5: Contemporary Dance

Question 1

A style of expressive dance that uses the body to convey general sad and depressing themes

Answer 1

Contemporary Dance

Question 2

Combination of several dance genres of modern, jazz, lyrical as well as classical ballet

Answer 2

Contemporary Dance

Question 3

Origin of contemporary dance

Answer 3

America and Europe

Question 4

Where and when was contemporary dance popularized?

Answer 4

New Zealand (mid 20th century)

Question 5

Dance derived from ballet and modern dance but had existed before lyrical ballet

Answer 5

Contemporary Dance

Question 6

Combination of ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance

Answer 6

Lyrical Dance (Ballet)

Question 7

Dances associated with self-expression

Answer 7

Contemporary

Lyrical

Question 8

Founding Mother of Contemporary Dance

Answer 8

Martha Graham

Question 9

Combination of ballet and modern dance choreography

Answer 9

Graham Technique

Question 10

Had brought contemporary dance to the spotlight whose works intended to reveal the inner (feelings of) man

Answer 10

Martha Graham

Question 11

A modern dancer and choreographer who developed new parts of abstract dance

Answer 11

Merce Cunningham

Question 12

Art featuring organic shapes exhibiting no specific interpretation

Answer 12

Abstract Art

Question 13

A non-representational dance with no clear content of the story and the message is subjective base on the audience’s understanding

Answer 13

Abstract Dance

Question 14

8 Terms and Techniques in Contemporary Dance

Answer 14

1. Abstraction
2. Alignment
3. Arch
4. Beat
5. Contraction
6. Lunge
7. Mirroring
8. Pirouette

Question 15

Non-representational without clear plot or characters and the interpretation is base on the audience.

Answer 15

Abstraction

Question 16

What does dance movements evoke that makes it so that no dance can be entirely abstract?

Answer 16

Human Content

Question 17

Placement of bones in a way that increases physiological effectiveness

Answer 17

Alignment

Question 18

Proper posture (improve in health)

Answer 18

Alignment

Question 19

A position where the whole of your upper body is extended to form an arch

Answer 19

Arch

Question 20

Basic unit to measure time in choreographic and musical languages

Answer 20

Beat

Question 21

How fast or slow the body moves

Answer 21

Tempo

Question 22

Forward curving of spine from the pelvic zone leading to the tightening of the abdominal wall

Answer 22

Contraction

Question 23

Came from aerobics language and is a technique and exercise for exhibiting flexibility and to strengthen the lower body

Answer 23

Lunge

Question 24

Bodily activity for two people where one person moves as the other follows as if a mirror reflection.

Answer 24

Mirroring

Question 25

Its purpose is to develop concentration, connection, and communication between the two dancers

Answer 25

Mirroring

Question 26

“to whirl about”

Answer 26

Pirouette

Question 27

A technique coming from ballet where it exhibits a full turn of the body on one leg while the other leg is bent

Answer 27

Pirouette

Question 28

3 Major Elements in Contemporary Dance

Answer 28

Time
Space
Energy