
Jazz Dance History
Authored by Nijalon Jackson
Performing Arts
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Jazz Dance?
A mirror of the social history of the American people
Cultural changes
Reflects historical events
Ethnic influences and especially the music and social dances of its era
All the above
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where did jazz dance come from?
The rhythms and movements brought to America by African slaves
Broadway shows
Dance competitions
Minstrel shows
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does jazz dance involve? Select the ones that apply.
African influences
European Influences
Cultivated in American urban environment
Court dances
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Restrictive laws enacted by Southern slave owners prohibited what?
African drums and ritual African dances
Tap dancing
Swing dancing
Dance competitions
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the Africans were under restrictive laws, they used foot stomping and tapping, hand clapping, and rhythmic voice sounds to cling to their cultural identity.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Minstrel and Vaudeville shows were?
mimicry of blacks
popularized the African style of dance and music
depended greatly on solo performance and improvisation
All the above
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two dances were introduced by the "Southern Art form" of Minstrel and Vaudeville Shows?
boogie woogie and twist
twist and buck and wing
buck and wing and cakewalk
cakewalk and charleston
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