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WorksheetsModern Dance
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is the first dancer to present modern dancing to the public in a long flowing toga, bare legs, no corset and wanted to leave the ballet community because she felt as if it was too confining and she wanted her dances to be more natural?
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Dorris Humphrey
It is not concerned with the dramatic and realistic but believed that other factors were more important that running and skipping, task-oriented type of movement, reflected movement rather than the storyline as the primary focus of the dance and very abstract
New Generation
1st Generation
2nd Generation
Post Modern Dance
A genre that blends dance and theater so that both forms are an integral part of the performance that may include spoken words, text, singing and choreography, which is propelled by theme, dramatics and "theatrics."
Dance Drama
Dance Contemporary
Dance Theatre
Dance Entertainment
What is the act of creating movement spontaneously that encouraged moving in ways that are unique and original to them?
Copying
Improvisation
Free Movement
On the spot dance performance
What movement focused on moving for self-discovery, no "right" or "wrong", no set routines the dancer has to learn the main focus and is not the product but the process that the teacher does a lot of leading for the class?
Extended Movement
Creative Movement
Improvised Movement
Free Movement
It shows pure dance, expressional dance, art dance, encompasses a variety of techniques and style.
Modern Dance
Contemporary Dance
Jazz Dance
Tap Dance
The choreography of modern dancer Alvin Ailey is centered around which cultural heritage?
Caribbean
African-American
Scottish
Irish-Celtic
Who were the forerunners of the new dance period?
Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Dorris Humphrey
Lole Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis
Tarp, Jones, Zane, Today
Martha Graham, Dorris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm
Who were the big 4 pioneering choreographers who revolutionized modern dance in the early 20th century?
Lole Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis
Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Dorris Humphrey
Tarp, Jones, Zane, Today
Martha Graham, Dorris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm
What would you expect if you are taking a contact improv class?
you would begin by having partners
may begin without partner
begin with the group
dance alone
Of the following dancers, who is one of the best-known modern dancer/choreographers?
George Balanchine
Martha Graham
Cynthia Gregory
Peter Martins
Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis formed which modern dance company, popular in the 20th century?
Alvin Ailey
MOMIX
Pilobolus
Denisshawn
Modern dance in the 1930's was also known as
experimental dancing
ballet noir
the jitterbug
classical ballet
The young dancers who studied and danced with Isadora Duncan in the 1920's were known as
the Jivers
the Baby Ballerinas
the modern dancers
the Isadorables
Which of the following terms are not related to modern dance?
contact improvisation
Vaganova technique
fall and recovery
contract and release
