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WorksheetsModern Dance History
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Whose technique was based on contraction and release, and on breath and oppositional force?
Twyla Tharp
Martha Graham
Ruth St Denis
Loie Fuller
Which dancer trained with Mary Wigman in Germany?
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
Martha Graham
Alvin Ailey
Who choreographed Appalachian Springs in 1944?
Loie Fuller
Hanya Holm
Martha Graham
Lester Horton
Whose technique was a blend of African, European, Afro-Caribbean, and American dance?
Erick Hawkins
Paul Taylor
Mark Morris
Katherine Dunham
Whose technique stresses natural movements based on philosophy from Native American, ancient Greek, and Asian Sources?
Erick Hawkins
Ted Shawn
Lester Horton
Bill T Jones
Which modern forerunner used color, fabric, movement, sound, and light to create innovative dances as a complete theatrical experience?
Isadora Duncan
Twyla Tharp
Martha Graham
Loie Fuller
Who established a company of all male dancers?
Ruth St Denis
Ted Shawn
Bill T Jones
Alvin Ailey
Which choreographer created a series of solos based on oriental deities, and performed them throughout Europe?
Trisha Brown
Paul Taylor
Ruth St Denis
Loie Fuller
Which forerunner used natural body movements to express emotion and spontaneously interpret the music?
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
Isadora Duncan
Ted Shawn
Which choreographer was married to Ruth St Denis and, together, they established the Denishawn School of Dance?
Alvin Ailey
Mark Morris
Ted Shawn
Bill T Jones
Which dancer/choreographer published The Art of Making Dances in 1950?
Ruth St Denis
Twyla Tharp
Trisha Brown
Doris Humphrey
Which choreographer created a solo, called Cry, for Judith Jamison to represent the struggles of African American women?
Mark Morris
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Erick Hawkins
Which choreographer viewed himself as a "dance maker" not a choreographer?
Paul Taylor
Ted Shawn
Bill T Jones
Lester Horton
Which choreographer created the concept of choreography by chance?
Yvonne Rainer
Lester Horton
Merce Cunningham
Mark Morris
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.
Merce Cunningham
Paul Taylor
Alwin Nikolais
Alvin Ailey
This was group of diversely trained dancers that were avant-garde experimentalists who rejects the confines of modern dance and theory, inventing unorthodox works.
Denishawn
Judson Dance Theater
Ted Shawn and His Male Dancers
Martha Graham Dance Company
Which dancer's technique is based on gravity, fall and recovery, sustain and suspension and vibratory movements?
Charles Weidman
Loie Fuller
Alvin Ailey
John Cage
Which of these choreographers were known for creating work with socially and politically charged themes?
Mark Morris
Bill T Jones
Alwin Nikolais
Paul Taylor
Who was an American choreographer and director whose work is acclaimed for its craftsmanship, ingenuity, humor and at times electrical musical accompaniments?
Mark Morris
Bill T Jones
Ted Shawn
Alwin Nikolais
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.
Isadora Duncan
Trisha Brown
Twyla Tharp
Yvonne Rainer
Which choreographer found inspiration for choreography in female literary characters, American Southwest and the frontier, psychological themes, Greek myths, and cosmic themes?
Yvonne Rainer
Martha Graham
Trisha Brown
Ruth St Denis
Who choreographer Revelations?
Charles Wiedman
Lester Horton
Steve Paxton
Alivin Ailey
Which choreographer's dances were often inspired by ancient Greek Art?
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St Denis
Ted Shawn
Which forerunner's career took of in Europe because her work was more accepted there?
Ruth St Denis
Trisha Brown
Isadora Duncan
Katherine Dunham
Which forerunner became known as the "First Lady of American Modern Dance?"
Ruth St Denis
Judith Jamison
Twyla Tharp
Loie Fuller
Who established a summer institute for studying modern dance, called Jacob's Pillow?
Bill T Jones
Mark Morris
Alvin Ailey
Ted Shawn
Which choreographer trained six students that became known as the "Isadorables?"
Ruth St Denis
Twyla Tharp
Trisha Brown
Isadora Duncan
What was the name of the piece Ruth St Denis choreographed with four dancers using a large silk cloth as a prop?
The Butterfly
Souring
Serpentine Dance
Marche Slave
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.
Steve Paxton
Alvin Ailey
John Cage
Mark Morris
Who was the composer that collaborated with Merce Cunningham for many year?
Alwin Nikolais
John Cage
Lester Horton
Mark Morris
Which choreographer's works extend from abstract to dramatic, humor to satire, while using classical music?
Paul Taylor
Erick Hawkins
Alvin Ailey
Alwin Nikolais
Which choreographer used blues, gospel, and spiritual music for choreography?
Trisha Brown
Yvonne Rainer
Alvin Ailey
Bill T Jones
Which dancer was a prolific and commercially successful choreographer known for the fusion of dance vocabularies and intricate timing in choreography?
Charles Weidman
Twyla Tharp
Mark Morris
Lester Horton
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.
Doris Humphrey
Yvonne Rainer
Loie Fuller
Paul Taylor
