Ballet
The name given to the chief female dancer in a ballet company.
What is a Prima Ballerina?
This city is considered the birthplace of jazz dance.
What is New Orleans?
The origin country of Tap.
What is the United States?
Modern is a rebellious from of this dance style. Breaking away from the rigid traditions; prioritizing creative freedom and natural movement.
What is ballet?
This legendary singer popularized "rubber legs".
Who is Elvis Presley?
This is the term used in ballet that indicates movement is being made towards the audience.
What is En Avant?
This famous choreographer is known for popularizing jazz dance in musical theater.
Who is Bob Fosse?
Out of "42nd Street", "A Chorus Line", "Oklahoma!", and "Hair", this one has the most tap dancing in it.
What is "42nd Street"?
Most notably the "mother of modern dance" along with Ruth St. Denis, Loie Fuller, and Martha Graham.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
This style of dance reached its peak popularity thanks to the release of the film "Saturday Night Fever".
What is Disco?
This sport inspired the five positions we use in ballet: first, second, fourth, fifth.
What is fencing?
This popular reality TV show featured many jazz dances and helped to bring the style into mainstream dance culture.
What is So You Think You Can Dance?
The sequence of steps using a dig, spank, step, heel.
What is a paddle/paradiddle?
He is often considered as one of the "fathers of modern".
Who is Merce Cunningham?
The dance move Miley Cyrus infamously performed at the 2013 VMAs.
What is twerking?
The position a dancer will start in when performing a Pas de Cheval.
What is fifth position?
A characteristic of jazz dance movement with complex bodily rhythms.
What is isolation?
The pioneering tap dancer famously appearing with Shirley Temple in her movies.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
New York is host to this infamous modern dance festival every year.
What is Jacob's Pillow?
Forms of the grapevine, weave, scott, and do-si-do stem from this style.
What is line dancing?
This ballet focuses on main character Odette, who needs true love to break the spell she's under.
What is Swan Lake?
The decade jazz dance and music became popular within America.
What are the 1920s?
The step known as the "tap dancer's anthem".
What is the Shim Sham?
The choreography of modern dancer Alvin Ailey is centered around this cultural heritage.
What is African-American?
This choreographer created the original choreography for Broadway classics such as "West Side Story", "The King and I", "Fiddler On The Roof", and "Gypsy".
Who is Jerome Robbins?