Ballet
Catherine de Medici spread ballet from __________ to __________.
Someone who is the first to do something.
A pioneer
Duncan believed all movement began here.
Solar Plexus
________________ was Graham's nickname
The Mother of Modern Dance
Her movement is very _______________.
free
He was known as The Sun King.
Louis XIV of France
Loie Fuller was the first to use _________ and _________ in her choreography "Serpentine Dance."
Isadora Duncan was inspired by ______________ and __________.
nature, Greek culture
Graham's technique was based on _______________ and _____________ of the low abdominal muscles.
contract, release
Her technique uses gravity and is called _______________ and _______________.
fall, recovery
He is nicknamed "The Father of American Ballet" because he founded New York City Ballet and The School of American Ballet.
George Balanchine.
The modern dance pioneers rebelled against ballet because they found it to be __________________.
Unnatural in the body.
Duncan opened boarding schools in Europe to help keep ____________ in school.
girls
___________________ is Graham's famous solo in which she is wrapped in a purple cloth.
Lamentations
She preferred _____________ dances over solos.
group
Ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker would be considered this type of ballet because there is a story.
Narrative
They opened the first modern dance school in LA, California.
Ruth St. Denis & Ted Shawn
Duncan's dancers were called ___________.
Isadorables
Her movement can be described as ______________ and ____________.
Angular, sharp
_____________ is one of her masterworks watched in class.
Water Study
The lowest position of a ballet company is called this. It also means the group of dancers.
Corps de ballet
The modern dance movement started around the _______.
1900s
Many of Duncan's dances were based on ___________.
current events
She made dance popular in this country.
USA
She studied with this teacher.
Ruth St. Denis