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ability to bounce like a ball
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ballon
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ballet term
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first famous ballerina to rise briefly to the tips of her toes; first one to wear Heart Shaped Bodice & Romantic Tutu
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Maria Taglione
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Name
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made character ballet; took US tour in 1840's (congress adjouned to watch her dance; Earthy, voluptuous, pagan, passionate
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Fanny Essler
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Name
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female performance skirt
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tutu
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ballet term
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father of classical ballet
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Marius Petipa
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Name
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owns 60 ballets; defined what classical ballet is
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Imperial Ballet
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Company
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chorus of background dancers; used as moving backdrop behind soloists
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Corps De Ballet
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ballet term
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step of two; traditional male/female duet
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Pas De Duex
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ballet term
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first or best ballerina
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prima ballerina
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ballet term
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title of first or best male soloist in a professional ballet co.
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Primier Danseur
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ballet term
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danseur lifts, holds, shows off ballerina
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adagio
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ballet term
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take turns doing their most difficult steps
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allegro
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ballet term
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female solo
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petite allegro
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ballet term
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beating of legs in one elevation
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entrachat
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ballet term
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"whip turn;" "turn on one foot;" "on a dime"
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fouette pirouette
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ballet term
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by marius petipa (chor) and Peter Tchaikovsky (composer); 1892
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The Nutcracker
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Ballet
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by petipa (chor) and tchaikovsky (comp); 1895; dance became removed from plot; Technical & Dry
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Swan Lake
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ballet
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by petipa (chor) and tchaikovsky (comp); 1890; Imperial Ballet
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The Sleeping Beauty
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ballet
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bare stage; usa
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apollo
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ballet
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partners with balanchine for 40 years
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igor stravinsky
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name
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american school of ballet; the best pre-professional training school in the world
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New York City Ballet "NYCB"
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company
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Artistic Director under balanchine
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Peter Martins
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name
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composer of petipa's ballets
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tchaikovsky
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name
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Full Evening Abstract Ballet; created by balanchine
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Jewels
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Ballet
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repertory company; hire outside chor. on commission
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American Ballet Theatre (ABT)
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Company
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Dancer in ABT; Danced in NYC Ballet for ballanchine; ended up as artistic Director
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Name
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ballet teacher; created "Push Comes to Shove" and other ballets, danced in her own ballets
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Twyla Tharp
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Name
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Starred Baryshnikov & Tharp
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Push Comes to Shove
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Ballet
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also called manhattan project; done in baryshnikov's white oaks plantation in florida; theatre of new, up and comping dancers
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white oaks project
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company
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Ballet Russes was name of company; Brought Russian art and ballet to paris; director of Total Theatre
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Serge Diaghilev
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Name
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Best Ballet - Ballon - he became the chauce
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Name
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Became first & most prolific choreographer for Ballet Russes
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Michel Fokine
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Name
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Ballets best performer; Separated the arts; created romantic ballets
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Jean Georges Noverre
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Name
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Plays a puppet for a girl; heart of a woman
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Petrouchka
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Ballet
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Played a gold slave; about violence & sex w/king's wife
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Cleopatre
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Ballet
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about violence & sex with king's wife
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Scheherazade
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Ballet
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All female; birds, insects, delicate creatures
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Dying Swan
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Ballet
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Means "Afternoon of a Fawn;" 7 water nymphs in veils, scandalous pelvic thrusts
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L'Apres - "Midi d'un Faune"
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Ballet
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Means "The Rite of Spring;" about cycle of life; virgin is sacrificed
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La Sacre du Printemps
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Ballet
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Life's missions was to take ballet all over the world; created Dying Swan
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Anna Pavlova
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Name
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Dancer for 20 years; became ballet director for NYCB; changed way of looking at dancing; dance for dances sake
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George Balanchine
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Name
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Dance Company created by Serge Diaghilev
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Ballet Russes
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Company
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Dance for Dance's Sake; emphasis on choreography; balanchine created it; set, costumes, props
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Appolon Musagete
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Ballet
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oldest company in world
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Paris Opera Ballet
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Company
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USA; bare stage
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Apollo
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ballet dance where a witch put a spell on a scarf inevitibly killing the character; died of broken heart
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La Sylphide
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Created "La Sylphide"
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Filippo Taglione
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Name
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