Early Modern and Vaudeville
Ballets Russes
Heroic Modern and 2nd Generation Modern Dance
Rise of National Traditions and 20th Century Ballet
Modern/Postmodern
100
An early Modern Dancer who was inspired by Greek Art
Who was Isadora Duncan?
100
The choreographer of "Les Noces"
Who is Bronislava Nijinska?
100
This choreographer's style was marked with fall and recovery.
Who is Doris Humphrey?
100
This impresario was sponsored George Balanchine's first United States Company.
Who is Lincoln Kirstein?
100
This written piece accompanied Yvonne Rainer's "Trio A"
What is the "No Manifesto"?
200
Where Loie Fuller received her dance training.
What is the Vaudeville stage?
200
This choreographer challenged ballet conventions by eschewing traditional technique and using turned-in feet.
Who is Vaslav Nijinsky?
200
This choreographer created a multiracial dance company meant to represent the American experience.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
200
He created a bouncy ballet technique
Who is August Bournonville?
200
The artist who created the idea of the "Happening"
Who is Allan Kaprow?
300
This family of performers challenged public assumptions of race, class, and gender with their performing style.
Who were the Whitman Sisters?
300
This man acted as an impresario for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Who is Sergei Denham?
300
This dance company was influenced by the radical politics of the depression era.
What is the New Dance Group or the Worker's Dance League?
300
This psychological ballet involves a 19th-century love triangle and virtuosic dancing
What is Jardin Aux Lilas?
300
Taught a dance composition class that influenced the Judson choreographers
Who is Robert Dunn?
400
He danced with serpentine hip movements and a "menacing gaze"
Who is Earl Snake Hips Tucker?
400
This choreographer created the ballet Gaite Parisienne.
Who is Leonide Massine?
400
This choreographic work by Katherine Dunham was was not allowed to be performed in the United States.
What is Southland?
400
This ballet by George Balanchine used contrast between skin color as a visual element
What is Agon?
400
This choreographer put dancers in unusual spaces and created task-based dances.
Who is Trisha Brown?
500
The location of the Denishawn School.
Los Angeles, CA
500
This dance work is influenced by the storyline of Le Sylphide, but reverses the gender roles.
What is Spectre de la Rose?
500
This choreographer was strongly influenced by the ideas of Stanislavsky.
Who is Anna Sokolow?
500
Founded a ballet company in England that nurtured the talent of many emerging choreographers.
Who is Marie Rambert?
500
This choreographer bridges modern and postmodern dance and was influenced by Zen Buddhism, film, and technology.
Who is Merce Cunningham?
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