Lyrical/Contemporary Dance

What is Lyrical Dance?

• a style that combines ballet and jazz dancing techniques

• a style that combines hip hop dancing techniques

• a style that combines ballet and jazz and modern techniques

• a style that combines ballroom and ballet dancing techniques

 Lyrical dance concentrates on expressiveness of emotions such as love, joy, hurt, or anger. It does not concentrate on the dancer’s precision of movement.

• True

• False

 The term Lyrical Dance comes from the word “lyrical,” which means to have _________.

• spontaneous feelings and deep personal emotions

• no emotion

What is contemporary dance?

• a style that expresses emotion

• 1. a style that combines jazz and hip-hop technique skills

• a style of expressive dance that combines modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet

• a style that focuses only on classical ballet techniques

Contemporary dance pushes boundaries of dance techniques and improvisation, unlike the strict, structured nature of _______.

• Jazz

• Hip Hop

• Ballroom

• Ballet

 Movements in lyrical are ______, ______, and ______.

• Slow, soft, and sloppy

• Fluid, continuous, and graceful

• Popping, locking, and breaking

• 1. Sharp, clean, and strong

Who is considered "Mother of Contemporary dance?"

• Martha Graham

• Travis Wall

• Mia Michaels

• Isadora Duncan