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What Russian choreographer started the early 20th-century era of contemporary ballet?

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Michel Fokine

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Who was one of Alvin Ailey’s principal dancers, the solo CRY created for, and assumed the position of artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre after Ailey’s death?

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Judith Jamison

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Who developed the format for classical ballet, used symmetrical choreography, and is known as the father of classical ballet?

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Marius Petipa

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Name Ballets by Marius Petipa

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The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère and Coppélia

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Who was the principal dancer in Russia’s Imperial Ballet, The Dying Swan, known for beautiful dramatic dancing

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Anna Pavlova

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which style of dance is Isadora Duncan associated with?

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Free dance; earliest association manifestation of modern dance

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What is Martha graham’s technique?

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Contract and Release

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Doris Humphrey technique?

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Fall and Recovery

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Bob fosse created and is known for

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Jazz hands, caberet, chicago

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Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?

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Swan Lake, nutcracker, sleeping beauty.

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Who is known as the father of tap dance?

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William Henery “Master Juba” Lane.

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What are the four qualities in Laban’s theory of effort?

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time, weight, space, and flow

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Lester Horton’s hallmark movement.

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The lateral T is a hallmark of Horton technique. When executed correctly, the body resembles the letter T

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What is the Alexander technique?

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  • Method used for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support, and coordination.
  • Corrects unconscious patterns of posture and movement (precursors to injury)
  • Recognizes habitual movements, patterns, and postures that cause problems
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What is the Feldenkrais technique?

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using repetitive motions from gestures to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns to release tension

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Bartentieff fundamentals are

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Based on laban movement analysis, this encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind and body movement patterns and internal and external enviornments.

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Who encorporated elements of african and carribean movements into modern dance?

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Katherine Dunham

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Martha Graham is known as

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the mother of modern dance.

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Which of the following best describes a contraction as it is practiced in the Martha Graham technique in modern dance?

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Pulling the torso 45 degrees around the spine

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Laban movement analysis terms

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float, punch, glide, slash, dap, wring, flick, and step

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What is a Devadasi?

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a Carnatic dancing girl whose art was dedicated to temple deities.

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Modern dance works in which the organization of elements is random or arbitrary reflect the influence of the choreographic style

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Merce Cunningham

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What person is most likely to evaluate a dance performance based on emotional response?

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a member of the audience.

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Developing an understanding of the ways in which dance serves as a medium for communication is an integral part of the job of a dance

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therapist

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What exercises were created by Thomas Hanna in the 1970s to bridge the mind-body, relieve, muscular tension and improve flexibility?
Somatics
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Bob Fosse popularized the use of
Jazz Hands
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When Harry Fox first performed what became the foxtrot. What was he working as?
he was working as a vaudeville actor
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Marie Taglioni was often credited for being the first to dance on
pointe
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Loie Fuller experimented with the effects of
gas lighing on silk costumes
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Catherine de Medici brought what to her court?
Musicians and dancers. This is how court dance form became established in France.
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King Louis XIV established what?
The Royal Academy of Dance. the worlds first professional ballet school.
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The Jazz dance choreo in the musical theater classics of Chicago and Cabaret is the work of who?
Bob Fosse
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Father of Tap Dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NYC
William henry master juba lane
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Early modern dance composition, such as that of Martha Graham, was characterized by what form?
Narrative
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Tchaikovsky composed which ballets?
Sleeping Beauty The Nutcracker Swan Lake
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Who composed the ballets, Giselle and Le Corsaire?
Adolphe Adam.
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What Type of ballet did Marius Petipa begin?
Classical ballet.
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Who was the Frenchman who improved the Russian ballet program?
Marius Petipa
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Who was hired by the royal ballet, danced Romeo and Juliet, and was famously paired with Margot Fonteyn?
Rudolf Nureyev
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Who is the founder of Jacob's Pillow?
Ted Shawn
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Who founded the Denishawn school of dance?
Ruth St. Denis ( partner of Ted Shawn. )
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Garth Fagan created choreography for which popular broadway?
The Lion King
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The Garth Fagan Dance School uniquely blends which types of dances?
Modern, Jazz, World dance.
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Who is known as Ballet De La Nuit / The Apollo Sun God, The Sun King.
King Louis XIV
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What are the two main contributions Marie Camargo gave during 18th-century ballet?
Strong high jumps, changed ballet costume to no a short skirt with no corset, changed the shoes from heeled to slippers.
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Who was the first artist credited with introducing syncopation and improvisation in his performances?
William Henry Lane Master Juba
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What is Pierre Beauchamps credited with having invented?
The 5 Leg positions
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Who was the first to do pointe?
Marie Taglioni
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Who starred in La Sylphide?
Marie Taglioni
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Who choreographed La Sylphide?
Phillippe Taglioni, ( taught and created the dance for his daughter )
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The Denishawn school of dance is inspired by
different cultures educate on the mind-body and spirit
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Who brought ballet from France to Italy?
Catherine de Medici
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What are some characteristics of the Joffrey Ballet?
- first to hire short dancers - rock ballets - brought together different historical eras
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Who founded the dance theatre of Harlem?
Arthur Mitchell
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Who was the first African American hired in ballet in the '50s and was motivated by MLK jr's assassination?
Arthur Mitchell
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Who is a famous ballerina paired with Rudolf Nureyev and danced in Romeo and Juliet?
Margot Fonteyn
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Who made everyday movement absurd and dramatic?
Charles Weidman
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Who is a celebrated teacher who founded the Jazz Dance World Congress
Gus Giordani
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Star choreographer and Controversial Dancer
Vaslav Ninjinsky
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Who codified many ballet rules still used today?
Pierre Beauchamps and Jean George Noverre
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Who was the founder of Ballet Russes?
Sergei Diaghilev
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Who was the choreographer of Ballet Russes?
Michel Fokine
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Who was a Hollywood jazz and tap dancer who popularized wearing pantyhose in place of stockings?
Ann Miller
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who is Gene Kelly?
He is a broadway and hollywood jazz and tap dancer who was also a movie star.
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Who is the dancer with physical disabilities who created a therapeutic method which led to the development of standard Jazz Techniques
Luigi
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Who was the Denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer who invented theater dance?
Jack Cole
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Who was an award winning choreographer for both broadway and Hollywood jazz and modern dance?
Twyla Thrap
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Who was a celebrated teacher of Jazz technique?
Matt Mattox

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