Modern Dance - History & Vocab

What is Modern dance?

• a rejection of hip hop

• a rejection of ballet

• a rejection of tap dance

• a rejection of line dance

How many rules are there in Modern dance?

• 11

• 25

• There are NO RULES3

• 36

Modern dance choreography tells a story

• True

• False

When did Modern dance develop?

• 1970s

• early 2000s

• late 1800s/early 1900s

• 1990s

Match the following

• Twyla Tharp

• contract and release

• Isadora Duncan

• inspired by gospels, spirituals, and blues

• Katherine Dunham

• created "dance anthropology"

• Martha Graham

• uses jazz/tap/ballet to create their style

• Alvin Ailey

• "Mother of Modern Dance"

Match the following

• modern dance

• rhythm

• core

• release

• letting go of tension or energy

• contraction

• muscular tension

• a highly individualized artistic expression of dance

• steady, basic, continuous pulse

• center of gravity

Match the following

• parallel

• to regain posture from a fall

• improvisation

• the act of falling by force of gravity

• leap

• knees and feet facing forward

• recovery

• movement of elevation pushing off from one foot and landing on another

• fall

• tapping the subconscious allowing for creativity

Match the following

• quality of movement

• 3 step pattern

• swing

• a pendular movement involving a natural movement of the body

• suspend

• movements lengthened in time creating an isolation

• triplet

• the result of which energy of force is applied and withdrawn from the movement