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Question 1

prioritizes the dancer’s interpretation and often reflects social and political themes

Answer 1

Modern dance

Question 2

is codified, while contemporary dance is not codified and combines several different styles.

Answer 2

Modern dance

Question 3

focuses on emotions and moods

Answer 3

Modern dance

Question 4

is influenced by ballet and jazz

Answer 4

Modern dance

Question 5

embraces a range of methods and aesthetics, often including a mix of styles.

Answer 5

Contemporary dance

Question 6

is not codified and combines several different styles.

Answer 6

Contemporary dance

Question 7

focuses on creating new techniques and movements.

Answer 7

Contemporary dance

Question 8

The movements of _________ are more fluid and lighter than that of modern dance.

Answer 8

contemporary dance

Question 9

has more diverse influences.

Answer 9

Contemporary dance

Question 10

IS A BROAD GENRE OF WESTERN CONCERT OR THEATRICAL DANCE WHICH INCLUDED DANCE STYLES SUCH AS ___,_____,_____, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIAL DANCING; AND PRIMARILY AROSE OUT OF ____ AND THE ____ IN THE LATE ____ AND EARLY Centuries

Answer 10

MODERN DANCE

BALLET, FOLK, ETHNIC

EUROPE

UNITED STATES

19TH

20th

Question 11

_______ IS A HIGHLY EXPRESSIVE STYLE OF DANCE THAT CHALLENGES THE STRUCTURED DANCE TECHNIQUE OF CLASSICAL BALLET. THE FOCUS OF <blank> IS EXPRESSION, RATHER THAN FOLLOWING A RIGID SET OF Postures or technical positions that ballet dancers are trained in.</blank>

Answer 11

MODERN DANCE

Question 12

HISTORY OF
MODERN DANCE

1st lady: ____
2nd lady:___

THE FIRST TWO WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN DANCERS TO BREAK AWAY FROM CLASSICAL BALLET WERE THE _______OF THE ___’S

•LEADERS OF THIS MOVEMENT BASED THEIR WORKS ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ,USING THEIR BODIES AS INSTRUMENTS TO EXPRESS SUCH EMOTIONS AS ___, FEAR, JOY, OR ___.

Answer 12

Isadora Duncan

Ruth St. Denis

AMERICAN MODERN DANCE MOVEMENT

1920’s

PASSION

GRIEF

Question 13

History Of modern Dance

THE ___ WAVE OF MODERN DANCE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE FOUNDERS, RUTH DENNIS AND ISADORA DUNCAN.

IN THE __TH CENTURY, MODERN DANCE WAS RECOGNIZED AS “___” AND WAS INSPIRED BY NON-WESTERN CULTURES SUCH AS ____,____,____. MUCH OF THE MOVEMENT WAS TAKEN FROM THE ARTWORK AND SCULPTURES OF THESE CULTURES.

Answer 13

FIRST

MODERN DANCE

19th

NON-TRADITIONAL

ASIA, GREECE, AND AFRICA

Question 14

History of modern dance

THE _____ OF MODERN DANCE, THE STYLE AND MOVEMENT WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN ____ BUT WERE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT WHEN THE FIRST SCHOOL OF MODERN DANCE, _______ OF DANCE AND RELATED ARTS, OPENED IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS INTRODUCED AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD TO THIS UNCONVENTIONAL AND CREATIVE WAY OF MOVEMENT, GOING AGAINST THE RIGID OF MOVEMENT.

Answer 14

FIRST WAVE

EUROPE

THE DENISHAWN SCHOOL

Question 15

History of modern dance

THE __ WAVE OF MODERN DANCE BROUGHT NEW CONTRIBUTIONS AND STYLES TO THIS NEW FORM OF DANCE.

______ IS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PIONEER OF THIS ERA BRINGING NEW AND NATURAL MOVEMENTS TO MODERN DANCE.

DURING THIS TIME, THE FOCUS WAS ON THE BASIC MOVEMENTS OF _____,_____,___, and _____

THIS WAVE DURING THE ____ SURVIVED THE TIMES OF _____ AND WWII.

Answer 15

SECOND

MARTHA GRAHAM

BREATHING, WALKING, CONTRACTING AND RELEASING.

1930’s

GREAT DEPRession

Question 16

HISTORY OF MODERN DANCE

THE ___ WAVE OF MODERN DANCE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TIME, AND THE RAW EMOTIONS THAT MANY PEOPLE FELT IN SOCIETY DUE TO THESE EVENTS, WAS REFLECTED IN DANCE.

MODERN DANCE WAS NO LONGER LOOKED AT AS AN ABSTRACT DANCE BUT WAS WELCOMED INTO THE THEATRICAL WORLD AS A FAMILIAR AND RESPECTED FORM AND STYLE.

Answer 16

SECOND WAVE

Question 17

HISTORY OF MODERN DANCE

THE ___ WAVE OF DANCE BEGAN IN THE 1960S AND IS WHAT WE KNOW AS MODERN DANCE TODAY. ________ WAS THE MAIN INFLUENCE OF THIS PERIOD. THIS BROUGHT MORE MOVEMENTS AND STYLES, INCLUDING ___ AND ___, INTO THE FORM OF MODERN DANCE.

