Modern Unit, Dance I

Who was the "Father of Modern Dance" who created Chance Dance?

• Alvin Ailey

• Merce Cunningham

• Bob Fosse

• Mikhail Baryshnikov

What are the four Dance Elements?

• Body, Time, Locomotor

• Contract, Space, Inertia, Non-Locomotor

• Inertia, Space, Ground

• Body, Energy, Space, Time

Match the following with the correct Modern Dance definition

• Improvisation

• Making up movement on the spot

• Contraction

• Bending your body in a 90 degree angled position

• Flat Back

• A handstand stacking the body, staying aligned

• Steve Paxton

• The founder of contact improv

• Inversion

• Making a C shaped curve with your torso

Choose the definition that means "Making a rainbow shape with your pelvis while jumping"

• Flat Back

• Over curve

• Improv

• Under Curve

Choose the definition that means "Swinging in a downward U shaped motion"

• Flat Back

• Over curve

• Improv

• Under Curve

True or False? A Triplet is a walking step that is performed, "Down Up Up, Down Up Up"

• True

• False

What is the correct definition for "Safely falling to the side, sliding on the ground"?

Match the following

• Alvin Ailey

• This choreographer created hope fueled choreography that spread awareness of black life in America

• Isadora Duncan

• This choreographer's movement moved away from rigid ballet technique towards natural movement like running and skipping.

• Prances

• The Transfer of Weight from one leg to the other performed through toe, ball, heel.

True or False?

Dancing with another person while spontaneously moving while staying in contact is called

Inversion

• True

• False