Semester One Test

Alvin Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in what city?

What year did Alvin Ailey perform in his first Broadway Show, the House of Flowers?

• 1958

• 1890

• 1954

• 1959

What is the correct definition of FORCE?

• the use of energy while moving

• patterns the body makes as it travels through space or on the floor

• a group of dance movements with a beginning, middle, and an end

• ideas and emotions communicated by the movement patterns of a dance composition

What is the correct definition of DANCE COMPOSITION?

• the use of energy while moving

• patterns the body makes as it travels through space or on the floor

• a group of dance movements with a beginning, middle, and an end

• ideas and emotions communicated by the movement patterns of a dance composition

What is the correct definition of EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES?

• the use of energy while moving

• patterns the body makes as it travels through space or on the floor

• a group of dance movements with a beginning, middle, and an end

• ideas and emotions communicated by the movement patterns of a dance composition

What is the correct definition of PATHWAY?

• the use of energy while moving

• patterns the body makes as it travels through space or on the floor

• a group of dance movements with a beginning, middle, and an end

• ideas and emotions communicated by the movement patterns of a dance composition

The "B" in B.E.S.T.R stands for ____

The "E" in B.E.S.T.R stands for ______

The "S" in B.E.S.T.R stands for _____

The "T" in B.E.S.T.R stands for ____