Modern Dance

Which dance style is named after the dance pioneers who created them?

• Lyrical

• Modern

• Contemporary

• Jazz

Which technique means the body is off-balance and then caught to return to a balanced state?

• contract and release

• flat back

• skipping

• fall and recovery

Which dancer/choreographer created the modern technique

"contraction and release"?

• Martha Graham

• Judith Jamison

• Doris Humphrey

• Isadora Duncan

Who is known as the "father of contemporary dance"?

• Alvin Ailey

• Travis Wall

• Merce Cunningham

• Michael Jackson

Which dance skill is significantly used in modern dance?

• Flat Back

• Shuffle Step

• Tour Jete

• Pas de bourree

Which style of dance is free form and stems from the core or torso of the body and uses elements like contract-release, floor work and fall and recovery?

• Contemporary

• Jazz

• Modern

• Ballet

Which modern style technique was created by Doris Humphrey?

• Flat back

• Contract-release

• Port de bras

• Fall and recovery

Which modern technique is a concept based on the breathing cycle of the body when it exhales and inhales?

The torso curves forward and then opens the chest back out.

• Contract-release

• Fall and Recovery

• Jumping

• off-centre

Who is the creator of Modern dance?

• Misty Copeland

• Ruth St Denis

• April Grist

• Martha Graham

Who is the mother of modern dance?

• Mrs. Strickland

• Doris Humphrey

• Martha Graham

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