Modern Dance - History & Vocab

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Performing Arts
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9th - 12th Grade
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Jenna Lawson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
What is Modern dance?
a rejection of hip hop
a rejection of ballet
a rejection of tap dance
a rejection of line dance
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
How many rules are there in Modern dance?
11
25
There are NO RULES3
36
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Modern dance choreography tells a story
True
False
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
When did Modern dance develop?
1970s
early 2000s
late 1800s/early 1900s
1990s
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 15 pts
Isadora Duncan
created "dance anthropology"
Alvin Ailey
inspired by gospels, spirituals, and blues
Twyla Tharp
uses jazz/tap/ballet to create their style
Katherine Dunham
contract and release
Martha Graham
"Mother of Modern Dance"
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 15 pts
modern dance
center of gravity
letting go of tension or energy
release
steady, basic, continuous pulse
rhythm
muscular tension
a highly individualized artistic expression of dance
core
contraction
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 15 pts
recovery
tapping the subconscious allowing for creativity
fall
the act of falling by force of gravity
improvisation
knees and feet facing forward
parallel
movement of elevation pushing off from one foot and landing on another
leap
to regain posture from a fall
8.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 15 pts
Match the following
swing
movements lengthened in time creating an isolation
suspend
3 step pattern
quality of movement
a pendular movement involving a natural movement of the body
triplet
the result of which energy of force is applied and withdrawn from the movement
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