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Modern Dance Trivia

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Modern Dance has a very narrow and specific definition.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

In what century did Modern Dance begin?

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

3.

True or False: Modern Dance originated in America

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What ideas attributed to the start of Modern Dance?

a)

Rebellion against ballet

b)

Socioeconomic changes of the 1900s

c)

Political changes in the 1900s

d)

All of the above

5.

True or False: Modern Dance's roots are generally attributed to Europe and America

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In America, the collegiate study of Modern Dance originally was categorized under...

a)

Home Economics

b)

Ladies Etiquette

c)

Physical Education

d)

Teaching/Education

7.

Which of these is NOT an early Modern Dance pioneer?

a)

Bob Fosse

b)

Isadora Duncan

c)

Ted Shawn

d)

Loie Fuller

8.

Which of these is NOT a pioneer in EARLY Modern Dance?

a)

Rudolph von Laban

b)

William Forsythe

c)

Maud Allen

d)

Ruth St. Denis

9.

Which modern dance pioneer founded Jacobs Pillow?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Ruth St. Denis

c)

Ted Shawn

d)

Merce Cunningham

10.

Which of these things did post-modernism value most?

a)

Elitism

b)

Training

c)

Decoration

d)

Everyday movements

11.

What is the name of the collective that succeeded the Judson Dance Theater?

a)

Judson II

b)

Grand Union

c)

The Village Dancers

d)

Dance Union

12.

Which of these is not a classical Modern Dance technique?

a)

Horton Technique

b)

Graham Technique

c)

Cunningham Technique

d)

Release Technique

13.

Who is the famous student of Lester Horton?

a)

Alvin Ailey

b)

Erick Hawkins

c)

Anna Sokolow

d)

Paul Taylor

14.

Which of these traditions did NOT contribute to the forming of Modern Dance in early years?

a)

Martial Arts

b)

Burlesque

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Orientalism

15.

True or false: Modern Dancers were some of the first subjects of film/moving pictures

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Loie Fuller is associated with what dance?

a)

Burlesque

b)

Ausdruckstanz

c)

Cha Cha Slide

d)

The Fire Dance

17.

Which of these Modern Dance identities studied or danced with Martha Graham?

a)

Paul Taylor

b)

Erick Hawkins

c)

Merece Cunningham

d)

All of the above

18.

True or False: Erick Hawkins was a student of both George Balanchine and Martha Graham

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn formed what company/school?

a)

Shawdenis

b)

Denishawn

c)

St. Shawn

d)

St. Denis Shawn Company

20.

Who is most commonly attributed as the mother of Modern Dance in America?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Loie Fuller

c)

Yvonne Rainer

d)

Ruth St. Dennis

21.

How did Isadora Duncan die?

a)

Strangled by scarf on motorcycle

b)

Strangled by scarf in convertible

c)

Old age

d)

Car collision

22.

What was the name of Isadora Duncan's dance troupe?

a)

The Isadorables

b)

The Duncan Dancers

c)

Isadora Duncan School of Dance

d)

Isadora Duncan Dance Company

23.

Who of the following was NOT an African American pioneer in Modern Dance?

a)

Pearl Primus

b)

Anna Sokolow

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

Katherine Dunham

24.

Which of the following were NOT professions of Katherine Dunham?30 sec

a)

Social Worker

b)

Writer

c)

Anthrolopologist

d)

Ballet dancer

25.

Who is this?

a)

Loie Fuller

b)

Ruth St. Dennis

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Mary Wigman

26.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Appalachian Spring

b)

Lamentation

c)

Oedipus Rex

d)

Trio A

27.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Appalachian Spring

b)

Lamentation

c)

Oedipus Rex

d)

Trio A

28.

From what technique is "pleating" ?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Cunningham

c)

Horton

d)

Limon

29.

