Introduction to Dance

What ancient civilization's dance is similar to modern ballroom or belly dancing?

• Italian

• Roman

• Greek

• Egyptian

Dances performed in ballrooms

• Dionysus

• Balleti

• Bacchae

• Pantomime

Civilization thought Dance was dangerous.

• Greek

• Egyptian

• Roman

• Chinese

When did the first Ballet written and produced?

• 1661

• 1845

• 1663

• 1851

Who choreographed the play "Don Quixote"

• Jean Baptiste Lully

• Marius Petipa

• Sergei Diaghilev

• Vaslav Nijinsky

Who brought brought Ballet from Russia to America?

• Sergei Diaghilev

• Vaslav Nijinsky

• Jean Baptiste Lully

• Anna Pavlova

Who established the New York City Ballet thereby helping to change the face of dance in America?

• Martha Graham

• George Balanchine

• Twyla Tharp

• Marius Petipa

Who created their own form of dance, "spontaneous expression of feelings"?

• Ruth St Denis

• Twyla Tharp

• Martha graham

• Isadora Duncan

Which dancers did Martha Graham train in modern dance

• Twyla Tharp

• Merce Cunningham

• Paul Taylor

• All of the above

Jazz dance was originally inspired by?

• Chamber music

• Choral music

• African Slave music

• Old World music