Elements of Dance
The 6 Elements of Dance.
What is Body, Action, Space, Time, Energy, and Relationships?
This 1950's dance used elements from African American dances and European partnered dance and its name was inspired by aviator Charles Lindbergh who "hopped" the Atlantic ocean.
What is the Lindy Hop?
Choreographed ten new works including Apollo (1928) and Prodigal Son (1920). In 1934, he went to America and opened the School of American Ballet, which remains one of the major ballet schools today.
Who was George Balanchine?
Known as the "Mother of Modern" Dance
Who is Isadora Duncan?
What is your Dance Appreciation Instructors name?
Who is Coach Britney?
The element of dance that describes "where" the performer is doing the movement.
What is Space?
This 1980's dance move is also known as a back slide, in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion. It became popular around the world when performed by pop star Michael Jackson.
What is the Moon Walk?
Shy and round shouldered and excelled in ballets in which emphasized her delicacy and lightness. The most famous of these was Le Sylphide created for her by her father.
Who was Marie Taglioni?
Developed a technique based on the idea of "contracting" and "releasing"
Who was Martha Graham?
The BEST class at MGCCC.
What is Dance Appreciation!!!!?!?!!!
The element of dance describes "how" the performer is performing the movement?
What is Energy?
This dance accompanies a song that was released on February 13, 2007 and was created to be a "modern day line dance."
What is the Cupid Shuffle?
Ballerina who was more interested in natural movements suited to the characters in the ballets. As an expressive artist, she often created her own choreography (considered the first female choreographer).
Who was Marie Salle'?
Another modern dancer who rebelled against the traditional methods of choreographing- did not feel that the "self" always had to be the main focus on stage. He used costumes that made people look more like objects than humans.
Who was Alwin Nikolais?
Ballet originated in this country.
The element of dance that describes "what" the performer is doing.
This dance is synced up with the song Right Foot Creep by YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and became widely popular amongst athletes of the NFL.
Who was Nijinsky?
A founding member of Judson Dance Theatre whose choreography employed the use of repetition. She created intricate movement patterns that seemed to logically build from one movement to the next.
Who is Trisha Brown?
This was a wild dance craze that occurred during the Middle Ages as a result of the Black Plague. It was a deadly phenomenon where participants danced until they dropped.
What was Dance Mania?
The element of dance that describes "who" is performing the movement.
What is Body?
This 1920's dance is characterized by its toes-in, heels out twisting steps.
What is the Charleston?
A young member of Russian nobility with a strong interest in all the arts and had a great contribution to the ballet world in the early 20th Century. He was the creator of Ballet Russes.
Who was Diaghilev?
First choreographer to emerge from using traditional modern dance choreographic methods and developed a new style of choreography. he often used "chance" and "indeterminacy" methods in his choreography.
Who was Merce Cunningham?
What was the title of the ballet that incited a riot in 1913?