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- 1. Multiple Choice
Modern Dance was born where?
America
Russia
Canada
France
- 2. Multiple Choice
During which century was Modern dance started?
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
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
Which two forms of dance did Modern dance reject?
Ballet & Vaudeville
Ballet & Modern
Jazz & Vaudeville
Hip Hop & Ballet
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was Martha Graham Technique?
lateral and fast
Contract and release
abstract and strong
fall and recover
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was NOT a pioneer of Modern Dance??
Martha Graham
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Dennis
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
Who was considered the mother of modern dance?
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Ruth St Dennis
Hanya Holm
- 10. Multiple Choice
Katherine Dunham Studied?
Anthropology
Sociology
Psychology
Geology
- 11. Multiple Choice
Pearl Primus was a huge advocate for?
Europeans
Latin Americans
African Americans
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was Ruth St Dennis inspired by?
Greece
Gas lighting and light effects
Broadway musicals
Eastern Cultures and mythologies
- 13. Multiple Choice
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
Who wrote the biography about Martha Graham?
Hanya Holm
Doris Humphrey
Agnes De Mille
Charles Weidman
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is considered the second generation of Modern Dancers?
Erick Hawkins
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
Loie Fuler
- 16. Multiple Choice
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
What year did Erick Hawkins join the Martha Graham Dance Company?
1938
1928
1918
1908
- 18. Multiple Choice
Did Erick Hawkins use masks?
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who created more than 150 dances?
Pearl Primus
Martha Graham
Anna Halprin
Ruth St Dennis
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who was one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater.
Pearl Primus
Yvonne Rainer
Twyla Tharp
Mark Morris
- 21. Multiple Choice
What year did Isadora Duncan establish her school of dance?
1901
1902
1904
1903
- 22. Multiple Choice
Who experimented with the effects of gas and lighting?
Loie Fuller
Martha Graham
Isadora Duncan
Hanya Holm
- 23. Multiple Choice
What year did Ted Shawn form his male group?
1923
1913
1943
1933
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who was known for using percussion instruments ?
Hanya Holm
Mary Wigman
Doris Humphrey
Rudolf Von Laban
- 25. Multiple Choice
Martha Graham's technique was known as
Lateral T
fall and recovery
Contract and release
dark and heavy
- 26. Multiple Choice
Hanya Holm emphasized which elements of dance?
Level
Space improv
Shape and size
contract and flexibility in the back
- 27. Multiple Choice
Who brought an Afro Carribean technique?
Katherine Dunham
Katherine De' Medici
Katherine Holm
Katherine Duncan
- 28. Multiple Choice
Who was the subject of the award winning documentary ?
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Merce Cunningham
Jose Limon
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which of the following dancers, danced on broadway?
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
Paul Taylor
Mark Morris
- 30. Multiple Choice
Who incorporated acro and military marching into their dance?
Twyla Tharp
Yvonne Rainer
Anna Halprin
Pearl Primus
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