Post-Modern & Contemporary Review

What answers below describe post-modern dance?

• a reaction to the compositional and presentational constraints of modern dance

• community-centered work

• focused on the intellectual process rather than the product

• music and movement connection

What musician of the post-modern age was known for his use of unorthodox instruments and had a working and romantic relationship with Merce Cunningham

• Ted Shawn

• Savion Glover

• Steve Paxton

• John Cage

The dance genre _______________ means of the present time, current.

True or False: The Judson Dance Theatre was not a place where artists from different disciplines could experiment together while focusing on stripping dance from its theatrical expectations.

• True

• False

True or False: Depending on experience, background, and exposure to different dance forms, Contemporary dance will be defined differently.

• True

• False

What are the characteristics of Contemporary dance in a commercial setting?

• often emotive, dramatic, virtuosic and often normatively gendered

• high chance of leaps and eye-popping acrobatic tricks

• process valued over product

• experiments with non-traditional dance spaces (galleries, outdoors, etc)