Modern Dance History/Vocab Part 2

Modern dance was a rebellion against tradition.

• True

• False

Contraction means to:

• stretch your body long

• hollow the stomach

• twist your body

• go upside down

Check all that are TRUE

• Doris Humphrey was known for fall and recovery

• Martha Graham was one of the first to create a codified modern technique

• Katherine Dunham incorporated Caribbean and African rituals to her modern form

• Modern dance had very strict rules

What type of movement did Isadora Duncan use?

• Sharp and abrupt

• Free flowing

• Upright lines

• Abstract shapes

Define asymmetrical shape:

• even shape

• uneven shape

• abstract shape

what is a non locomotor movement?

• a movement that travels

• a movement that stays in one place

low, middle, high is what?