Premoderns
Modern Dance
Postmodern
Late Modern
Contemporary
100
Choreographer who was inspired by the art of Greece
Who is Isadora Duncan?
100
Modern choreographer who based her technique on contraction and release
Who is Martha Graham?
100
Developed contact improvisation
Who is Steve Paxton?
100
Choreographer who combined everyday movements with modern technique in "Esplanade"
Who is Paul Taylor?
100
Bill T. Jones's work about living with terminal illness
What is Still/Here?
200
Choreographer inspired by dance from places like India and Egypt
Who is Ruth St. Denis?
200
Wrote "The Art of Making Dances"
Who is Doris Humphrey?
200
Yvonne Rainer's No Manifesto is expressed physically in this dance
What is Trio A?
200
Choreographer who drew on his African American heritage to create "Revelations"
Who is Alvin Ailey?
200
German choreographer associated with tanztheater
Who is Pina Bausch?
300
Style of dance that is supposed to embody the music
What is music visualization?
300
Choreographer who spent time in Haiti doing anthropological research
Who is Katherine Dunham?
300
Created dances for alternative spaces such as walls and rooftops
Who is Trisha Brown?
300
Choreographer who used props, costumes, and lighting to create multi-media spectacles like "Tensile Involvement"
Who is Alwin Nikolais?
300
Dance film by Victoria Marks that is danced by a mixed ability company
What is Outside In?
400
German choreographer who created a form of dance notation
Who is Rudolph von Laban?
400
As a member of the New Dance Group, this choreographer made dances like "Strange Fruit" which were meant to convey a political message
Who is Pearl Primus?
400
Choreographed "Chair"
Who is David Gordon?
400
Choreographer who bridges the late modern and postmodern styles
Who is Merce Cunningham?
400
Choreographer who directs a multi-generational company and creates multi-media dance works
Who is Liz Lerman?
500
Kurt Joos's anti-war dance work
What is The Green Table?
500
One of Graham's Greek myth dances, told the story of Oedipus from the mother's point of view
What is Night Journey?
500
His choreography class led to the creation of the Judson Dance Theatre
Who is Robert Dunn?
500
One of Cunningham's favorite methods for creating movement
What is a chance score?
500
Japanese dance style marked by extreme slowness, meant to convey intense emotions
What is butoh?
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