Modern Dance End Of Unit

What is this movement called?

The Elements of Dance are:

• Space, Time, Energy, Body

• Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics

• Color, Shape, Texture, Form

• Line, Balance, Contrast, Emphasis

Core Distal in dance refers to the relationship between which parts of the body?

• Core and limbs (arms and legs)

• Head and feet

• Hands and shoulders

• Back and chest

What is Improvisation in dance?

• A pre-planned choreography

• A spontaneous movement creation

• A type of dance style

• A dance performance with music

Match the following

• muscular tension

• a highly individualized artistic expression of dance

• core

• release

• steady, basic, continuous pulse

• contraction

• letting go of tension or energy

• center of gravity

• modern dance

• rhythm

Who was credited for the contract and release technique

• Ruth St. Denis
• Martha Graham
• Isadora Duncan
• Loie Fuller

What style of dance Modern dance rebel against?

• Jazz
• Hip Hop
• Lyrical
• Ballet

Curving of the torso into a concave shape.

• flatback

• contraction

• spiral

• circle

A type of dance that began as a rebellion against ballet steps and positions. No rules or boundaries, avante-garde, pedestrian movements that allow dancers to express themselves with a variety of themes.

• ballet

• lyrical

• modern

• hip hop

The line or direction taken by the dancer as he/she moves from place to place.

• curve

• line

• pathway

• motion