Early 20th Century
Name that Work
American Modern Dance
More Modern Dance
Post Modern Dance
100
This is the city that the early Modern Dance pioneers converged to. The city was also the home of the World's Fair in 1900.
What is Paris?
100
Trisha Brown
What is Man Walking Down the Side of a Building?
100
Together, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn founded this school, the 1st American modern dance institution.
What is Denishawn?
100
This German choreographer utilized masks within her work.
Who is Mary Wigman?
100
This is the name of the group of movement artists that began experimenting with what is dance? in the 1960s and held performances at a church (from which they drew their name).
What is Judson Dance Theatre?
200
Isadora Duncan's movement emanated from this part/area of the body.
What is the Solar Plexus?
200
Mary Wigman
What is Witch Dance?
200
This term, the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions, is seen in the work of Martha Graham and Pina Bausch.
What is catharis?
200
This manifesto, declared by Yvonne Rainer, was the call to arms for the Post Modern dance era
What is the "No" Manifesto?
300
This is the artistic movement in the early 20th century that was influenced by and also inspired Loie Fuller. It is highly stylized, celebrates the natural world and the female body, and features bold colors and curlicues.
What is Art Nouveau?
300
What is Relevations?
300
Katherine Dunham conducted her ethnographic research in this geographical area.
What is the Caribbean?
300
He choreographed The Moor's Pavane.
Who is Jose Limon?
300
This California-based dance improvisation artist influenced the Greenwich Village dance scene of the 1960s.
Who is Anna Halprin?
400
This early modern dance pioneer veiled her body with lighting and costuming effects, creating images of butterflies, flames, and more.
Who is Loie Fuller?
400
Martha Graham
What is Lamentation?
400
Ruth St. Denis used this concept within her choreography, but Mark Morris truly embodies it within all of his choreography.
What is music visualization?
400
This is the group behind the dance theatre video, The Cost of Living.
Who is DV8 Physical Theatre?
400
This choreographer worked with gravity and how the body can give into it through her "Equipment Pieces" where she had her dancers assisted with harnesses.
Who is Trisha Brown?
500
This German choreographer developed a notation system for dance in the early twentieth century.
Who is Rudolph von Laban?
500
Pina Bausch
What is Rite of Spring?
500
This choreographer utilized chance dance methods and worked with composer John Cage.
Who is Merce Cunningham?
500
This choreographer used the real life experiences of people dealing with terminal illnesses to create Still/Here.
Who is Bill T. Jones?
500
This composer became the composition teacher in NYC as Post Modern Dance was beginning
Who is Robert Ellis Dunn?