwin Nikolais
Was an American choreographer, dancer, composer, musician, teacher. He had created the Nikolais Dance Theatre, and was best known for his self-designed innovative costume, lighting and production design -
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Ginger Rogers
was an American actress, dancer, and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), and performed during the 1930s in RKO's musical -
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Jack Cole
was an American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance". -
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Nichols Brothers
The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of biological brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s. Best known for their unique interpretation of a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing", they were also considered by many to be the greatest tap dancers of their day, if not all time. -
Denishawn
founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents and became the first dance academy in the United States -
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Merce Cunningham
Was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years. He frequently collaborated with artists of other disciplines, including musicians John Cage, David Tudor, Brian Eno, and graphic artists -
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Pearl Primus
was an American dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. Primus played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences. Early in her career she saw the need to promote African dance as an art form worthy of study and performance. -
Neoclassical Ballet
neoclassical ballet appears in the 1920's. some terms for neoclassical ballet are:
Apollo: neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky
Balanchine: style of ballet and associated ballet technique invented by dancer and choreographer George Balanchine.
Anthony Tudor: British-born American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who developed the so-called psychological ballet. -
Singin’ in the Rain
American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse -
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Gus Giordano
was an American jazz dancer, teacher and choreographer. He performed on Broadway and in theater and television. He taught jazz dance to thousands in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. He was the founder of Gus Giordano Dance School, founder of Gus Giordano Jazz Dance -
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Bob Fosse
was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, director and screenwriter. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals -
Labanotation
Labanotation or Kinetography Laban is a notation system for recording and analyzing human movement that was derived from the work of Rudolf Laban who described it in Schrifttanz (“Written Dance”) in 1928. -
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Paul Taylor
Was an American dancer and choreographer. He was one of the last living members of the third generation of America's modern dance artists. He founded the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954 in New York City. -
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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim was credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond -
Yvonne Ranier
An American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental. Her work is sometimes classified as minimalist art. -
dj’ing
play recorded music on radio or at a club or party: -
Steve Paxton
an experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. -
Animated musicals
where many movies came out like Disney, Bambi, Cinderella, Peter pan, beauty and the beast, etc. -
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"Golden Age” of musicals
A few of the popular musical theatre trends at the time included feel-good shows, book musicals, Rodgers & Hammerstein, love stories, French culture, and big dance numbers. The 1940s-1950s are also referred to as the “golden age” of musical theatre. -
Twyla Tharp
an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. -
Appalachian Spring
Is a musical composition by Aaron Copland that was premiered in 1944 and has achieved widespread and enduring popularity as an orchestral suite. The music, scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created upon commission of the choreographer and dancer Martha Graham with funds from the Coolidge Foundation -
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theatre-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II, who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their popular Broadway productions in the 1940s and 1950s initiated what is considered the "golden age" of musical theatre. -
Cave of the Heart
Is a one-act ballet choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Samuel Barber. -
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Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time, and is best known for Wolfen, The Cotton Club, White Nights, and Running Scared, The Gregory Hines Show, Ben on Will & Grace, and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. animated children's television program Little Bill. -
Annie Get your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun is a 1950 American musical Technicolor comedy film loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a screenplay by Sidney Sheldon based on the 1946 stage musical of the same name, was directed by George Sidney -
An American in Paris
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical comedy film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition An American in Paris by George Gershwin. -
Bill T. Jones
Known as Bill T. Jones, is an American choreographer, director, author and dancer. He is the co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Jones is Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, the company's home in Manhattan -
Seven Brothers for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 American musical film, directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd -
DJ KOOL HERC
better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is credited for originating hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s through his "Back to School Jam", hosted on August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue -
The King and I
The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. -
West Side Story
Manhattan, Upper West Side, 1957. Against the backdrop of the decaying tenements in the San Juan Hill neighborhood and the constant threat of the wrecking ball, two warring gangs--tough Riff's Jets and swaggering Bernardo's Puerto Rican Sharks--fight for supremacy. -
Ailey American Dance Theatre
is a modern dance company based in New York City. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey. It is made up of 32 dancers, led by artistic director Robert Battle and associate artistic director Matthew Rushing. -
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Michael Jackson
was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. -
Butoh
Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. -
Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie is a 1963 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by Irving Brecher, based on Michael Stewart's book of the 1960 musical of the same name. -
graffiti
Graffiti is a type of art genre that means writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. -
Disco Music
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars. -
Breaking
Breaking is very unstructured and improvisational, and evolved from a style of dance known as uprock. Breaking, or breakdancing, is composed of movements performed at different levels: toprock (performed while standing), downrock (performed close to the floor), power moves (acrobatics) and freeze moves (poses) -
Pilobolus
Pilobolus is an American modern dance company that began performing in October 1971. Pilobolus has performed over 100 choreographic works in more than 64 countries around the world, and has been featured on the 79th Annual Academy Awards, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. -
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
Cloud Gate Dance Theater is a modern dance group based in Taiwan, the first of its kind in Taiwan and Asia. It was founded by choreographer Lin Hwai-min in 1973, and later he shared its management with his late protégé, choreographer Lo Man-fei -
“Rocky Horror Show”
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. -
Sankai Juku
Sankai Juku is an internationally known butoh dance troupe. Co-founded by Amagatsu Ushio in 1975, they are touring worldwide, performing and teaching. As of 2010, Sankai Juku had performed in 43 countries and visited more than 700 cities -
Grease
American musical romantic comedy film based on the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Written by Bronte Woodard (adaptation by Allan Carr) and directed by Randal Kleiser in his theatrical feature film debut, the film depicts the lives of greaser Danny Zuko and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson who develop an attraction for each other. The film stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny and Sandy. -
Modern Jive
Modern Jive developed throughout the United Kingdom in the early 1980s before being brought to Australia later that decade. The 1990s saw the dance style boom all around the world, with many variants and teaching styles being developed at the same time. -
MTV
MTV is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. -
“Hip Hop”
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City. The origin of the name is often disputed. It is also argued as to whether hip hop started in the South or West Bronx. While the term hip hop is often used to refer exclusively to hip hop music, hip hop is characterized by four key elements: "rapping", a rhythmic vocal rhyming style -
Rosas dance Rosas
Rosas danst Rosas (lit. translation: Roses Dances Roses) is a contemporary dance choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. It premiered as part of the Kaaitheater Festival -
Moon Water
"Moon Water" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, from her tenth studio album, Purple. It was released through Pony Canyon as the album's second single on May 19, 1995. -
Modern Dance (Early Moderns/Pioneers)
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name. The film retells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), processes their corpses into meat pies. -
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American biographical musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his directorial debut, written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon and starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. Featuring nine original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the film is based on the story and life of P.T. Barnum, a famous showman and entertainer, and his creation of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the lives of its star attractions.