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WorksheetsModern Dance History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Whose technique was based on contraction and release, and on breath and oppositional force?
Twyla Tharp
Martha Graham
Ruth St Denis
Loie Fuller
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
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
Who established a company of all male dancers?
Ruth St Denis
Ted Shawn
Bill T Jones
Alvin Ailey
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'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 choreographer trained six students that became known as the "Isadorables?"
Ruth St Denis
Twyla Tharp
Trisha Brown
Isadora Duncan
