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What did George Balanchine Stars and Stripes premier

1958

____and ____ reigned supreme

Balanchine and nycb

____will soon be changing social dynamics in modern dance

Alvin ailey

Alvin ailey made his choreographic debut when and where

1958 AT 92ND ST Y

When did Alicia ailey dance American dance theater form

1958

Alvin ailey was born when and where

Texas in 1931

Alice grew up in a time where

Racial segregation

Ailey moved where as a teenager

Los Angeles

Alvin became fascinated with who

BILL ROBINSON, FRED ASTAIRE, NICHOLAS BROTHERS

Did he take gymnastics true or false

True

What performance did he see that made him hooked on dance

Katherine Dunham’s

Ailey sought out dance lessons at the school of

Lester Horton

What movie was Ailey in

Carmen jones

After this movie who attention did he catch

Herbert ross

Ross insisted that Ailey perform on broadway in what show

House of flowers

I’m New York who all did Ailey train with

MARTHA GRAHAM, HANYA HOLM, DORIS HUMPHREY, ANNA SOKOLOW, AND BALLET TEACHER KAREL SHOOK

In 1958 ailey pulled together dancers to perform ____ at 92 st Y

Blues suite

BLUES SUITE  FOCUSED ON

EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, “A SOMEWHAT ANGRY STATEMENT ABOUT THE RACIAL CONDITIONS [OF THE UNITED STATES],”

Revaluations was choreographed when

1960

Revaluation was focused on what

FOCUSED ON EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS

REVELATIONS  WAS A VERY POSITIVE, VERY SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION OF OUR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE COULD SURVIVE” (A COMBINATION THAT PARALLELED  PRIMUS’ EXPRESSION OF A FULLER VISION OF THE UNITED STATES IN STRANGE FRUIT  AND HARD TIME BLUES )

REVELATIONS  WAS A VERY POSITIVE, VERY SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION OF OUR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE COULD SURVIVE” (A COMBINATION THAT PARALLELED  PRIMUS’ EXPRESSION OF A FULLER VISION OF THE UNITED STATES IN STRANGE FRUIT  AND HARD TIME BLUES )

COMBINED THE DANCE TECHNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF

MARTHA GRAHAM, DORIS HUMPHREY, LESTERHORTON, ASADATA DAFORA, KATHERINE DUNHAM AND PEARL PRIMUS

Ailey focused on what themes in his dances

Themes of African Americans struggle for freedom and opportunity in his choreography

He employed what type of dancers

African American, Asian, Latino/a and white

Ailey fused

FUSED AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MOVEMENTS WITH MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUE-ALL UNDER AMERICAN BANNER

MARTHA GRAHAM EMPLOYED

YURIKO, JAPANESE AMERICAN FROM INTERNMENT CAMP

Who broke color barriers in ballet

Janet collins arthur Mitchell

Did other modern dance contrast with Ailey at the time

Yes

SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF INNOVATORS ASSOCIATED WITH

JUDSON CHURCH-Trisha brown

Who ABANDONED TECHNICAL PRECISION FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN MOTIONS

•CHALLENGED STRICTURES OF CHOREOGRAPHY WITH THE USE OF IMPROVISATION AND CHANCE

•QUESTIONED THE DEPENDENCY OF DANCE ON MUSIC

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MEN, BOTH _____ AND _____, LED THE ART FORM

White and black

What year did AILEY COMPANY REVIVIED TED SHAWN’S KINETIC MOLPAI, MERGED TRADITION OF WHITE GAY MEN WITH THAT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

1973

MODERN DANCE OFFERED A WELCOMING PLACE FOR WOMEN LEADERS, AS WELL, THOUGH

•MORE SO THAN BALLET T or F

True

Racial integration in the dance world occurred ____

Slowly

T or f Ailey rise CORRELATED TO INCREASING POLITICAL ACTIVISM FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

True

US GOV CHOSE AILEY TO

REPRESENT AMERICAN CONCERT DANCE OVERSEAS FOR JOHN F KENNEDYINTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN 1962

THIS SANCTIONED AFRICAN AMERICANS RIGHTFUL PLACE AS PRACTITIONERS IN, AND CREATORS OF, MODERN