Choreographic Techniques
Brushing your teeth.
What is literal choreography?
Dancing towards the back.
What is up stage?
Origins of Modern Dance
What are the Women's movement, industrialization, and sociopolitical change?
Float, glide, flick, dab, slash, punch, wring, press.
What are Laban's 8 force effort actions?
Co-director of Wigman's school.
Who is Hanya Holm.
The Graham-technique.
What is contract release?
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What is variation?
Who were the theorists of modern dance?
The 6 force qualities.
What are swing, sustained, percussive, collapse, suspended, stillness?
Known for their highly inclusive dance school.
Who is Lester Horton.
Founder of fall and recovery.
Who is Doris Humphrey?
Dance writing composition.
What is describing, analyzing, and evaluating?
Danced in a free, child-like manner.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
Began experimenting with avant-garde.
Who is Paul Taylor?
Believer in "motion not emtion"
Who is Alwin Nikolais?
This choreographer would flip a coin before his dancers went on stage to perform.
Who is Merce Cunningham?
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What is Cannon?
Dance school that linked two generations of dancers (trailblazers with the 1st gens).
What is the Denishawn School?
Laban's principles of space.
What is kinesphere, 3D planes, and levels?
Pilobolus Dance Theatre was inspired by this dancer due to their use of human sculpture-making.
Alwin Nikolais
Energy moving away from the body in opposite directions (full body opposition and engagement).
What is the Horton Technique?
Most soothing design, evokes stability and calmness according to Doris Humphrey, and has curved, flowing patterns.
What is symmetrical successional?
Formed a school with Doris Humphrey.
Who is Charles Weidman?
All movement comes from the core.
What is centrally initiated movement?
Betty Farrally came to Canada to co-found this Canadian dance company.
What is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet?