Modern Dance
This dance style developed as a reaction against the strict rules of ballet.
What is modern dance?
This dance style combines modern, jazz, lyrical, and ballet.
What is contemporary dance?
This choreographer is known for jazz hands, finger snaps, and turned-in knees.
Who is Bob Fosse?
Ballet Folklórico is a traditional dance style from this country.
Modern dancers often create choreography using these two things.
What are emotions and moods?
Contemporary dancers strive to connect these two things.
What are the mind and body?
This dance pioneer created the first school of Modern dance.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
Bollywood and Bharatanatyam are dance styles from this country.
What is India?
This is Mrs. Ruiz's favorite color(s)
Unlike ballerinas who try to stay light on their feet, modern dancers use this to create movement.
What is body weight?
This movement quality is commonly seen in contemporary dance.
What is fluid and flowing movement?
This choreographer helped make modern dance more structured and recognizable.
Who is Martha Graham?
Samba and Carnival dancing are associated with this country.
What is Brazil?
This is Mrs. Ruiz's middle name.
What is Ashley?
This modern dance pioneer danced barefoot in Grecian robes.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
One major difference between modern and contemporary dance is that contemporary dance combines multiple ____________.
Bob Fosse choreography often includes curved shoulders and this type of knee position.
What are turned in knees?
The Dragon Dance is traditionally performed to scare away these.
What are evil spirits?
This is Mrs. Ruiz's favorite ride at Disney's California Adventure.
What is guardians of the galaxy?
This choreographer created a modern dance vocabulary and technique still used today.
Who is Martha Graham?
Both modern and contemporary dance focus heavily on this.
What are emotion and expression?
This Bob Fosse movement style includes finger snaps and these famous hand movements.
What are jazz hands?
This dance style from Egypt focuses on controlled body movement and rhythm.
What is the belly dance?
This is the number of years Mrs. Ruiz has been teaching dance at STF.
What is 8 years?