Modern Dance Trivia

True or False: Modern Dance has a very narrow and specific definition

• True

• False

In what century did Modern Dance begin?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

True or False: Modern Dance originated in America

• True

• False

What ideas attributed to that start of Modern Dance?

• Rebellion against ballet

• Socioeconomic changes of the 1900s

• Political changes in the 1900s

• All of the above

In America, the collegiate study of Modern Dance originally was categorized under...

• Home Economics

• Ladies Etiquette

• Physical Education

• Education/Teaching

Who is credited as the founder of dance in the American university?

• Margaret H'Doubler

• Mary Josephine Shelly

• Vera J. Blaine

• Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Which of these is not an early Modern Dance pioneer?

• Ted Shawn

• Isadora Duncan

• Loie Fuller

• Bob Fosse

Which of these is not a pioneer in early Modern Dance?

• Rudolph von Laban

• William Forsythe

• Maud Allen

• Ruth St Denis

What Modern Dance pioneer founded Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival?

• Martha Graham

• Ruth St Denis

• Ted Shawn

• Merce Cunningham

Who of these is not considered a Modern Dance artist?

• Katherine Dunham

• Charles Weidman

• Pearl Primus

• Jiri Kylian