Modern Dance Unit

Question 1

When did Modern Dance start?

Answer 1

The late 1800-1900s

Question 2

What style of dance did Modern Dance reject?

Answer 2

Ballet

Question 3

Where did Modern Dance emerge?

Answer 3

America and Germany

Question 4

Modern Dance emphasized______ rather than the air

Answer 4

the Earth

Question 5

Rudolf Van Laban created a way to write down choreography called_______

Answer 5

Labanotation

Question 6

Von Laban also created large groups of dancers called______

Answer 6

Movement Choirs

Question 7

Isadora Duncan is named _________

Answer 7

“The Mother of Modern Dance”

Question 8

Isadora Duncan called her style of dance_____

Answer 8

“True Dance”

Question 9

Why did Isadora Duncan’s work take a thematically dark turn?

Answer 9

Her two children died in a car accident.

Question 10

How did Isadora Duncan die?

Answer 10

In 1927, she was riding in a convertible and her scarf got caught in the spokes of the wheel. It snapped her neck and she died instantly.

Question 11

What were Duncan’s last words?

Answer 11

“Farewell, my friends. I go to glory!”

Question 12

Where was Mary Wigman from?

Answer 12

Germany

Question 13

Who was Wigman’s teacher?

Answer 13

Rudolf von Laban

Question 14

What caused Mary WIgman to develop psychological issues?

Answer 14

A nervous breakdown in 1918

Question 15

Mary Wigman’s most famous pieces that the choreographed after her breakdown is called_____

Answer 15

“Witch Dance”

Question 16

Why did Mary Wigman wear masks while performing?

Answer 16

She believed they warded off evil spirits

Question 17

Mary Wigman opened a school called _______ and toured the US with her students, some of which decided to stay in ____

Answer 17

Dresden Central School (in Germany) & NY

Question 18

Hanya Holm became one of ______

Answer 18

“The Big Four”

Question 19

What shows did Hanya Holm choreograph for in NY?

Answer 19

“Kiss Me Kate” and “My Fair Lady”

Question 20

Hanya Holm’s Labanotation for _______ was the first choreography to be copyrighted in the United States

Answer 20

“Kiss Me Kate”

Question 21

Ruth St. Denis was known as the ____ of modern dencers

Answer 21

Girliest

Question 22

Ruth St. Denis married a man named _____

Answer 22

Ted Shawn

Question 23

Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn formed a Dance company called ______

Answer 23

Denishawn Dance Company

Question 24

Ruth St. Denis was about ______ and ______

Answer 24

Theatricality and Flashiness

Question 25

Ted Shawn focused on looking ___

Answer 25

Manly

Question 26

After the two split, Shawn formed a company called _____

Answer 26

Ted Shawn and His Male Dancers

Question 27

Chasse

Answer 27

To chase

Question 28

Tendu

Answer 28

To touch

Question 29

Passe

Answer 29

To pass

Question 30

Releve

Answer 30

To rise

Question 31

What does Pilobus use to describe their style/way of dance?

Answer 31

Weight distribution

Question 32

What are the names of Alvin Ailey’s most-famous pieces?

Answer 32

“Cry” and “Revelations”

Question 33

What is Ailey’s piece “Cry” about?

Answer 33

He wrote it for his mother as a birthday gift.

Question 34

What is the name of the school that Ted Shawn formed after he separated from Ruth?

Answer 34

Jacob’s Pillow

Question 35

How did Martha Graham describe her movements? Hint; three words

Answer 35

Breathe, contract, release

Question 36

What did Martha Graham’s dance hands symbolize?

Answer 36

The Lotus flower

Question 37

___________ essentially copied Martha Graham and used the concept ______ to describe her movement with the words ___ and _____

Answer 37

Doris Humphrey, balance, fall, recover

Question 38

Who was Alvin Ailey’s muse?

Answer 38

Judith Jameson