Contemporary dance

Click the movements that are considered movements within improvisation.

• Run

• Swing

• Leap

• Stillness

What style is this?

• Ballet

• Contemporary

• Lyrical

• ????

Which cultural groups of people helped start the Hip Hop movement?

• Africans & Irish

• African Americans & Latinos

• Europeans & Americans

What Is This Called?

• Grand Jete'
• Ring Leap
• Grand Bottma
• Frog Jump

What type of dance was the "Boogie woogie"?

• social partner dance, complicated footwork

• radical and easy, popular among teenagers

• common in fashionable ballrooms

• wild and spontaneous partner dance

What style of dance did modern dance rebel against?

¿Contra qué estilo de danza se rebeló la danza moderna?

• Jazz

• Hip Hop

• Ballet

• Contemporary

Who are the three most influential jazz dancers and choreographers?

• Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Bob Fosse

• Katherine Dunham, Janet Jackson, Martha Graham

• Jack Cole, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse

• Martha Graham, Michael Jackson, Mia Michaels

What dance step developed as the basic move for big band swing music?

• Lindy

• Charleston

• Jazz square or Box step

• Shuffle

Where was Hip Hop developed?

• Manhattan

• South Bronx

• Queens

• Boston

Which type of jazz dance was common in fashionable ballrooms?

• Cakewalk

• Lindy Hop

• Twist

• Disco