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Modern Dance Trivia

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 30mins

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

b)

19th

c)

20th

3.

True or False: Modern Dance originated in America

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What ideas attributed to that 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.

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

a)

Home Economics

b)

Ladies Etiquette

c)

Physical Education

d)

Education/Teaching

6.

Who is credited as the founder of dance in the American university?

a)

Margaret H'Doubler

b)

Mary Josephine Shelly

c)

Vera J. Blaine

d)

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

7.

Which of these is not an early Modern Dance pioneer?

a)

Ted Shawn

b)

Isadora Duncan

c)

Loie Fuller

d)

Bob Fosse

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.

What Modern Dance pioneer founded Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Ruth St Denis

c)

Ted Shawn

d)

Merce Cunningham

10.

Who of these is not considered a Modern Dance artist?

a)

Katherine Dunham

b)

Charles Weidman

c)

Pearl Primus

d)

Jiri Kylian

11.

Which of these things did post-modernism value most?

a)

Everyday movement

b)

Elitism

c)

Training

d)

Decoration

12.

Who did not dance with the Judson Dance Theater?

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Bebe Miller

c)

David Gordon

13.

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

14.

Which of these is not a classical Modern Dance Technique?

a)

Horton Technique

b)

Graham Technique

c)

Cunningham Technique

d)

Release Technique

15.

Who is the famous student of Lester Horton?

a)

Erick Hawkins

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Anna Sokolow

d)

Paul Taylor

16.

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

a)

Martial Arts

b)

Burlesque

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Orientalism

17.

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

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Loie Fuller is associated with what dance?

a)

Burlesque

b)

Ausdruckstanz

c)

The Fire Dance

19.

Which of these were NOT European Modern Dancers in the early years?

a)

Erick Hawkins

b)

Rudolph von Laban

c)

Mary Wiegman

20.

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

a)

Paul Taylor

b)

Erick Hawkins

c)

Merce Cunningham

d)

All of the above

21.

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

a)

True

b)

False

22.

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

a)

Shawdenis

b)

St. Shawn

c)

Denishawn

d)

St. Denis Shawn Company

23.

Who of these was not a contemporary of the others?

a)

Ruth St. Denis

b)

Loie Fuller

c)

Isadora Duncan

d)

Yvonne Rainer

24.

How did Isadora Duncan die?

a)

Strangled by scarf in convertible

b)

Strangled by scarf on motorcycle

c)

Car collision

d)

Old age

25.

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

a)

The Duncan Dancers

b)

The Isadorables

c)

Isadora Duncan School of Dance

d)

Isadora Duncan Dance Company

26.

Who joined forces in creating their dance companies? CHOOSE TWO

a)

Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman

b)

Martha Graham and Denishawn

c)

Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis

d)

Lester Horton and Merce Cunningham

27.

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

a)

Anna Sokolow

b)

Pearl Primus

c)

Alvin Ailey

d)

Katherine Dunham

28.

Which of the following were NOT professions of Katherine Dunham?

a)

Social Worker

b)

Writer

c)

Ballet Dancer

d)

Anthropologist

29.

Who is this?

a)

Loie Fuller

b)

Ruth St. Denis

c)

Martha Graham

30.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Appalachian Spring

b)

Lamentation

c)

Oedipus Rex

31.

What piece is this photo from?

a)

Appalachian Spring

b)

Lamentation

c)

Oedipus Rex

32.

From what technique is "pleating"?

a)

Graham

b)

Horton

c)

Cunningham

33.

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

34.

What is the top grossing Modern Dance company in America?

a)

Merce Cunningham Dance Company

b)

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

c)

Martha Graham Dance Company

d)

Pilobolus

35.

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

a)

William Forsythe

b)

Martham Graham

c)

Merce Cunningham

d)

Lester Horton

36.

Who is this?

a)

Alwin Nikolais

b)

Merce Cunningham

c)

Erick Hawkins

d)

Paul Taylor

37.

Who is this?

a)

Alwin Nikolais

b)

Merce Cunningham

c)

Erick Hawkins

d)

Paul Taylor

38.

This person won which of the following awards?

a)

Guggenheim Fellowships

b)

Scripps/ADF

c)

Dance Magazine

d)

All of the above

39.

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

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Yvonne Rainer

d)

Pina Bausch

40.

What other career did Rudolf von Laban have?

a)

Architect

b)

Poet

c)

Painter

41.

Who is this?

a)

Mary Wigman

b)

Hanya Holm

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Pearl Primus

42.

Who choreographed the piece in this image?

a)

Jose Limon

b)

Paul Taylor

c)

John Cage

d)

Merce Cunningham

43.

What modern-day choreographer codified his manipulations of movement as "operations"?

a)

Jiri Kylian

b)

Mats Ek

c)

William Forsythe

d)

Trey McIntyre

44.

Which of these is not a Modern Dance company?

a)

Doug Varone Dance Company

b)

David Parsons Dance Company

c)

Urban Bush Women

d)

Hubbard Street Dance Company

45.

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

46.

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

a)

Trisha Brown

b)

Martha Clarke

c)

Kyle Abraham

d)

Michelle Dorrance

47.

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

48.

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

49.

Which choreographed films such as White Nights, Singin' in the Rain and Hair?

a)

Twyla Tharp

b)

Crystal Pite

c)

Mark Morris

d)

Meredith Monk

50.

Who is associated with Tanztheater?

a)

Mary Wigman

b)

Pina Bausch

c)

Kurt Jooss

d)

All of the above

51.

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

52.

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

53.

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

54.

True or False: Modern and Contemporary mean the same thing

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It's debatable

55.

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

a)

Jacob's Pillow

b)

ADF

c)

Dance USA

d)

Bates

56.

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

a)

People with terminal illness performed in the piece

b)

Graphic nudity

c)

The music was shocking for its time

d)

It was a protest against racial profiling

57.

Who collaborated with Merce Cunningham?

a)

John Cage

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Robert Rauschenberg

d)

All of the above

58.

Who of these is not considered a Modern Dance artist?

a)

Gus Giordano

b)

Trisha Brown

c)

Doug Varone

d)

Jose Limon

59.

Which of the following was NOT a part of Pina Bausch's work?

a)

Dancers moved throughout the audience

b)

Pedestrians (non-dancers) used in performance

c)

Theatre mixed in with dance/movement

d)

Complete lack of scenery

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