Modern Dance - History & Vocab

What is Modern dance?

• a rejection of hip hop

• a rejection of ballet

• a rejection of tap dance

• a rejection of line dance

How many rules are there in Modern dance?

• 11

• 25

• There are NO RULES3

• 36

Modern dance choreography tells a story

• True

• False

When did Modern dance develop?

• 1970s

• early 2000s

• late 1800s/early 1900s

• 1990s

Match the following

• Twyla Tharp

• inspired by gospels, spirituals, and blues

• Alvin Ailey

• uses jazz/tap/ballet to create their style

• Katherine Dunham

• contract and release

• Martha Graham

• "Mother of Modern Dance"

• Isadora Duncan

• created "dance anthropology"

Match the following

• muscular tension

• release

• steady, basic, continuous pulse

• a highly individualized artistic expression of dance

• modern dance

• center of gravity

• core

• rhythm

• letting go of tension or energy

• contraction

Match the following

• fall

• knees and feet facing forward

• recovery

• tapping the subconscious allowing for creativity

• leap

• the act of falling by force of gravity

• improvisation

• movement of elevation pushing off from one foot and landing on another

• parallel

• to regain posture from a fall

Match the following

• suspend

• a pendular movement involving a natural movement of the body

• triplet

• 3 step pattern

• quality of movement

• movements lengthened in time creating an isolation

• swing

• the result of which energy of force is applied and withdrawn from the movement