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Cornish College of the Arts, the Glossary

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  1. 52 relations: Abraham H. Albertson, Aleah Chapin, Ann Wilson, Anna Oxygen, Anna Pavlova, Art school, Ballet, Brendan Fraser, Calvin Brainerd Cady, Century 21 Exposition, Chamber music, Chicago Little Theatre, Dalcroze eurhythmics, Dance, Ellen Van Volkenburg, Folk dance, French language, Great Depression, Heart (band), Heather Hart, Jinkx Monsoon, John Dewey, Kumi Yamashita, Lena Raine, Marionette, Martha Graham, Mary Ann Wells, Mary Lambert (singer), Matriculation, Maurice Browne, Merce Cunningham, Modern dance, National Portrait Gallery, London, National Register of Historic Places, Nellie Cornish, Normal school, Opera, Painting, Private university, Reggie Watts, Ria Brodell, Robert Joffrey, RuPaul's Drag Race, Seattle, Sub Pop, Terry Fox (artist), Theatre, THEESatisfaction, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Video game music, ... Expand index (2 more) »

  2. 1914 establishments in Washington (state)
  3. Art schools in Washington (state)
  4. Design schools in the United States
  5. Private universities and colleges in Washington (state)
  6. Universities and colleges established in 1914
  7. Universities and colleges in Seattle
  8. University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)

Abraham H. Albertson

Abraham Horace Albertson (April 14, 1872 – April 18, 1964) was an American architect who was one of Seattle, Washington's most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century.

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Aleah Chapin

Aleah Chapin (born March 11, 1986) is an American painter whose direct portrayals of the human form have expanded the conversation around western culture’s representations of the body in art.

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Ann Wilson

Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart.

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Anna Oxygen

Anna Jordan Huff is an American multi-media artist, composer, producer and actress best known by her stage name Anna Oxygen.

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Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.

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Art school

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design.

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Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.

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Brendan Fraser

Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor.

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Calvin Brainerd Cady

Calvin Brainerd Cady (June 21, 1851 – May 29, 1928) was an American musician, music teacher, leading educational philosopher and writer of the progressive era of education in his subject area.

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Century 21 Exposition

The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.

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Chicago Little Theatre

A theater company formed in 1912, the Chicago Little Theatre spearheaded and lent its name to a historic, popular wave in American Theater, the Little Theatre Movement.

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Dalcroze eurhythmics

Dalcroze eurhythmics, also known as the Dalcroze method or simply eurhythmics, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodály method, Orff Schulwerk and Suzuki Method used to teach music to students.

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Dance

Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.

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Ellen Van Volkenburg

Ellen Van Volkenburg (October 8, 1882 – December 15, 1978), born Nellie Van Volkenburg in Battle Creek, Michigan, was a leading actress, director, puppeteer and theater educator in the United States and the UK.

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Folk dance

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Heart (band)

Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Heather Hart

Heather T. Hart (born May 3, 1975) is an American visual artist who works in a variety of media including interactive and participatory Installation art, drawing, collage, and painting.

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Jinkx Monsoon

Hera Hoffer (born September 18, 1987), best known under the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag queen, actress, singer and comedian.

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John Dewey

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.

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Kumi Yamashita

Yamashita Kumi is a Japanese artist based in New York.

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Lena Raine

Lena Raine (or; born February 29, 1984), also known as Lena Chappelle or Kuraine, is an American-Canadian composer, producer, and video game developer.

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Marionette

A marionette (marionnette) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations.

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Martha Graham

Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer, whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.

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Mary Ann Wells

Mary Ann Wells (June 7, 1894 – January 8, 1971) was an American dance teacher known for her significant contributions to the field of dance education.

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Mary Lambert (singer)

Mary Danielle Lambert (born May 3, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter and spoken word artist.

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Matriculation

Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.

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Maurice Browne

Maurice Browne (12 February 1881 – 21 January 1955) was a man of the theatre in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Merce Cunningham

Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham (April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009) was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years.

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Modern dance

Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Nellie Cornish

Nellie Centennial Cornish (1876 – 1956) was a pianist, teacher, writer, and founder of the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts) in Seattle, Washington.

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Normal school

A normal school or normal college is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Painting

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support").

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Private university

Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments.

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Reggie Watts

Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is a German-born, American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician.

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Ria Brodell

Ria Brodell is an American artist, educator and author based in Boston.

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Robert Joffrey

Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets.

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RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the fifteenth season, MTV.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman.

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Terry Fox (artist)

Terry Alan Fox (May 10, 1943 – 14 October 2008) was an American conceptual artist known for his work in performance art, video, and sound.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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THEESatisfaction

THEESatisfaction is a former American music duo based in Seattle, Washington.

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University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also known as Lab, Lab Schools, or U-High, abbreviated UCLS) is a private, co-educational, day Pre-school and K-12 school in Chicago, Illinois.

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Video game music

Video game music (VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

1914 establishments in Washington (state)

Art schools in Washington (state)

Design schools in the United States

Private universities and colleges in Washington (state)

Universities and colleges established in 1914

Universities and colleges in Seattle

University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_College_of_the_Arts

Also known as Cornish School, Cornish School of the Arts, St. Joseph’s Church and Cornish School, William Volker Building.

, Washington (state), World War I.