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Modern Dance History

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose technique was based on contraction and release, and on breath and oppositional force?

a)

Twyla Tharp

b)

Martha Graham

c)

Ruth St Denis

d)

Loie Fuller

2.

Which dancer trained with Mary Wigman in Germany?

a)

Hanya Holm

b)

Doris Humphrey

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Alvin Ailey

3.

Who choreographed Appalachian Springs in 1944?

a)

Loie Fuller

b)

Hanya Holm

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Lester Horton

4.

Whose technique was a blend of African, European, Afro-Caribbean, and American dance?

a)

Erick Hawkins

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Mark Morris

d)

Katherine Dunham

5.

Whose technique stresses natural movements based on philosophy from Native American, ancient Greek, and Asian Sources?

a)

Erick Hawkins

b)

Ted Shawn

c)

Lester Horton

d)

Bill T Jones

6.

Which modern forerunner used color, fabric, movement, sound, and light to create innovative dances as a complete theatrical experience?

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Loie Fuller

7.

Who established a company of all male dancers?

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Ted Shawn

c)

Bill T Jones

d)

Alvin Ailey

8.

Which choreographer created a series of solos based on oriental deities, and performed them throughout Europe?

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Ruth St Denis

d)

Loie Fuller

9.

Which forerunner used natural body movements to express emotion and spontaneously interpret the music?

a)

Loie Fuller

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Isadora Duncan

d)

Ted Shawn

10.

Which choreographer was married to Ruth St Denis and, together, they established the Denishawn School of Dance?

a)

Alvin Ailey

b)

Mark Morris

c)

Ted Shawn

d)

Bill T Jones

11.

Which dancer/choreographer published The Art of Making Dances in 1950?

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Trisha Brown

d)

Doris Humphrey

12.

Which choreographer created a solo, called Cry, for Judith Jamison to represent the struggles of African American women?

a)

Mark Morris

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Paul Taylor

d)

Erick Hawkins

13.

Which choreographer viewed himself as a "dance maker" not a choreographer?

a)

Paul Taylor

b)

Ted Shawn

c)

Bill T Jones

d)

Lester Horton

14.

Which choreographer created the concept of choreography by chance?

a)

Yvonne Rainer

b)

Lester Horton

c)

Merce Cunningham

d)

Mark Morris

15.

Which American choreographer was also a composer and a designer? His abstract dances combine movement with various technical effects, making him known as a pioneer of multimedia.

a)

Merce Cunningham

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Alwin Nikolais

d)

Alvin Ailey

16.

This was group of diversely trained dancers that were avant-garde experimentalists who rejects the confines of modern dance and theory, inventing unorthodox works.

a)

Denishawn

b)

Judson Dance Theater

c)

Ted Shawn and His Male Dancers

d)

Martha Graham Dance Company

17.

Which dancer's technique is based on gravity, fall and recovery, sustain and suspension and vibratory movements?

a)

Charles Weidman

b)

Loie Fuller

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

John Cage

18.

Which of these choreographers were known for creating work with socially and politically charged themes?

a)

Mark Morris

b)

Bill T Jones

c)

Alwin Nikolais

d)

Paul Taylor

19.

Who was an American choreographer and director whose work is acclaimed for its craftsmanship, ingenuity, humor and at times electrical musical accompaniments?

a)

Mark Morris

b)

Bill T Jones

c)

Ted Shawn

d)

Alwin Nikolais

20.

Which choreographer used spoke word in her site-specific works? She also experimented with gravity, mathematically layered phrases, and collaborated with visual artists and musicians.

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Trisha Brown

c)

Twyla Tharp

d)

Yvonne Rainer

21.

Which choreographer found inspiration for choreography in female literary characters, American Southwest and the frontier, psychological themes, Greek myths, and cosmic themes?

a)

Yvonne Rainer

b)

Martha Graham

c)

Trisha Brown

d)

Ruth St Denis

22.

Who choreographer Revelations?

a)

Charles Wiedman

b)

Lester Horton

c)

Steve Paxton

d)

Alivin Ailey

23.

Which choreographer's dances were often inspired by ancient Greek Art?

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Loie Fuller

c)

Ruth St Denis

d)

Ted Shawn

24.

Which forerunner's career took of in Europe because her work was more accepted there?

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Trisha Brown

c)

Isadora Duncan

d)

Katherine Dunham

25.

Which forerunner became known as the "First Lady of American Modern Dance?"

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Judith Jamison

c)

Twyla Tharp

d)

Loie Fuller

26.

Who established a summer institute for studying modern dance, called Jacob's Pillow?

a)

Bill T Jones

b)

Mark Morris

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

Ted Shawn

27.

Which choreographer trained six students that became known as the "Isadorables?"

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Trisha Brown

d)

Isadora Duncan

28.

What was the name of the piece Ruth St Denis choreographed with four dancers using a large silk cloth as a prop?

a)

The Butterfly

b)

Souring

c)

Serpentine Dance

d)

Marche Slave

29.

Which choreographer went on the develop contact improvisation as a dance medium? His exploration of games, improvisation and gravity expanced dance invention for large groups of trained and untrained dancers.

a)

Steve Paxton

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

John Cage

d)

Mark Morris

30.

Who was the composer that collaborated with Merce Cunningham for many year?

a)

Alwin Nikolais

b)

John Cage

c)

Lester Horton

d)

Mark Morris

31.

Which choreographer's works extend from abstract to dramatic, humor to satire, while using classical music?

a)

Paul Taylor

b)

Erick Hawkins

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

Alwin Nikolais

32.

Which choreographer used blues, gospel, and spiritual music for choreography?

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Yvonne Rainer

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

Bill T Jones

33.

Which dancer was a prolific and commercially successful choreographer known for the fusion of dance vocabularies and intricate timing in choreography?

a)

Charles Weidman

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Mark Morris

d)

Lester Horton

34.

Which choreographer was interested in blurring the lines between dancers and non-dancers? Her choreography was created using a series of generic tasks that turned everyday gestures into dance vocabularies.

a)

Doris Humphrey

b)

Yvonne Rainer

c)

Loie Fuller

d)

Paul Taylor