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Modern Dance History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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 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

3.

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

4.

Who established a company of all male dancers?

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Ted Shawn

c)

Bill T Jones

d)

Alvin Ailey

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Trisha Brown

d)

Doris Humphrey

8.

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

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Loie Fuller

c)

Ruth St Denis

d)

Ted Shawn

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Ruth St Denis

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Trisha Brown

d)

Isadora Duncan