Medieval & Renaissance
Baroque
Ballet
Folk & Social Dance in America
Artistic Dance in the Modern Era
100
Outlawed in the Church
What is dancing?
100
Dancing allowed back in Church in the form of Liturgical.
What is drama?
100
The theatrical dance form that grew from the early court dance traditions.
What is ballet?
100
The jig, reels, and the quadrille.
What are some immigrant dance traditions?
100
Considered the pioneer of modern dance in America.
Who is Martha Graham?
200
A dance that was eventually allowed in the Church.
What is liturgical?
200
A dance that stressed social etiquette.
What is secular court dance?
200
Heels touching and toes pointed out.
What is First Position?
200
An affordable and convenient form of entertainment requiring only a wooden floor, a caller, and a fiddler.
What is square dancing?
200
Martha Graham's contemporaries.
Who are St. Denis and Isadora Duncan?
300
A dance where the people never faced each other.
What is processional-style?
300
This dance was considered a display of power.
What is secular court dance?
300
Feet new in the same position as First Position, but there is space between the heels.
What is Second Position?
300
Possibly the most popular square dance in America.
What is The Virginia Reel?
300
She made dancing a more athletic art.
Who is Martha Graham?
400
A secular dance with stomping or hopping.
What is estampie?
400
She brought her Italian dance master and created ballet.
Who is Catherine De Medici?
400
"The king's ballet master"
Who is Pierre Beauchamp?
400
A dance that has made a comeback recently in the United States.
What is Swing?
400
Modern dance primarily arose in these two countries.
What is Germany and America?
500
Known as the "spider bite" dance.
What is taranteller?
500
Nickname for Louis XIV.
What is "Sun King"?
500
King Louis' dance academy he formed.
What is 'Academie Royale de la Danse'?
500
Invented the foxtrot.
Who is Harry Fox?
500
Modern dance was developed into these three periods or eras.
What is Modern, Central, and Late period?
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