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WorksheetsModern Dance Quizzizz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
True or False: Modern dancers are bound to use a set vocabulary and ballet technique.
True
False
Why do modern dancers dance barefoot?
Because they just don't want to
To form a connection to the ground and feel rooted to the Earth
What is the definition of "turnout"?
A rotation of the legs from the hip socket, toes pointing outward.
An inward rotation of the legs.
True or False: Graham technique has a strong focus in contraction and release.
True
False
True or False: Isadora Duncan was the first person to bring modern dance to the general audience.
True
False
What was Isadora Duncan's aesthetic (how she looked, what she wore) when she danced and performed?
Corsets, tutus, tights, ballet shoes and buns
Sweatpants, baggy shirts, and sneakers
Loose tunics, bare legs, barefoot, and hair down
Who were the founders of the Denishawn School of Dance?
Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey
Ruth St Dennis and Merce Cunningham
Ruth St Dennis and Ted Shawn
Who is known to be the single greatest figure in modern dance?
Ted Shawn
Martha Graham
Ruth St Dennis
Merce Cunningham
Who was Merce Cunningham trained by?
Martha Graham
Ruth St Dennis
John Cage
Ted Shawn
Cunningham developed a technique called...
Chance choreography
Modern choreography
Ballet choreography
Dance choreography
Cunningham's dances and the music were created...
independently of each other
at the same time so they matched perfectly for performances
Modern dance emerged in the...
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Modern Dance developed as a rebellion against which type of dance?
Jazz
African
Tap
Ballet
How may the use of music in Modern differ from Ballet?
Dancing in silence
Dancing off beat
Ignoring the music
All of the above
Who began to gain recognition and influence as choreographers?
Men
Women
Which genres of dance laid the foundations for what is now known as contemporary dance ?
tap, folk dance, and ballet
African, folk dance, and jazz
modern, jazz and ballet
