Modern Dance Review - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Modern Dance was born where?

America

Russia

Canada

France

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During which century was Modern dance started?

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many Mary Wigman's style of dance be described?

jazz with a modern emphasis

linear and fast

light and bouncy

Heavy, Dark and heavy bound

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Doris Humphrey and Weidman founded the?

Weidman- Humphrey Studio and Company

HumpWeid School of Dace

Humphrey- Weidman Studio and Company

HumphreyWeidman School of Modern & Contemporary Dance

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which two forms of dance did Modern dance reject?

Ballet & Vaudeville

Ballet & Modern

Jazz & Vaudeville

Hip Hop & Ballet

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was Martha Graham Technique?

lateral and fast

Contract and release

abstract and strong

fall and recover

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was NOT a pioneer of Modern Dance??

Martha Graham

Isadora Duncan

Loie Fuller

Ruth St. Dennis

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which 2 choreographers created the Denishawn company?

Ted Shawn & Isadora Duncan

Ruth St. Dennis & Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan & Martha Graham

Ted Shawn & Ruth St Dennis

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was considered the mother of modern dance?

Isadora Duncan

Martha Graham

Ruth St Dennis

Hanya Holm

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Katherine Dunham Studied?

Anthropology

Sociology

Psychology

Geology

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Pearl Primus was a huge advocate for?

Europeans

Latin Americans

African Americans

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was Ruth St Dennis inspired by?

Greece

Gas lighting and light effects

Broadway musicals

Eastern Cultures and mythologies

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the name of the book Doris Humphrey wrote?

The Dance of life

The Art of Making Dances

The compositional life of Dance

The art of Creating Dances

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who wrote the biography about Martha Graham?

Hanya Holm

Doris Humphrey

Agnes De Mille

Charles Weidman

15.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Who is considered the second generation of Modern Dancers?

Erick Hawkins

Merce Cunningham

Jose Limon

Loie Fuler

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was Erick Hawkin's approach to dance

Mature and masculine approach

feminine approach

movement based on natural kinesthetic

Flexibility in the torso and back

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What year did Erick Hawkins join the Martha Graham Dance Company?

1938

1928

1918

1908

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Did Erick Hawkins use masks?

True

False

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who created more than 150 dances?

Pearl Primus

Martha Graham

Anna Halprin

Ruth St Dennis

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater.

Pearl Primus

Yvonne Rainer

Twyla Tharp

Mark Morris

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What year did Isadora Duncan establish her school of dance?

1901

1902

1904

1903

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who experimented with the effects of gas and lighting?

Loie Fuller

Martha Graham

Isadora Duncan

Hanya Holm

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What year did Ted Shawn form his male group?

1923

1913

1943

1933

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was known for using percussion instruments ?

Hanya Holm

Mary Wigman

Doris Humphrey

Rudolf Von Laban

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Martha Graham's technique was known as

Lateral T

fall and recovery

Contract and release

dark and heavy

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Hanya Holm emphasized which elements of dance?

Level

Space improv

Shape and size

contract and flexibility in the back

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who brought an Afro Carribean technique?

Katherine Dunham

Katherine De' Medici

Katherine Holm

Katherine Duncan

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the subject of the award winning documentary ?

Alvin Ailey

Paul Taylor

Merce Cunningham

Jose Limon

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following dancers, danced on broadway?

Merce Cunningham

Alvin Ailey

Paul Taylor

Mark Morris

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who incorporated acro and military marching into their dance?

Twyla Tharp

Yvonne Rainer

Anna Halprin

Pearl Primus

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