Who of these is not a pioneer of the Modern Dance technique, Contact Improvisation?

a)

Steve Paxton

b)

Judson Church

c)

Nancy Stark Smith

d)

David Gordon

30.

What is the top grossing Modern Dance company in America?

a)

Merce Cunningham Dance Company

b)

Pilobolus

c)

Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre

d)

Martha Graham Dance Company

31.

To whom is the concept of "chance" attributed to?

a)

Merce Cunningham

b)

Lester Horton

c)

Martha Graham

d)

William Forsythe

32.

Who is this?

a)

Alwin Nikolais

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Merce Cunningham

d)

Erick Hawkins

33.

Who is this?

a)

Alwin Nikolais

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

Merce Cunningham

d)

Erick Hawkins

34.

The "No Manifesto" is attributed to what post-modernist?

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Yvonne Rainer

d)

Pina Bausch

35.

Who is this?

a)

Hanya Holm

b)

Mary Wigman

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Pearl Primus

36.

Who choreographed the piece in this image?

a)

Jose Limon

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

John Cage

d)

Merce Cunningham

37.

Which of these is NOT a Modern Dance company?

a)

Doug Varone Dance Company

b)

Davis Parsons Dance Company

c)

Urban Bush Women

d)

Cedar Lake

38.

What is the name of choreographer David Dorfman's company?

a)

Dorfman Dance Project

b)

Dorfman and Dancers

c)

Dave D's Dance

d)

David Dorfman Dance

39.

Which of these Modern Dancers was the most recent recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant"?

a)

Kyle Abraham

b)

Okwui Okpokwasili

c)

Michelle Dorrance

d)

Trisha Brown

40.

Dance Theater Workshop became what entity?

a)

Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

b)

New York Live Arts

c)

New York Dance Association

d)

Gibney Dance Center

41.

Which of the following is not a concept of Modern Dance?

a)

Fall and recovery

b)

Contract and release

c)

Push and shove

d)

Undercurve

42.

Who choreographed films such as White Nights, Amadeus, and Hair?

a)

Twyla Tharp

b)

Crystal Pite

c)

Gene Kelly

d)

Mark Morris

43.

Which is associated with Tanztheater?

a)

Mary Wigman

b)

Pina Bausch

c)

Kurt Joss

d)

All of the above

44.

Who founded the White Oak Dance Project?

a)

Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov

b)

Mark Morris and Mikhail Baryshnikov

c)

Simone Forti and Lucinda Childs

d)

Paul Taylor and Mikhail Baryshnikov

45.

Contemporary choreographer Jiri Kylian is best associated with which company?

a)

Kidd Pivot

b)

DV8 Physical Theatre

c)

Sydney Dance Company

d)

Nederlands Dans Theater

46.

Why is Modern Dance hard to characterize?

a)

Many artists and genres with specific techniques

b)

Spans over a large period of time

c)

Transfer of ideas from artist to artist

d)

All of the above

47.

True or false: Modern and Contemporary mean the same thing

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Which is not a present day dance festival in North America?

a)

Jacob's Pillow

b)

American Dance Festival

c)

Dance USA

d)

Bates

49.

Why was Bill T. Jone's Still/Here (1994) controversial?

a)

People with terminal illness to perform in the piece

b)

Graphic nudity

c)

The music was shocking for its time

d)

It was a protest against racial profiling

50.

Who collaborated with Merce Cunningham?

a)

John Cage

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Robert Rauschenberg

d)

All of the above

51.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Revelations

b)

Esplanade

c)

Fire Dance

d)

Rite of Spring

52.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Revelations

b)

Esplanade

c)

Fire Dance

d)

Rite of Spring

53.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Revelations

b)

Esplanade

c)

Fire Dance

d)

Rite of Spring

54.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Revelations

b)

Esplanade

c)

Fire Dance

d)

Rite of Spring

55.

Who is this?

a)

Loie Fuller

b)

Hanya Holm

c)

Isadora Duncan

d)

Doris Humphrey

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