Answer 17

THIRD

AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE

JAZZ, TAP

Question 18

HISTORY OF MODERN DANCE

THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND KNOWN MODERN DANCE COMPANY OF OUR DAY IS THE WHICH BECAME POPULAR IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE LATE 1950S.

•THIS______ WAS FOUNDED BY______ AND ALSO LED BY ______

Answer 18

AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY

ALVIN AILEY

AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCERS.

Question 19

HISTORY OF MODERN DANCE

THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND KNOWN MODERN DANCE COMPANY OF OUR DAY IS THE WHICH BECAME POPULAR IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE LATE 1950S.

•THIS______ WAS FOUNDED BY______ AND ALSO LED BY ______

Answer 19

AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY

ALVIN AILEY

AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCERS.

Question 20

TYPES OF MODERN DANCE

___ DANCE DEVELOPED DURING THE _______, BEFORE EVOLVING IN ___ and _____ INTO A CONCERT DANCE MEANT FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

Answer 20

BALLET

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

FRANCE AND RUSSIA

Question 21

TYPES OF MODERN DANCE

_____ IS A CULTURE AND ART MOVEMENT
FOUNDED IN THE ____, NEW YORK CITY, BY ____AMERICANS, ___ AMERICANS, AND ____ AMERICANS

Answer 21

HIP-HOP

BRONX

AFRICAN

LATINO

CARIBBEAN

Question 22

TYPES OF MODERN DANCE

____ IS A FUSION OF JAZZ AND BALLET.
IN LYRICAL, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND DANCERS USE MOTION TO INTERPRET MUSIC AND EXPRESS EMOTION, TELLING A STORY
WITH MOVEMENT

Answer 22

LYRICAL

Question 23

DANCE TECHNIQUE

__________ TECHNIQUE
HER TECHNIQUE WAS “____ and ____” FOR WHICH THE CONTRACTION ALLOWS DANCERS TO BREATH OUT TO CURVE THE BODY AND TO RELEASE THE CURVE BY BREATHING IN.

Answer 23

MARTHA GRAHAM’S

CONTRACTION AND RELEASE

Question 24

______ TECHNIQUE
HIS TECHNIQUE WAS CALLED “________”, WHICH IS BASED ON PIONEER MODERN DANCER ________.

Answer 24

JOSE LIMON’S TECHNIQUE

FALL AND RECOVERY

DORIS HUMPHREY

Question 25

THIS TECHNIQUE ALLOWS DANCERS TO EXPLORE AND EXPERIENCE THEIR OWN MOMENTUM, UNDERSTAND THE BODY’S WEIGHT, THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY, AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THEIR BREATHING WHEN THEY FALL AND HOW TO RECOVER IN A REFINE MANNER

Answer 25

JOSE LIMON TECHNIQUE

Question 26

_______ ‘s TECHNIQUE WAS AN AMERICAN MODERN DANCER WHO FOCUSED ON ATHLETIC ABILITIES AND GRACE. HIS TECHNIQUE ARE MADE UP OF EXERCISES THAT CREATED TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT PHYSICAL CONCEPTS SUCH AS DEEP LUNGES, SIDEWAYS BENDS, AND LEG SWINGS RELEASES.

Answer 26

LESTER HORTON

Question 27

IT’S AGGRESSIVE AND FAST-PACED YET IT BUILDS DANCERS’ BODIES TO BE POWERFUL YET LEAN.

Answer 27

LESTER HORTON TECHNIQUE

Question 28

_______’S TECHNIQUE HER TECHNIQUE COMBINES AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES ALONG WITH BALLET IN HER MOVEMENTS.

Answer 28

KATHERINE DUNHAM

Question 29

THE MOVEMENTS FOCUS ON USING THE HIPS, THE PELVIS, AND THE TORSO WITHIN THE DANCERS’ BODIES.

Answer 29

KATHERINE DUNHAM TECHNIQUE

Question 30

THE MOVEMENTS FOCUS ON USING THE HIPS, THE PELVIS, AND THE TORSO WITHIN THE DANCERS’ BODIES.

Answer 30

KATHERINE DUNHAM TECHNIQUE

Question 31

_____’S TECHNIQUE •WAS AN AMERICAN MODERN DANCER WHO FOCUSED ON INCORPORATING BALLET CONCEPTS FOR NATURAL MOVEMENTS IN MODERN HIS TECHNIQUE INVOLVES EXERCISES OF THE SPINE, ENGAGING THE PELVIS, UNDERSTANDING DIRECTIONAL CHANGES AND FOCUS.

Answer 31

MERCE CUNNINGHAM

Question 32

•THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF MODERN DANCE IS THAT IT ENCOURAGES DANCERS TO USE THEIR ___ and ____ TO DESIGN THEIR STEPS, COMBINATIONS AND DANCES INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING A STRUCTURED CODE OF TECHNIQUE AS IN THE BALLET.

Answer 32

EMOTIONS AND MOODS