Super Quiz 2/15

The world's oldest dance is known as

• A) The Bacchae

• B) Dance of the Stars

• c) Roman Pantomime

• D) Bharatanatyam

• E) none of these

Japanese Kabuki

• A) was only performed by women untill 1629

• B) Wear masks featuring colors that symbolize the character's characteristics

• c) Until 1920 only men could perform

• D) is accompanied off-stage by singers

• 2) Both A and B

Identify the Asian dances that could only be performed by men initially

• A) Chinese Opera

• B) Thai Khon

• C) Japanese Kabuki

• D) Khmer Classical Dance

• E) Korean Buchaechum

The Term "folk dancing" was invented

• a) by greek historians

• b) in the late 19th century

• c) by Roman Scholars

• d) by scholars of the new science of folklore

• A) both b and d

The Snake dance, based on the people's main source of income of catching poisonous snakes, is credited to

• A) the Bedouin tribes

• B) the Kalbelia tribe

• c) Maori people

• d) Ukrainian people

• e) none of these

This circle-and-line dance is performed at weddings and other celebrations

• A) Can-Can

• B) Haka

• C) Hula

• D) Morris Dancing

• E) none of these

Which of these is true of ballet

• A) male dancers main role was to support Ballerinas, lifting them as they flew in the air

• B) make the ballerinas appear weightless, as if flying throughthe air

• C) one of the most demanding forms of dance

• d) grew out of 17th century Italian court dances and became fully developed in the 19th century

• d) all of these

During the Manipuri traditional dance, dancers wear a dress called

• A) punjab

• B) Bhangra

• C) Kumil

• D) Mudras

• E) Mujra

These brothers were famous dancers in 1930 for their acrobatic style of dancing called "flash dancing"

• A) Lane Brothers

• B) Nicholas Brothers

• C) Graham brothers

• D) Nureyev brothers

• E) None of these

"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it."

• A) said by Martha Graham

• B) said by Pina Bausch

• C) said by Isadora Duncan

• D) said by Pearl Primus

• E) said by Mary Wigman