Dance Dance Revolution
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Let's Get Historical
100
A dance form that is less structured than ballet; it communicates soul and emotion; Isadora Duncan is credited with is orgination.
What is modern dance?
100
American artist who conveyed mood by splattering paint on large canvases.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
100
The combination of many elements to form a whole.
What is synthesis?
100
An artistic movement that explored how human emotions affect one's view of the world.
What is expressionism?
100
The first people to write down musical scores.
Who are the ancient Greeks?
200
A dance form with structured steps, conventional poses, and light flowing movements; originating in France.
What is ballet?
200
The person who orginated professional dance and started the first dance school.
What is King Louis XIV?
200
The artistic movement that focused on representing everyday life; Henrick Ibsen wrote in this style.
What is realism?
200
A person who writes songs.
What is a composer?
200
A period of when music was used mainly to praise God.
What is the Middle Ages?
300
A dance in which the clicking of shoes against the floor produces rhythm and music; Fred Astaire was famous for these dances.
What is tap dance?
300
The founder of modern dance.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
300
An avant-garde art form that may combine music, dance, fine art, poetry, improvisation, comedy, and acting.
What is performance art?
300
The words to a song.
What are lyrics?
300
A musical production of the 19th century in which dialogue and light music are combined in a series of comical, satirical sketches.
What is opera-buffa?
400
A person who designs a dancers moves to fit the a piece of music.
What is a choreographer?
400
The choreographer who designed dances to accompany African American spirituals and southern blues songs.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
400
A person who works with the director and the makeup, costuming, and lighting designers to determine the overall all look a play.
What is an art director?
400
A performance that communicates mostly through instrumental and vocal music, often performed in German or Italian.
What is opera?
400
The culture that gives us the first visual and written records of music.
What is ancient Egypt?
500
An artistic movement that focused on individuality, nature, and emotion; Beethoven composed in this style.
What is romanticism?
500
Strolling musicians of the Gothic era who wrote music to accompany popular poetry of the time.
Who are troubadours?
500
A performance popularized in the 20th century that uses popular music and dance to convey plot, mood and setting.
What are Broadway musicals?
500
The main musical phrase of a composition.
What is a melody?
500
The period of time when music expanded from the church into the homes of properous families.
What is the Renaissance?
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