WorksheetsModern Dance
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Modern Dance is a style that centers on the dancers own interpretations.
True
False
A locomotor movement does what?
Falls to the floor
Fills the space around the dancer
Travels the dancer across the floor
This modern dancer was known for the theory of fall and recovery.
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
An example of an axial movement would be
Bending
Leaping
Hopping
Running
The wall on stage that is the audience wall is called what?
Downstage
Upstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
What is an axial movement?
A movement that travels the dancer across the floor
A movement that fills the space around the dancer
A spontaneous movement
This dancer was known for dancing barefoot and using simple honest movements.
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Doris Humphery
Merce Cunningham
Modern Dance encourages dancers to use their emotions.
True
False
An example of a locomotor movement would be
Stretching
Swinging
Bending
Rolling
___________ is an instant and simultaneous movement that is created spontaneously.
Axial Movement
Contraction
Improvisation
Locomotor Movement
Modern dancers like to play with gravity.
True
False
This modern dancer was known for the theory of release and contraction of the midsection.
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
The back wall of the stage is known as
Downstage
Upstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
This dancer was known for developing new forms of abstract dance movements.
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Merce Cunningham
A pathway can be what?
A straight line
A curved line
A zig zag line
All of the above
