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WorksheetsQuiz on American Modern Dance
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 30mins
Who is considered the founding mother of American modern dance?
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
What did Loie Fuller experiment with in her performances?
Ballet techniques
Lighting effects on silk costumes
Traditional folk dances
Classical music
Which composer was NOT mentioned as being used by Isadora Duncan in her performances?
Chopin
Beethoven
Mozart
Wagner
Where did Isadora Duncan establish her first school of dance?
Paris
Berlin
New York
London
Who was responsible for teaching technique and composition at Denishawn?
Martha Graham
Isadora Duncan
Ted Shawn
Agnes de Mille
What was the title of St. Denis's autobiography published in 1939?
A Dancer's Journey
An Unfinished Life
The Dance of Life
My Dance, My Life
Which dance style did St. Denis develop that combined spiral form with equal parts voluptuousness, mysticism, and erotica?
Ballet
Jazz
Modern Dance
Radha
Who was Martha Graham's partner in the famous duet about an Indian girl and an Aztec emperor?
Ted Shawn
Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
Lester Horton
Who introduced Martha Graham's style of dance to the United States?
Doris Humphrey
Mary Wigman
Hanya Holm
Isadora Duncan
What is a characteristic of modern dance today?
Strict adherence to classical ballet
Fusion of multiple dance genres
Focus solely on acrobatics
Exclusivity to jazz music
What is it called when two or more people do the same move at the same time?
Still image
Synchronised movement
Choral speech
Rehearsal
When was modern created?
Beginning of 19th century
End of 19th century
Beginning of 20th century
Beginning of 21st century
T/F Modern dance was born before contemporary
True
False
Contemporary is a ____, Modern is a ____
Style, technique
Technique, style
Style, style
Technique, technique
An oppositional rotation of the spine and/or body
Lateral
Rotation
Spiral
Contraction
Drawing together two ends of a muscle to make smaller
Spiral
Contraction
Adduction
Abduction
This is extremely important in modern dance
Being light on your feet
Relevé
Pointe shoes
Gravity
Part of the body that is most involved with shifts of weight and necessary for producing changes of quality in the body
Center of gravity
Spiral
Abduction
Pelvic center
Which is not a descriptor of modern dance movement?
Movement that expresses emotions
Movement that tells a story
Movement that is commentary on social issues
None of the above
Describe the main difference in the locations in which ballet and modern dance can be performed?
Name one pioneer of modern dance.
(a)
Which choreographer was married to Ruth St Denis and, together, they established the Denishawn School of Dance?
¿Qué coreógrafo estaba casado con Ruth St Denis y, juntos, establecieron la Escuela de Danza Denishawn?
Alvin Ailey
Mark Morris
Ted Shawn
Bill T Jones
Describe how to execute a Lateral T. Make sure you are specific in which body parts are being used.
Describe how to execute a Egyptian Walk . Make sure you are specific in which body parts are being used.
What is the name of the song we use for our center choreography? Describe how to execute one movement from the choreography. Make sure you are specific in which body parts are being used.
